Rusnak_322
Rusnak_322 HalfDork
4/12/13 3:41 p.m.

Awesome Trike -

http://fingerlakes.craigslist.org/mcy/3725477948.html

'm Selling my xr650 trike, it was fun but I'm ready to start a new project and need to make room This started life out as a nice shape xr650, I used the road legal enduro frame and was turned into a trike, Has a custom built swingger with a mod 85 tecate front end on it. 04-05 Honda 450r Plastics and seat, Extended axle. For the people who think this isn't true or think it can't be done, please don't respond you just don't understand. For those who are interested it is the same process as the Harley/ Honda Goldwing people do then please feel free to call or text. Also these pix where taken early spring right after i pulled it out of my shop for the first time and it was before i had it inspected. the nys inspection sticker is on the front left lower fork tube now.

Appleseed
Appleseed UltimaDork
4/12/13 4:54 p.m.

That looks waaaaay better than I thought it would.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/12/13 5:25 p.m.

I'm not one of the people who thinks this isn't true or thinks it can't be done, but I am one of the people who thinks it's a really bad idea.

Flight Service
Flight Service UltimaDork
4/12/13 5:35 p.m.

So you made what everyone thought Honda should have made back in the days of 3 wheelers. Given that thing looks like a 350X and I remember how damn scary those were, I must say NO.

ransom
ransom GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
4/12/13 5:46 p.m.
Woody wrote: I'm not one of the people who thinks this isn't true or thinks it can't be done, but I *am* one of the people who thinks it's a really bad idea.

Really, you're one of those people, too? 'Cause I'm totally one of those people.

I think there may be people like us across all the walks of life who haven't extincted themselves...

Grtechguy
Grtechguy UltimaDork
4/13/13 1:35 p.m.
Woody wrote: I'm not one of the people who thinks this isn't true or thinks it can't be done, but I *am* one of the people who thinks it's a really bad idea.

Myself included, I grew up riding on Honda Big Reds. Can't even begin to tell you how many times I was close to death on them.

2 mile long wheelies with 4 kids on one (Utility racks). Flipping over backwards, rolling over in higher speed corners, front wheeling lodging itself into a rut. The list goes on and on.

fasted58
fasted58 UberDork
4/13/13 1:43 p.m.

Saw a RD-350 up on the mountain that somebody triked, never seen it run but it looked wicked.

doc_speeder
doc_speeder Reader
4/14/13 3:20 p.m.

Y'all are a bunch of pansies. That thing is awesome. The wide rear axle really makes them more stable. And not too likely to get the front wheel wedged in a rut on the street...

Appleseed
Appleseed UltimaDork
4/14/13 9:19 p.m.

You say stable like this thing has it.

dculberson
dculberson SuperDork
4/15/13 7:41 a.m.
Rusnak_322 wrote: Awesome Trike - http://fingerlakes.craigslist.org/mcy/3725477948.html 'm Selling my xr650 trike, it was fun but I'm ready to start a new project and need to make room This started life out as a nice shape xr650, I used the road legal enduro frame and was turned into a trike, Has a custom built swingger with a mod 85 tecate front end on it. 04-05 Honda 450r Plastics and seat, Extended axle. For the people who think this isn't true or think it can't be done, please don't respond you just don't understand. For those who are interested it is the same process as the Harley/ Honda Goldwing people do then please feel free to call or text. Also these pix where taken early spring right after i pulled it out of my shop for the first time and it was before i had it inspected. the nys inspection sticker is on the front left lower fork tube now.

Tecate front end? Sounds flimsy:

Or maybe it's more like this, which I can fully support.

Bumboclot
Bumboclot Reader
4/15/13 6:30 p.m.

That thing is too geographically close to me.

Needs more turbo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsqnQFb54V0

Jamesc2123
Jamesc2123 Reader
4/15/13 7:27 p.m.

Lol, Cayuga, NY is part of the school district that I teach in. I'm not going to say anything, but the only surprising thing about this build given its location is that it actually appears to be a quality job.

...Oops I just said something.

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