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[ylwgtr]

hi guys.....ive been wanting to build one of these for years....so here it goes....
i put the original swingarm in my jig and used the sheibner geometry for digital laser measurements



then i used a axle from an atomik quad bike
and built the swinarm



epoxy primed

painted in factory satin silver and fitted

back on the floor with rear end fitted

i still need to make the triples

[HaggLE]

Nice!

[ylwgtr]

heres what its going to look like

[ForeverThreeWheels]

Very nice, any plans for the front end?
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[ylwgtr]

yes i need to make triples and fit the mating front wheel....i will be boring the headstem on a lazy rake to alter the scrub radius

[Mart 300r]

Yep deffinately tuned in on this one where did you get that rear guard? looks in good nick!Love the jig setup looks like you know what your doing.Like it alot.
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1984 ATC 300R, 1986 TRX 500R,1984 ATC 200X, ATC 70 WITH CUSTOM LAYDOWN 250R ENGINE, 125CC CUSTOM THUMPSTER TRIKE

[ylwgtr]

as i have a tecate trike i have new old stock fenders ect (in fact 2 rear guards) i will most likely use the second handy off my tecate for this trike) In regards to the jig,its a global jig motojig.Its one of only 2 in the country,we are the only shop to have both scheibner and global jig machines.Its mostly used for pulling motorbike chassis after a stack,but i build in it also.Its a pretty cool bit of kit for fixing the before unfixable,ive pulled off some blinders with this thing.We manufacture a lot of one off things here at work,i have a carbonfibre autoclave,fadal 4 axis cnc milling machine,lathes,tig welders and full paint shop facilitys so im able to fix or manufacture anything i need....we also do a few of those crf/cr500 engine conversions where we make billet Y section and undercradles from 6061 alloy.....unrelated to trikes or atv's but my brother built this thing,hand made chromolly chassis,all bodywork is moulded (including tank skin) 175 rear wheel horse power super strong engine,he made just about everything for this bike only the engine and wheels are suzuki...its ridden by shawn giles and holds the phillip island period 5 lap record at 1.38.6 which is damn quick for a 30 year old machine!looking at it up close it looks like an old fighter plane with its raw metal finished parts and lock wire on everything....its a cool piece of engineering....hope this gives an insight to the stuff we do

[HondaGrant]

Nice project you've got going there mate I remember seeing a similar little KX three wheeler years ago at the dunes and it looked like a heap of fun.
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[ylwgtr]

by the way....i noticed your counterbalance setup for cr500 on you tube.....good work there mate!Ive been thinking of doing one myself for my 2009 crf450x/500 hybrid....id be making a cnc billet housing and cover unit with an o ring seal....once again great stuff on doing the ground work on that set up....i know it will be saving me a lot of thinking for sure
Note the 10.4lt hand beat alloy tank.....it took me FOREVER!!!!

[Mart 300r]

Me an you are going to get on real well lol.
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1984 ATC 300R, 1986 TRX 500R,1984 ATC 200X, ATC 70 WITH CUSTOM LAYDOWN 250R ENGINE, 125CC CUSTOM THUMPSTER TRIKE

[HaggLE]

Perhaps you or your brother would be interested in the hunter toolup forum with that bike...

[ylwgtr]

I keep telling them road racing is for nancy boys....trikes and big bore two strokes are for real men

[ForeverThreeWheels]

ylwgtr wrote:

I keep telling them road racing is for nancy boys....trikes and big bore two strokes are for real men

Your defiantely one of us!
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[kpracing12]

Ive got pics of Shawns bike and a second bike (no99 Steve Martin) undressed from the Barry Sheene Memorial races at Eastern Creek. These guys built dragsters. The bikes are a work of art and VERY fast.
Well done guys!!

[ylwgtr]

Thanks for the kind words.....it's funny the way it all worked out actually.....we built the very first bike in (gsx1100)2010 for shits and giggles
It won every race at the island classic by 10 seconds....then built a 2011 bike and then another again in 2012 (but also running the 2011 bike at the same time).....2010 after the races I witnessed what a bunch of childish poofs most of the other well known front runners are........my bro,his mate that builds the motor are good guys out there for fun and would help anyone including other teams in the class.......but what's really happening is they are kicking everyones arses and get back stabbed and everyone else is calling it cheque book racing.....but the truth of the matter is we are guys who like building stuff to the best of our ability.....we don't have lots of money,we don't profit from building this sort of things like they do....so it's sour grapes and we came in with no road race bike experience and give them a hiding changing there stature from "oh that guys a guru if he says run this then run it coz he knows" to a motor mower mechanic....we think we throw ideas around we cut things up and weld things together,we fish things out of rubbish bins,we don't throw anything out,we try to turn pig "profanity removed" into strawberry jam.....anyway enough about the road race fudge packers....more about kx100 trikes!!!!!

[HaggLE]

Go join hunter toolup forum and talk bikes with me there...

[Mart 300r]

Mate by the sounds of the last post the last thing he wants to talk is road racing lol.
Cant wait to see more update pics this thing will be a little weapon.
Where abouts do you guys ride down there?
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1984 ATC 300R, 1986 TRX 500R,1984 ATC 200X, ATC 70 WITH CUSTOM LAYDOWN 250R ENGINE, 125CC CUSTOM THUMPSTER TRIKE

[ylwgtr]

my trikes have been sitting up on the roof of the spray booth for years!no place to ride them down here without getting your balls busted....its a damn shame.
I been thinking about doing a 2 wheel conversion getting rec reg,them belting the standard rear end back in.....them off to the forest i go.....still may get a fine by hey....at least i would have tried to do the right thing
Thanks for the offer haggles and im sure there are plenty of nice guys in that scene but im really over the road stuff and know plenty of guy that are in the same boat as me.
You try bring cool stuff to the scene and get kicked in the balls,my brother and his mate is continueing with there thins but i decided after the 2012 island classic that i will no longer participate but i do do things to help my brother like paint the bikes,let them use my facilitys/machinery/tools share ideas and make things if they ask me to.....actually i feel quite sorry for them.. as for the cheque book racing comments you would be suprised at what something like those machines cost when you make everything yourself....so id like to ask those guys who the real cheque book racers are?