scootz
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| posted on 27/11/10 at 09:18 PM |
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Rear Suspension for Reverse Trike
Aaargh... what to do!?
Ease of build says make it a hardtail... an further benefit of this is that rear vehicle rigidity comes as standard.
But (as many have said), it will be a pig to drive over anything other than snooker-table smooth roads... possibly even dangerous if it's
skipping around a bumpy higher-speed corner.
But how to engineer a suitable swingarm??? Has anyone made one that works, or seen any bespoke-plans during their internet trawls?
Sure, it would be straightforward(ish) to just mate a bike swingarm to the rear of the chassis, but that swingarm was made to work with a motorcycle,
not a reverse-trike subject to much different loads.
All ideas welcomed!
It's Evolution Baby!
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 27/11/10 at 09:47 PM |
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Scootz,
Most M/cycle swing arms cope pretty well with lateral loads. That's exactly what happens when people nail sidecars onto them. I've done a
lot of these over here and it generally works very well. Post a few pics of what you've already got at the rear and I'll do my best to
help.
Cheers,
Mike
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scootz
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| posted on 27/11/10 at 09:50 PM |
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Cheers Mike... would appreciate that!
This is a link to the (lack of) progress so far!
It's Evolution Baby!
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kipper
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| posted on 28/11/10 at 12:51 AM |
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rear suspension
Hi scootz.
I have used a honda vfr 800 swinging arm on my reverse trike.It fitted really easily. See my archive for pics.
Good luck
Regards Denis. 
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