Cool looking chopper and not bad looking as a tall bike. Wonder how difficult it would be to rig up a gas cylinder to raise it on the fly. Wouldn’t that be something. 😎
That bumper/reflector looks really cool once you got it in the right spot. Kind of like that staggered tire setup but you’d need to yellow up the whitewall on the front somehow. Cool look you got going.
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Looking good! Really like the design of that rear axle assembly.
Shifting would probably be better with stops and less housing to compress. Compressionless housing might help as well. Gears are a nice feature on a heavy trike.
Wow sounds like quite the adventure with the tree. Glad you all survived. Get rested up for the gazebo assembly. Hopefully your boys help you with that one.
For lateral stability there should be as much weight as possible over the axle with 2 wheels. Kind of like a fork lift load triangle. (Similar to a tricycle as the rear axle pivots in the center.)
Interesting plan. Should be a cool build. I did a trike with a ‘73 Stingray frame and eBay axle kit. With the nanner seat the center of gravity was towards the rear. It was quite stable.