New Guy Here! My first "big" project!!!

[coffeejoejava]

Well...this is how it started. A $40 trike from a guy at the ocean front. Knew right away I was building a chopper out of it.

So like all good choppers...it had to have wide wheels right? I got this 17 inch mustang rims and found an issue. The pedals ended up too close to the tire. Had to make an extension. Well, I work for a ship repair company and we were cleaning out some old stuff and came across an old radar set. had these long black aluminum arms that looked like old school ladder bars. And, They fit! Gave me the distance I needed to clear the pedals. But something still wasn't right. I needed to chop the front end to get the rake it deserved. So began planning that....when I found an old OCC Chooper bike on OFFERUP for $75! PERFECT!!!! And the mustnag rims were going to be too much weight to attempt pedalling (even with the planned 750W electric midset I am planning). So, another OFFERUP ad came through with the perfect old skool rims!!!!

Absolutely stunning! That OCC frame fits perfect! There are still some major things that need to be done. the "ladder bars" need bracing. The old seat post is getting removed and a new seat post will be put back where the fender mounted (about 4" back" and the original OCC seat will be used. As you can see some adapter plates were made to adapt the old slotted mag rims to the trike axle. And some work still needs to me done on the mid axle placement. But it is slowly taking shape. I work on it intermittently during the work week. I have a shop full of ship repair experts helping me with the design aspect of it. I want to get it going before the car show season hits...and also be able to ride it down the board walk at the ocean front this summer!

 

[Linedog]

Oh this could be fun to watch!!!

 

[coffeejoejava]

This will be taking some time. I only get to work on it occasionally during working hours. Lots of things to figure out on this project but looking forward to the challenge!

 

[coffeejoejava]

A good side view. The seat will not be there. It is too close for me to work the pedals, I have been working on a design for the seat. I was screwing around and came up with this idea.

The top two tubes just end. My idea is to weld some new pipe to the ends of the top tubes and carry it back to the rear carriage.

I will weld some brackets onto the tubes of the rear frame and bolt the top tubes to these. These will form the foundation to build the seat onto. For brakes I am leaning toward a disc brake on the rear axel.

(Excuse the sophomoric art) On top of the top tubes, I will fabricate my King and Queen seat and sissy bar. Not that I expect to have anyone ever ride on the queen seat....but you never know!