My First VW Trike

: Just after I bought the VW trike, this guy wants to borrow it.

: Starting to baja the rear end.

: Finished the baja cuts.

: Installing disc brakes.

: Decided to get rid of the body. Not enough headroom.

: Stripped down to the bare frame. Removed the floorboard later.

: New springer front end.

: Painted the motor to swap with the baja bug.

: Had to move inside.

: Made clutch pedal and installed master cylinder.

: Goldwing tank will hide hydraulics.

: Front seat from dune buggy, and rear from Jeep sitting on frame.

: Looking through the tank at the master cylinder.

: The shape of things to come. Plywood is temporary floorboard.

: Cut the “floorboard” back. Considering headlights on the highway bar.

: Tank and storage box will mount behind the rear seat.

: Frame for the rear seat and storage box.

: Storage box and tank mounted.

: Rear seat mounted and folded forward.

: Rear seat folded one time.

: Rear seat open.

: Front seat mounted.

: Side view.

: 2 battery boxes under the rear seat . 1 for battery, 1 for tools???

: Changed my mind again. Put floorboards for the rear seat.

: Mounted the headlights and mirrors on the highway bars

: Put the switches in the tank. Ignition and turn signals on the left, horn and lights on the right.

: Put the tail lights on stalks. Outside light is turn signal and yellow on front side.

: Tangle of wires in the tank. Fuse box is in plastic 3×5 card box.

: Disassembled and painted.

: Disassembled and painted.

: Painted fenders and bumper.

: Painted frame. Trim pieces in the background.

: Shifter box

: Got my dirty feet on it already. It’s a go VW trike, not a show VW trike.

: Installed motor, tranny, shocks, and bumper.

: Fenders mounted with spike nuts.

: Rear seat and storage box frame.

: Hydraulics reinstalled.

: Tank and doors painted.

: 99% done. Waiting for a graphic for the tank.

: Fender graphics. These look painted on.

: Right rear view. How about them spiders?

: Left rear view.

: The little yellow plate is going to say “Free on 3”

: Straight on view. Added turn signals under the headlights.

: Right front view.

: Left front view

: Close up of spider.

: Close up of arrow.

: Close up of VW flames.

: All done (this week).

: Update – 1 year later. New bars, foot controls moved forward, and new and more headlights.

: Close up of the mods. These are 26″ bicycle bars. They didn’t hold up very long.

: My new bars. I tweeked the first set and went with 1″ bars. Added some bags and a little shield, too.

: I cleaned all the black paint off the front wheel and painted it to match the rear wheels.

: I forgot to show my led side marker lights.

: This is the beginning of my new front end. I had this bent and will build the rest to fit it.

: These are the upper and lower trees. They are made from 3″ x 1/2″ flatbar. the distance between the notches is determined by bolting the rear legs to the link.

: Here we have the rear legs welded to the lower tree and bolted to the upper tree.

: These are the front legs. The rods for the springs were welded on later.

: The front end assembled. I went through 3 sets of lower springs before I found a pair stiff enough.

: All painted and ready to go. I finally added a front fender.

: The latest picture with the new front end and the trailer. I plan to paint the trailer wheels and the front wheel yellow.

: LOOK!! These silly people put a trophy on my VW trike.

: I started turning the springer into a shocker and it turned into a total rebuild. The motor is now a 2 liter type IV.

: It’s been a while since I posted any new pics. I finished the reconstruction of the front end and the rear cage.

: This is a close up of my new leading link/shocker front end. Has an excellent ride and can be turned with 2 fingers.

: I replaced the fake tank with a 4 gallon tank. There is an electric valve under the rear seat to switch between tanks.

: The new rear cage is 4-5 inches higher and 6 inches further to the rear. Makes it easier for the passenger to get on and off.

: The type 4 motor, Harley fishtails, and the taillights I had powdercoated black.

: When I replaced the tank, I had to move the master cylinders. They are under the front seat now.

: The headlights were for dunebuggies. They were powdercoated also.

: I had the bars and risers powdercoated.

: My electrics were in the Goldwing tank. I made this dash to mount the GPS and idiot lights.

: This is similar to the pvc electrical box I used to make the dash.

: The latest (1/1/11) pics of my VW trike and teardrop.

: I tweaked a set of bars to make them more comfortable. I cut off the grip ends and rotated them slightly to make them fit my hands better, removed about 2 inches of width, added a crossbar up high, and made a new dash to mount to the crossbar.