| Trike'n and Bike'n |
| Building my Trike |
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| Not for the faint of heart !!! |
| Click here to see my knee operation. |
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| It all started on a cold November day. I was at a Toys for Tots ride and at the meeting area I saw this cool yellow trike. As it turned out the man with the trike was the owner of the company that builds them. |
| The month before my father was having problems with his left leg from a back operation 30 some years ago. He could not shift a bike any more, and was a little shakey holding it up with a rider on the back. The trike seemed to be the perfect answer, it's automatic and doesn't need to be held up when stopped. When I priced out the trike it was almost $12,000 more then I had saved up for a new harley. My job was to find a cheaper trike on the Internet. The saga begins. |
| I found a bunch of VW based trikes but was told they tend to lift the front end off the ground. I found a company called Ecstasy Cycles Corp . They had a trike that seats 5 with a roof and it was available in kit form. It only cost $200 more than the Harly I was going to buy. As luck would have it they had a dealer in my home state. I drove to the dealer and took the 5 seater for a ride. I was in love, quick as shit , rides better then a bike with a sidecar and about the price of a bike, but the dealer did not sell kits . |
| The first one I saw!! |
| The first one I drove!! |
| Now I go to Indiana to get the trike kit. My friend Col went with me as navagator |
| Some of the trikes at the factory |
| We drove all night and got home in the wee hours and went to sleep. Colleen came over after about 6 hours sleep to help me get the trike off the trailer and into the garage. less than 5 minutes later I was on the ground and col was calling 911. I seemed to have broken something in my leg. When help gets to my house we all think I broke my upper leg bone because there's a large lump sticking out of my leg about 8 inches above my knee!!! OUCH. In the E.R. I find out that it's not a broken leg, that huge lump above my Knee was my kneecap. It no longer seeems to be connected to my lower leg. Not good !!! |
| 2 months after the surgery and a month into therapy I started riding Dana's Bike with a huge metal leg brace on my right leg and a crutch on the left side of the bike . By the way this setup will get you some strange looks in traffic!!! |
| I couldn't walk without the brace or crutches, so assembly of the trike was slow. Here I put the handel bars on . |
| Now to assemble the motor. For this I got some help from my local machanic. I'm a Ford man and this was a Chevy motor and trans. |
| Now for the fenders . |
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| No Handle bars, no Dashboard, no brakes ect. ect.... I did pay a little extra to have the windows pre-installed. I don't work well with glass !! |
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