Comments on: Stealth Tryke From Lehigh Valley Choppers

By: Joe Tote

Joe Tote — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:04:38 +0000

Titus,

Not really into FWD vehicles. Not for any reason in particular. I am very busy and have not had any time for personal builds. Thanks for the compliments.

By: Titus

Titus — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:40:43 +0000

first, total creds for a very nice american trike. It’s about time we caught up on the “tadpole” (Reverse) trike designs. I see alot of the ride on type and not enough ride in. have you considered FWD trikes? I know there would be many complications to building, and torque steer would screw the handeling. but just the thought of chasing an olds 455 down the road gives me the chills.

oh, and I can picture the stealth in carbon and flat black …SICK-N-NASTY!

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:55:48 +0000

Loomis, I did not mean there is “nothing” per say, load wise on the uppers. Just quite a big difference. Yes, hit the brakes and it changes. I’m covered thanks.
I am not against torsion bars, like I said, they have their place. As far as weight distribution, on this build my CG is right where it should be to make it handle the way I want it to. I made provisions to bolt on “SKID PLATES” on the bottom of the tryke. 1/4″ Aluminum,Brass,Wood,Tungsten plates are pre drilled to play with weight distribution. (full size plates,bottom of tryke) That is what we did on the Indy cars. So I just copied the procedure of tuning a vehicle. It works. Thanks for the input, I appreciate it.

By: Loomis

Loomis — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:37:04 +0000

I’ve always liked torsion bars. I know they aren’t the lightest idea ever thought up. But they are simple and they keep the weight situated low in the chassis.

You may think there’s no load on the upper control arm, but hit the brakes hard and there’s going to be plenty of load. At least that’s how I’m picturing it in my minds eye right now.

By: AB

AB — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:54:13 +0000

Brilliant fabrication work, reminds me of early fighter planes with the angled sheet metal and rivets. The custom rear mount must be from a couple of chunks of aluminum and waterjet machinery.

Ride who doesn’t appreciate the time and effort that went into the design has obviously never been very mechanically inclined.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.