My new trike By malevelina (Read 3,015 times)

[malevelina]

The crate came on a semi. The driver got it all the way to our garage and dropped the lift gate. Ya know, I knew the measurements but I guess I didn't really comprehend just how big this trike was. It took all three of us, the driver, my husband Larry, and me (Kat), to get it off of the lift gate and into the garage. Here's what we have so far...Larry does all of the work and my dog and I supervise...LOL. The last pic is Buddy getting bored with the whole mess and decided to catch raindrops...LOL















Thanks for all your help guys. I'll post more when it's finished.

[jct842]

Lookin good.

[Alleyoop]

Nice very nice, nice color, I see the parts look nice and shiny

Take a shot of the rear Axle before you cover it up if you would thanks.
Alleyoop

[malevelina]

I'll do that today Alley. He's going to have it apart for quite a while. The trunk cable had to be adjusted so as per your post on another site, he took the front apart to get to the cable. He had to do a little drilling and adding of two bolts to hold the trunk on securely. Then he had to redo the trunk latch as it wouldn't let me open it either. I'm thinking this trike was made on a Monday or a Friday... It looks like he's going to have to do some work on the linkage also.

[LUKE]

i loveeeet ,, no need to put your feet down on traffic light. awsome! Congrats!

[markwb]

That's a real beauty, Kat! Hope you get years of enjoyment from it.

[shop242]

Wow! Looks nice.. but a lot of work to get it together,,, but worth it im sure YAAY!!

[malevelina]

Thanks everyone. My husband is not saying such nice things at the moment...LOL. He's had to pretty much redo everything on it. I won't go into the names he's called it...LOL.

Alley, I'm going to post the rear end pics soon so check back in a little bit. ;-)

[malevelina]

Here are the rear end shots. There are better one's on Larry's phone but for some reason, they are getting into my email. Oh well...eventually I'll post those.

[cookees]

Make sure to re-torque the lug nuts after 25 miles.

[LUKE]

nice...now you can ride to San Diego....drop by Yuma, and i'll go with you with my mighty indestructible yamaha.....have fun with your trike malevelina,ride safe!


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nope stooges, i'm not trailering this time...LOL

[Alleyoop]

Thank you for the extra shots of the rear of that Trike. It looks like my axle just the mounting brackets look different. There should be some adjusters on the top or bottom on those brackets.
Mine has 4 Eye Bolt adjusters I do not see any on yours maybe.
Here is my axle and I have labled the parts you can see the adjusters at the bottom of each bracket.
Alleyoop

[malevelina]

Thanks Alley...I'll be sure to have Larry read this so he'll have an idea of where things are.

Luke: I don't think I'll be going to San Diego none too soon LOL. I may, eventually go to Orange County though.

Thanks Cookees. I'll make sure to tighten the lug nuts after 25 miles.

[markwb]

Kat, Have you commissioned the new trike yet? Just curious.......

[malevelina]

I'm sorry to say that my new trike is in pieces in the garage. The transmission would not sinc unless I pushed it with my feet forward or backward. I never got to ride it and the tranny/engine is being shipped out today to be fixed or replaced. I may get it back before Christmas but it's not looking good. My husband, Larry, says it will be more like mid January before he gets it back together. Ice Bear is not at the top of his list at the moment. I'm still a China bike lover but he really isn't all that impressed by them...ok..he actually like my TaoTao but he's a Harley guy all the way...LOL.