Girder Forks.

[morrag]

Probably were Mr M, as I can't remember where they came from!, but they might interest Dave re. Headlamp position etc.so......................... Morrag

[Olds]

Yep, have seen before but thanks morrag. The Indian leafer forks are lovely and lend themselves well to trikes as you can change the short bottom links so instead of being trailing they are leading, pushing the axle line forwards, reducing the trail. The leaf spring needs changing, as this is normally being pulled down and is now being pushed up. Thought about doing leafer forks instead of girders, but because of the bottom links, they have the same problems as springers when used in a trike. Maybe with wide enough pivots  .. .. .. ..
Perhaps next year  

[Olds]

Incorporated the brake splitter mounting into the lower shock /horn mount. Will need longer hose from mc to splitter and already have the shorter ones in stock to fit between splitter and calipers.
Assembled as far as I need, to check everything is ok prior to stripping down and painting. Would like to find a more appropriate mudguard, but this will do until the right one comes along
Still not sure about the mounting of the front indicators. No matter where I put them the look totally out of place   Thinking of converting the sidelights and fitting small high intensity led sidelights into the pickup bed tubes that at present have the white hand holds fitted into.  It's either that or mount the indicators to the handlebars

[Manky Monkey]

Totally changes the look of the trike doesn't it. Does the suspension work O.K?

[BikerGran]

mount the indicators to the handlebars

Either side of the headlight?  Reckon that would look good.

[morrag]

As I have already said Dave,those girders are a cracking piece of motorcycle engineering, but personally, I prefer the look with its original forks on your trike, but it's purely my taste, Morrag

[Olds]

Totally changes the look of the trike doesn't it. Does the suspension work O.K?

Suspension seems to work fine. Took it down the road (no front brakes or mudguard fitted), didn't go far or at any speed but it didn't bounce around or bottom out, the steering was also a lot lighter.

Either side of the headlight?  Reckon that would look good.

Tried that   recon the question of indicators is now irrelevant

personally, I prefer the look with its original forks on your trike, but it's purely my taste, Morrag

Funny you should say that.
 Have just spent 3 hours doing absolutely nothing but look at it. Conclusion is I'm not happy with the overall result  
I can remember a while ago saying that I wasn't sure. Now I am. So for now it looks like I will be reverting back to the teles until I come up with something better.
 Oh well it was fun trying
 I will keep them just in case I decide on a new build that will suit them more, such as the steampunk trike my daughter has been bugging me about.

[andyrennison]

What a shame. They look nice, but are not as 'chunky' as the rest of the machine. Are you sure the look wont improve with painting?

[Olds]

Possibly but I doubt it. I still like the girders but when you stand back and look at the whole trike, it somehow doesn't work for me. I think the problem lies in the fact that the rest of the trike is quite compact, but there is a huge space between the front down tubes and the forks.  If the rad was fitted in front of the down tubes as originally designed, it would partially fill this area and also visually open up space around the engine. When for expediency sake I fitted the teles, I felt that it would look better with the rad fitted inside the frame.
I'm not upset about this at all.  It's been fun, I now know that I can and they may still get used  

[BikerGran]

Directly comparing the two pics - yes, the original is better!  Oh well, nothing ventured....

[morrag]

Well, no doubt, like myself so many times in the past, they will go on the "comein'andy" stockpile Dave, and if not, how about as a feature over the fireplace!! .....and the second pic, that's definitely the package.........Morrag

[Manky Monkey]

Brave decision Dave -most of us would've made do with them after all that work. But if you're not happy with them, they'll never be right. I think painting them black would've helped a lot, but as the slogan says: "I built it to please me, not you".
 

[stumpy]

What a shame. They look nice, but are not as 'chunky' as the rest of the machine. Are you sure the look wont improve with painting?

yeah paint them with chunky paint  lol i think they look well on there but tis your baby

[andyrennison]

I recon if you dropped the bars down, and moved the headlight down in front of the girders / above the mudguard you would get beck to a sleek look. As many have said though, we build for ourselves not others. Whatever you decide, "go with throttle up"

[steven brock]

Air scoop at front may fill that gap.. Both look stunning to me