front end rake

[cideray]

hi all a little advice is needed have just bought a trike off ebay to rebuild it has a rake of 45 degrees as it turns the frame dips down as it gets to full lock each way and you need arms like a gorilla to straighten them up again what can be done to help thanks in anticipation

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

what is the trike ? a photo would help mate 

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

what is the trike ? a photo would help mate 

by the way welcome.

[Manky Monkey]

Hiya Ray & as Doc Junior said, welcome to the forum.
Our frames mostly run 45 degrees. Yes, they do dip slightly but not excessively. I'm wondering whether you've got an unusually long frame, (sorry to be so personal!), which might exaggerate the problem? We all have wide bars which help with the turning thing as we get that all important extra leverage, but have you tried turning on the move or just when the trike's parked up? With 45 degrees the steering will be heavy, but only at low, carpark type speeds. As soon as you get rolling on the open road the heaviness disappears. However, it'll be more stable in straight lines than less raked trikes.
And yes, photos! We want photos. 
Oh, by the way, the marching bear avatar's already taken mate. Belongs to Triker Pete & will cause confusion. Could you change it please? Cheers
So how about writing us a piece on refurbishing your trike then matey?
 

[VALLEYSBOY]

hmm maybe make a thread showing taken avators from the public ones on this board? sorry hijacking
Oh and welcome to the forum

[tazet]

hmm maybe make a thread showing taken avators from the public ones on this board? sorry hijacking
Oh and welcome to the forum

Anyone who has put there name on the map will show the avatars of each forum member.

Welcom to the forum cideray 

[cideray]

[img]thanks for the welcome hope new avatar is OK, trike has a wheelbase of 7ft6inch's and total length of 9 ft 5inch's i haven't  ridden it yet only just got engine running by the way it,s reliant running gear not sure what front end is but i want to change that, am struggling to add photos [bit thick with computers]  thanks again for help

[Manky Monkey]

Love the signature! You'll fit in well here! 
Right. Adding photos to posts:
You have to write something in the message box, even if it's just a full stop -don't ask me why but you do.
Click on Additional Options.
Then click on Browse.
Find your photo on your computer.
Double click on the photo then click Post. Easy.
The photos have to be something like 600 x 600  & in JPEG, GIF, TXT, DOC, or PDF format.
You can post up to 4 photos in one reply by clicking More Attachments, providing they're small enough.
Or you can host your photos somewhere like PhotoBucket or TinyPic & cut & paste the URL into the forum reply.
Thanks for changing the avatar by the way.

[cideray]

a couple of pics not very good i'm afraid

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

tiller type bars will help,so will laying off the cider when you take photos 

[dracken1]

a couple of options are available to you. firstly it's not the rake as such that is making your steering heavy, it's the trail. fitting yokes with more offset, by that i mean yokes were the fork tube centre line is further forward from the steering stem than it is now,.
 or taking a little rake away and fitting raked yokes. get it right and 45 degrees of rake is steerable with just finger and thumb

[Manky Monkey]

Yup, one handed riding's fine on ours, but when manouvering around carparks & the like the rake/trail tends to drop the front wheel over onto full lock as soon as it moves off the centreline, making the steering feel heavy.
Nice to see you back Wynne. 

[cideray]

sorry for delay in replying been to foreign parts [wales] thanks for addvice will get back at it and post some pics when i have more done thanks again   ray

[VALLEYSBOY]

foreign Wales!! good grief

[Manky Monkey]

That's near T'North isn't it?