DIY Trike build part 5. Riding, testing, things I've changed. 

I'm building a tryke myself, mine has tilting capability and a cabin for added aero, safety and weather protection. I post on my channel whenever i make some progress on the project for those who want to check it. Your project is very cool and has some nifty ideas.

The brake idea is brilliant. I have an OEM double front brake and single rear brake on my KMX kart. It is a real pain getting the front brakes to put equal pressure. If the pressure is off by a little bit, the trike will start to slide sideways. That's why I have the bicycle/trike shop do the adjustments.

Beautiful build

Отличная работа👍🏻👍🏻

Congrats from Romania , i like the honestity you explain the safety issue

Great project! Nice to see someone do a trike completely differently!

My congratulations you are a genius! I love your ideas. Thanks.

Man, I watched EVERY VIDEO FOR A TRIKE!!!! AWESOME DUDE!!!!!!! Starting on mine, CHEAPLY

You're a bloomin' genius... This bike is brilliant!

I really enjoy the fact not one weld was used all bolts and nuts great attention to detail my friend

Very much ingenious in that trike!! Congratulations

Hi, really nice design there. Just a thought, for the front end ideas you could look at cyclecars for suspension ideas. Could it be built with a single front wheel? Good luck with it all, truly inspirational and makes me want to give it a go.

Great look mr graham, your built, maybe a litle, changes here & there, & some up grade, but she looks & move so nice. Thanks sharing your built, say hello from panama, joe.

Thank you to show me how to make mine, very nice work

I like it! Thank you for sharing!

Really enjoying this build. I've had the same idea for years and I'm just getting around to actual planning. As I also can't weld I'll be going your route, so thanks so much for these videos. Looking forward to seeing the bodywork. I'm leaning toward using luan with two-part epoxy and the stich-and-glue technique I've used in small boats in the past. Lightweight and strong enough.

Congratulations u did a great job. I build a few, didn't get good experience with 14mm front axle plus no fronts brake. I switch to bigger axle diameter and problem resolved.

I watched all your videos on this project. Way to go!

Great job!

V good description and work..... From bharat (🇮🇳)

looks good 👍

Pleased to see you're going bigger with the front spindles, always though they could be a weak spot. Look forward to see how you get on with the bodywork and front suspension.

❤I am so glad to see that what a creativity you have done so diffrent trike love from india

Good stuff G

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Nice job.. watched the whole series.. Cool to see people build stuff. Good idea on the trans verse leaf spring for front suspension. You could probably find some leaves at a junkyard out of an old car or perhaps from a trailer. How the Corvettes use a transverse leaf spring across the entire rear and it acts as both a lower control arm and the spring. They used that design up until the c8 I believe. of course it was some kind of composite polymer leaf. Keeping it simple is always a good idea unless it absolutely has to be more complicated to make it work. And it's a bike so it really shouldn't need to be complicated

I am looking forward to the new front end suspension system design. LOL

Très bien exécuter bel engin félicitations et merci beaucoup pour la vidéo

6:54 привет, отличный проект и да в 60 + лет начинаешь понимать что делать надо в первую очередь под себя, если кому станет интересно они об этом скажут. Дисковые тормоза на перед есть: механические дисковый "Type-B, DB-280 FRONT IS STANDARD MOUNT" делайте для себя . у меня нет места и мастерской, и нет времени на ошибки 😅. Поэтому смотрю опыт из Германии: " Tilting Trikes Part 14" от Metal Machine Shop. У Вас все проще 👌, но нюансы есть везде. Удачи и здоровья.

Bealtifuul...thank you very much

You should look into go kart front suspension. When they designed the front they installed springs on the main bolts that holds the hub on to provide a little suspension in the front and a couple coil springs may be cheaper than a leaf spring. I don't just an idea. I hope you figure it out.

Simple and good ! Grüße aus OST-Deutschland

very nice job , jockey wheels from weight machine cheap as chips nice deep grooves. front suspension could try old laminated skis

Sir I like ur simplicity of brilliant bicycle🚲

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Obg por nos ensinar, há meses eu procuro um vídeo que ensine a fazer esse tipo de triciclo, Deus o abençoe, agora vou fazer e quando fizer posto para te mostrar

excellent diy trike, now put a motor on it :)

Hi Graham, What about hinging the front axle each side of the bracket that secures it to the main frame and fitting a rear shock in a similar manner to the rear across the top of the now hinged axle? I would imagine you would need to set the shock so that the axle was straight when sat on it so the camber angle would remain similar and would only change when the axle and shock was loaded when going over a bump. Could be talking out of my backside as only an idea.

Nice

I've been watching these videos on your trike build and I'm majorly impressed and Ive also subscribed as I love watching how people like yourself have a concept , idea, vision and work out solutions here and there to get it to work and I think it's amazing the different ideas people have and we definitely could all learn from each other . My first question is that ,given that recumbents are traditionally heavier bikes than your standard unit and yours is no weld, do you have an idea on how much yours might weigh in its current form before any fairings or enclosures are considered ? Well done on the build and 👍 from down under 🇦🇺

For your front suspension, how about ditching the aluminum bars, and using 2 springs like the one you have for the rear?

U BEST!!!!!!!!

Hello. I liked your idea. how much does this trike weigh? Front axles can be made from 20 pipes? Sorry for bad English...

Great work! Just a question: to fit different size riders, why not slide the seat instead?

Looking good. My only concern is the rear tire. A bit low looking. Of course that may be due to load bearing. Not the driver. The chassis. Could a wider and chunkier tire work in the rear? I am loving the Trike. Just worried about you getting a flat, blow out etc. etc.

jockey wheel is good to take up chain slop

You should have put the front wheels between an upside down U aluminium bracket ( or cut up front some forks) to support each side of the wheel spindle to avoid it from bending.

Good job ! What final weight have you reached?

I used three chains on my recumbent. Front and Rear chains on the right hand side and connected by an intermediate chain on the left hand side. With a dérailleur on the crank sprocket front chain driving the 15 speed rear chain (via the intermediate chain) I have 45 speeds to choose from. There is a short video on my RU-vid channel Nice bike !!

hello: nice object, how heavy is the trike and how wide is the front wheels

You could try skis for the front suspension.

Top ! Brasil

Great build lots of great ideas how is it holding up.

The front could be two skate boards for natural suspension.

Mr. Graham watching the this video. Was cool. Just wondering. Where can I get the plans for this trike. Would like to try to build. Thank you for the video.

love watching this but wouldnt it be better if you made your seat to slide back and forth instead of the pedals being adjustible ?????

Do they have scrap yards where you live? One leaf from a light weight trailer or small car should be inexpensive.

Like si buscas un plano de este proyecto en español

how much it weighs ?

rear leaf out of an old cruizer 4x4 wreckers yard

name darktech and here may be handy for extra speed, i see you had extra space in front connect dc motor 775 for generate power then connect 2 dc motor 775 behind opposite site in gear make it big gear hehehe let see if you can go 60km/h on pedal looooool ps: this is main idea for cheap ebike where any ebike company hate hehehehehe, btw cool trike bro, saving some cash build one my self but it look like impossible cause foods is number #1 priority, anyway if you bored and try build new one and make that cool trike free giveaway, please give it to me, got lots idea i wanna put on that trike looooool

Why replace that whole front? Spring at each end of it is all you need isn't it? Not much spring steel needed for that.

How come no one does front wheel drive?

ok

I am straight stealing your brake mount design. I am not sorry. You'd love my seat design. I'll update ya when I get it built. Its easier to adjust the seat than the pedals.

Are you mr sealyp

con ackerman seria mejor ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VOpndUBLtBw.html

Can you do a video on how you made the seat please? It's a really cool looking seat assembly.