Front engined VW

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Re: Front engined VW

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Customize IT wrote:Wheelies Rodded????
Yes Nathan it will wheelie in first and second gear. It will outrun a lot of bikes on the road but not all by any means. I have a bud with a v-rod with pipes and a tuner that it is all I can do to stay right behind him. But in no way could I ever get around him.
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Re: Front engined VW

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gearhead1951 wrote:I would , if building it myself anyway , consider a girder or a hossack for a trike instead of a tele or a springer ! Much stronger and easier to build in the geometry you need for a trike !
Have considered a girder but just aint what I want it to look like...... just me.
I am trying to do something that looks like a springer with a wishbone shock link and a hyd shock.

So what is a Hossack?
I gotta get on google and find out.
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Re: Front engined VW

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hansgoudzwaard wrote:
DeathBySnuSnu wrote:
Now I am building a springer style fork for it.
Do you have any pictures? :popcorn:

A little early in the game for pictures.....

But I have a wheel and shock I am gonna use.
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Hear is the desk I am drawing at....
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The rest is just raw metals.
I have a machine shop and stuff to work with.
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Re: Front engined VW

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gearhead1951 wrote:By the way , WTF is a "snusnu" and why would you want to "do it till you die "?
:shock: :lol: :think: :obscene-drinkingcheers:

It is an obscure reference to a cartoon named Futurama. In one episode (Amazon Women In the Mood), Snusnu equals sex.

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DeathBySnuSnu wrote:
Now I am building a springer style fork for it.

?
No problem. I guess I took the term "now" literally. Good luck.
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hansgoudzwaard wrote:
DeathBySnuSnu wrote:
Now I am building a springer style fork for it.

?
No problem. I guess I took the term "now" literally. Good luck.

I guess it is from being an engineer type...... I just gotta plan it all out, draw it every which way and such. Change my mind and throw it all away, start over....
For myself at least, the planning is a big part of building it.

But as things come to be, I certainly can put up pictures.

The whole thing has been together for a while and is I am slowly disassembling now. But work has been hectic and I have been glad to lock the door and go home lately.

I want to paint it his time.
I think it will go back as a 2276cc.
I have been collecting pieces to go full electronic fuel injection and distributerless.
I have the G-code written for some billet valve covers maybe I will get to them too.
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Re: Front engined VW

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Please throw the prints and schetchs up man they are worth more than parts here for thought process and help us see your vision!

PLEASE even napkin doodles?
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Re: Front engined VW

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Customize IT wrote:Please throw the prints and schetchs up man they are worth more than parts here for thought process and help us see your vision!

PLEASE even napkin doodles?

Springer Rockers

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Too cartoonish?
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Re: Front engined VW

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Never seen it done before!

I knew it was a gun!

Try them out rockers are easy to change if you do not like?
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Re: Front engined VW

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did you check out the hossack front suspension ? One of the things I like is that the legs can look any way you like , even look like a tele or a ridgid !!
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Re: Front engined VW

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It would be great if you could give it a realistic look rather than just the profile.
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Re: Front engined VW

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Sell a couple 9 mm pistols?

Weld the slides and cut them in half weld to the plates with the bolts welded to them?
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Re: Front engined VW

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I did check out the hossack.
It may be something I do when the next build comes along. Just not what I want this time.

The rockers might get some more machine work to improve the looks. But I don't think they will ever look real.
I just want something different.
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Re: Front engined VW

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DeathBySnuSnu wrote:I

The rockers might get some more machine work to improve the looks. But I don't think they will ever look real.
I just want something different.
Different is good, they don't need to look real.
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Re: Front engined VW

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I would try may change on bike?

They are easy to change out?
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