3 wheeler conversion kits.. [Archive]

4cfed

11-10-2009, 10:05 PM

no dont worry not lookin to make one of them 4 wheeler contraptions.. im lookin for to build a 3 wheeler...

i know there is the place making the 450r conversions..

but i want to go differant... like a cr250, kx250, yz250 and make it a 3 wheeler..

anyone got any info? links??

SYKO

11-10-2009, 10:13 PM

custom make them, do a search alot have been made crf's crs, yfz's xr's etc etc..

4cfed

11-10-2009, 10:16 PM

custom make them, do a search alot have been made crf's crs, yfz's xr's etc etc..

ok i must be using the wrong terms or words in my searches because im not finding anyhting..

i think buildin a 2 stroke power valve trike would be great!! since i cant get my buddy to come off that tecate he wants to make into a go cart, and no 200x rollers locally... but early- mid 90s dirt bikes are cheap enough..

SYKO

11-10-2009, 10:20 PM

go to the mad scientists lair forum lots of trikes like that there

bikes have been built by
jasonhall
speedbump
crazyflights
and a bunch more

4cfed

11-10-2009, 10:26 PM

hmmm seems like alot of machining will be needed to do it right so it sits and handles right.... scratch that.. i have no acces to a good welder and machine shop right now..

this thread can be deleted.. sorry for the waste of time

SYKO

11-10-2009, 10:47 PM

yea it requires some work but can be done fairly easily and cheaply if needed. good luck!

4cfed

11-10-2009, 10:52 PM

im gonna research this out more.. i have the mechanical ability just no welder or access to one..

RudeDog666

11-10-2009, 11:23 PM

I work at a custom fabrication shop and I've been welding/fabricating since 1992. I'd be very interested in making you some items for your project, sounds cool!

P.S. I'm an hour and a half away.

RudeDog666

11-10-2009, 11:38 PM

Here's the ones mentioned by sykolincoln:
Jason Hall (http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=60732)

speedbump (http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=46119)

crazyflights (http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=62984)

Looks promising!

4cfed

11-11-2009, 12:11 AM

man that cr looks wicked!!!!!!!!!!

i reallllllyyy wanna do this!! this would be a sweet winter project for me, ill have to see how the new baby does and if no health issues i should be able to do this ( wife getting induced saturday if she dont go into labor on her own before then)

Autophysn

11-11-2009, 06:29 AM

Dirtcrasher did that to his I think, if memory serves me right
His CR500 turned to a trike. Came out hella sweet too!

fabiodriven

11-11-2009, 09:33 AM

Dirtcrasher did that to his I think, if memory serves me right
His CR500 turned to a trike. Came out hella sweet too!

I don't think DC has ever had a CR 500 trike.

SYKO

11-11-2009, 09:54 AM

Dirtcrasher did that to his I think, if memory serves me right
His CR500 turned to a trike. Came out hella sweet too!

your thinking of louis meilke

FiveFlat

11-11-2009, 12:11 PM

Hi all. I'm a new guy here. Been thinking of doing this very thing with a little KX60. I'm mostly curious where you get the wider triple clamps since the atc70s just flare out. Everything else is a cinch...

SYKO

11-11-2009, 01:56 PM

there used to be a kit offered for the kx60 pm jesswinehart I think he may have one

inv3ctiv3

11-11-2009, 02:02 PM

I would buy a kit for a 450R or something! Someone should definitely make one.

FiveFlat

11-11-2009, 11:46 PM

there used to be a kit offered for the kx60 pm jesswinehart I think he may have one

Thanks! I left him a PM. Just so happens I've found a cheap little kx60 on CL recently too! Maybe this will all come together.

Billy Golightly

11-12-2009, 01:34 AM

You guys that want to build this stuff pretty much just have to get friendly with your local machine shops. All of us that have built custom stuff have had to do the same thing. There pretty much isn't any limits to what can be built, but there aren't really off-the-shelf parts available to do much of anything in this line of customizing.

4cfed

11-12-2009, 01:37 AM

You guys that want to build this stuff pretty much just have to get friendly with your local machine shops. All of us that have built custom stuff have had to do the same thing. There pretty much isn't any limits to what can be built, but there aren't really off-the-shelf parts available to do much of anything in this line of customizing.

i figured that much
.. just didnt know if anyone/ someone figured out what ' off the shelf parts can be used to make a 'safe machine'

i know aguy that works at amachine shop.. gotta find out if he is able to make some parts.. gotta guy lined up for the swingarm,

if all else fails.. ( dont flame me for this) i will find a 200x roller and stuff a 2 stroke in it.. 400-500cc

SYKO

11-12-2009, 01:41 AM

400-500 in a 200x? little to big buddy! to small of a chassis in my op.. 200x is good for a 125 or a 200 but 500 is way to monsterous! plus need room for rads and monster pipe....etc etc... in the end you would have been better off making a new trike.

FiveFlat

11-12-2009, 12:57 PM

I Found this photo a few months ago and it's what got me thinking about my kx60 conversion. I think this conversion in bangin'
Excellent work on this and I wouldn't be surprised if you've all seen this photo before???

audioworks04

11-12-2009, 07:48 PM

Its not as hard as some people may think it is. Its all about planning ahead to fidgure out what is going to fit or may fit. Lots of buying and testing/trying new things. I can tell you that you can make a trx450r swingarm fit about anything, just have to fine tune on linkage. Once you get a roller then the hard part is done. As far a triples go jason hall has a really really nice setup that you might talk to him about(dont know if hell be able to modify it for a cr frame or not without the frame there).
Just start it and go from there. Youll find all kinds of help around here and around your town when you start talking to people.

4cfed

11-12-2009, 08:58 PM

400-500 in a 200x? little to big buddy! to small of a chassis in my op.. 200x is good for a 125 or a 200 but 500 is way to monsterous! plus need room for rads and monster pipe....etc etc... in the end you would have been better off making a new trike.

haha!! there is a guy on blaster forum with a yz400 stuffed into a blaster.. and another guy with a 465it in one... buddy of mine has a warrior with a r1 motor in it... nothing is to big lol if i go big 2 smoker its gonna be 80s air cooled stuff

yamahaman89

11-12-2009, 09:08 PM

i put a honda 450cc 2cylinder in a 200x frame...i also agree nothing is ever to big....i also have a blaster with a 500cc 2cylinder 2 stroke shoved in there

Mike_Ham_250R

11-12-2009, 11:36 PM

I knew I recognized your screename from somewhere else haha.. Your from CTR.

SYKO

11-13-2009, 12:19 AM

haha!! there is a guy on blaster forum with a yz400 stuffed into a blaster.. and another guy with a 465it in one... buddy of mine has a warrior with a r1 motor in it... nothing is to big lol if i go big 2 smoker its gonna be 80s air cooled stuff

I understand that or I wouldnt have stuffed a ninja motor in a tri-z or made a 500R but a 200x is still to small to be fun and realativly safe with a large motor in it

4cfed

11-13-2009, 12:39 AM

... basicly would be a straihgt line only machine... ice and grass drags..

mike ham.. howdy fellow CTR member