Suzuki ltz400 trike conversion

[bigredridr]

so i had this nice z400 that never got rode and has been taking up space in my shop. so i did what any normal person would do with a machine shop and a 4 wheeler cut er in half and make suzuki a race trike. pics to come soon cant load them from my computer. found a donner rm125 with inverted forks to use. just dont know what to call this project yet. ALT Z400, ATZ400 I donno any ideas?

[ColtonGG33]

Sounds like a sweet build, get them pics up :)

ALT-Z400
Sounds pretty sweet

[thestud25]

I love every bit of this idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:beer

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Definitely interested to see pics of this!

[dustrunner]

i like the sound of atz 400 myself...

[fabiodriven]

Sounds like a good project for sure.

Personally I'd call it an ALT400Z. You can have that, I'll never have a Zuki anyways.

[the great gazoo]

Yup, I'm liking the ATZ400! Lookin' foewerd to seein' it..................................

[atc007]

Very nice quad to start with. Should be a ton of fun if done right !

[JasonB]

In for pics!

[loshe191]

Sounds like a cool and fun project.

[nicker71]

This is interesting, cant wait to see some pics

[aldochina]

Well, seeing some of your's and your buddies builds in the past, i have no doubt that this will be drool worthy! Cant wait to see the reveal!!

[volfan537240]

Can't take the teasing with no pics!!

[R-tifacts]

Well I guess the cat's out of the bag now, Here are some pictures I took the few times I had time to get over to Dan's machine shop. I'll get some more up soon, Dan builds/fabricates faster than I can snap photos....
The victim....163799 surgery....163800
Mock up....163801163803 start of the trpple trees...163804 Neck/oil tank....163802. More to come stay tuned!

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Interesting how nicely the 250r tank works with the Zuki's body lines.

Looking good!

[bigredridr]

Interesting how nicely the 250r tank works with the Zuki's body lines.

Looking good!

yea i was extremly pleased, went through mocking up alot of tanks to find one that fit that well.

[Cave Rider]

You can always count on honda to come through !!!

[thestud25]

This conversion has been done before, and its not very nice looking to say the least.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLEK6-RLjg8&playnext=1&list=PLACD7E46C51469109&feature=results_video





Shorty:D

I am assuming you have seen the video you posted. That trike conversion looks great to me.

[volfan537240]

Looked pretty good to me too

[bigredridr]

This conversion has been done before, and its not very nice looking to say the least.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLEK6-RLjg8&playnext=1&list=PLACD7E46C51469109&feature=results_video



Shorty:D

idk looks pretty decent to me, mine will have inverted forks and all one color eventually.

[R-tifacts]

Shorty, I must have missed the hand fabricated build in your post history, what have you built this month?

[Shorty]

Shorty, I must have missed the hand fabricated build in your post history, what have you built this month?




Ya know, I applaud people that try to build nice machines,and most do come out nice, and fairly decent. So I'm not dissing what this guy is building, I was stating my opinion on that bike in the video. He most likely took a 3rd gen 250R frame, cut the front half off of it, did the same thing to the ATV, welded the two together and BAM he got a half outdated/ half modern trike. No real skill needed to do so. Hell I could cut up a trx450R and have the same thing! But in the end really, you would have a half assed TPC450,a trike like that would never take the same abuse a TPC would, and looks like a piece of crap.


missed the hand fabricated build in your post history, what have you built this month

Also for you to say that is pretty damn stupid as well, I own at least what 30-40 bikes right now? I have a life, I wrench everyday, and I have done more than my share of "Custom" work.

Unlike what some people think, Not everyone posts every little freakin thing that they move, work on,machine, weld etc edstc. This ain't Twitter for trikes people!


Oh, one other thing, I don't go try and pick on someone when there just stating there damn opinon! I mean my god this forum is one of the worst about that.So go ahead call me what you want , I honestly don't care.



Well this all I can think of right now, so how about instead making this mans build thread,into a "who has the bigger stick" contest. we'll leave it at that.




Shorty:D

[Shorty]

mine will have inverted forks and all one color eventually.



Sounds great, looking forward to see the finished product.



Shorty:D

[R-tifacts]

I agree with you in part however, when someone puts in hours of their life into something they are proud of and take pictures to share with the trike community the first thing you have to say is [QUOTE=Shorty;1200752]This conversion has been done before, and its not very nice looking to say the least.
Sorry if i took offence to that, now "Sounds great, looking forward to see the finished product." thats something i can agree with you on.

[Louis Mielke]

Definitely can't wait to see the finished product. If it's even half as nice as the bike in that vid you will have something nice. The reverse itself will be worth the effort!

[bigredridr]

machining out the triple trees, gonna take a while......

[El Camexican]

If it was up to me I’d call it a Tri-Zuki

[the great gazoo]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Good one!

[ATC-Eric]

I love those 400's, would love to have a trike out of one! Make two, and Ill buy the second one off you.

[Darius1502]

Looks good...it would be nice to stick a Suzuki tank on that thing....maybe one of the older RMX tanks?

[bigredridr]

I love those 400's, would love to have a trike out of one! Make two, and Ill buy the second one off you.

i wouldnt mind making a few of them in the future and selling them. i need to get it finished and work the bugs out of it before makinig and selling them.

[bigredridr]

Looks good...it would be nice to stick a Suzuki tank on that thing....maybe one of the older RMX tanks?

i wouldnt be apossed to trying it on a future build, i tried the drz400 tank but the lines didnt work out. the R tank will look good once i order it in black and get the rest of the plastics in black also.

[bigredridr]

triple tree clamps are done and mounted almost done on the front axle next will be caliper mounting bracket. cant load pics off memory card it says file to large. anyone else have this problem?

[ColtonGG33]

Sounds like you need to resize your pics, u just gotta download a free image resizer and that will do it

[volfan537240]

Use photobucket

[Cave Rider]

Cant wait to see it in person dan. It oughta be a fun ride. With many modern luxuries. Nice fab work on the oil tank/downtube !!!

[R-tifacts]

Here are a few more shots, It is coming along nice and pretty quickly164470164469164468

[beadle]

man i wish i had your shop and lovin the build

[bigredridr]

thanks for posting the pics Rtifacts.

[TatTooL23]

That looks great. How is the rake working out?? As in compared to a 250r or something like that. Angle and bar height.

[bigredridr]

i copied the angle from my 350X and the bar height i tried to keep as close to the quad position as possible.

[nicker71]

looking good!

[R-tifacts]

thanks for posting the pics Rtifacts.

No prob man, I had some time to kill while I was looking for a kfx's.......:naughty:

[bigredridr]

ordered fuel petcock and oil line material yesterday, hopefully should have the coolant lines welded up today or tomorrow and should be running hopefully by this week end. if i dont get busy again.

[Kfx-xc-racer88]

I like your atz build.... keep the pics coming. :)

[redsox]

looks really cool. nice build. keep up the good work!

[Woodsrider]

Looks WICKED !

[bigredridr]

oil lines and coolant lines installed. fuel petcock came in yesterday. pulled her off the table and took her for the first test ride.

[200X FT]

Cool build. How was the ride?

[bigredridr]

rode great front forks are a little soft. no leaks, little scetchy with no front brake, but very pleased

[bigredridr]

215175

Sorry haven't been on in a while here it is done for the most part. Still needs a front brake setup.

[YTZ drew]

That is bad-azz! Looks great, thanks for the update! I never saw this thread initially as I wasn't a member yet. Glad I got to see it!

[Jmoozy27]

That thing looks sharp, sweet color scheme

[El Camexican]

Very nice!!!:beer

[Keith Salyer]

Way to go...That button will be nice.

[yaegerb]

215175

Sorry haven't been on in a while here it is done for the most part. Still needs a front brake setup.


Isn't this the bike that someone listed for sale on craigslist a couple days ago?

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/174030-LTZ400-3wheeler-conversion?highlight=craigslist

[Eric250R]

Wow, just beautiful!!

[Cujo909]

He talked about doing one then selling. Prob his. HEY TPC trikes, interested in offering a poor mans version like this.? Or offering a z400 kit yourself? ;)

[bigredridr]

It was mine was putting feelers out to see if there was interest in it. Was thinking about making a few. But with me moving in a few months may not happen for a while