My trike mods

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BikerGran · #1 Post by **BikerGran** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:39 pm

Gertie's new bars...

Mods being done by Choppit Customs near Wokingham

Aladinsaneuk · #2 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:02 pm

very nice but please note

two bars
two wheels
four cylinders...... you see my point?

fatboy · #3 Post by **fatboy** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:16 pm

I always thought you 'ride' a trike ?

BikerGran · #4 Post by **BikerGran** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:40 pm

It must be my age - I don't see the point either of you are trying to make!

randomsquid · #5 Post by **randomsquid** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:42 pm

Very smart. I like those yokes too.

HowardQ · #6 Post by **HowardQ** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:35 pm

I've never seen bars done that way, looks great to me Bobbie, and a perfect set up for a trike.

BikerGran · #7 Post by **BikerGran** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:43 pm

HowardQ wrote:I've never seen bars done that way, looks great to me Bobbie, and a perfect set up for a trike.

Ah, you haven't looked at many custom bikes or trikes then?

The general idea is to give a better riding position to help my arthritic spine and shoulders - looking good is incidental! The downside is that now I'm going to have to save up for a paint job to complete the look!

#8 Post by **Kwackerz** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:27 pm

Cant wait to see the finished result! Gertie has been an integral part of RS since you first turned up and I'm glad you're keeping the old girl going. A while back it seemed touch and go for her future but as they say, Old kwacks never die, they just get modded! Good to see she's getting the makeover she deserves, she's done you proud over the years

Sam's GPZ is going over to my Bro who'll be restoring it back to good health again and I'm going to take care of his CBR and get that back to track fighting fit.. running rings round those V twin half engined bike affairs that you see scattered round the kittylitter at places like Brands Hatch Indy..

HowardQ · #9 Post by **HowardQ** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:32 pm

Custom bikes are something I occasionally admire as an artwork more than something to ride, and there may be others like this around that I have not noticed, but still look great on the trike.
The way things are going with my arthritis I may be taking more interest in the near future. Then again high bars, or even slightly raised bars on a normal bike always give me more pain in the shoulders than the sportier bars on my Falco and ZX9R.
Hope the high bars make things more comfortable for you, the new paint job can come later.
I'll be taking early retirement at the end of June, so I will have more time to work on the bikes, but less money to spend on it and a body much less willing to work in the garage. Then again I hope to get out and do a lot more photography, certainly won't be sitting at home watching Jeremy Kyle.
The Council I work for is shedding many hundreds of jobs, (by offering redundancy to those who apply), and I have done a deal to taking redundancy/early reitirement 6 months early after 37 years service.
I have to finish a major project that I am working on, which will save them a lot of money, then they let me go.
Not sure how I will get on with the pipe and slippers after all the years of pressure, but I am getting too old to take the stress.
It may mean the never ending list of jobs to do around the house starts to finally diminish.

BikerGran · #10 Post by **BikerGran** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:43 pm

Howard I can assure that retirement is WONDERFUL!

I retired at 60 but then went back part-time (needing the pennies for my habit - the triking one) and finally left again last August having taken a deal I call 'take the money and run'. It wasn't a lot but I'm eking it out, and had saved enough to pay for this summer's trips anyway. The mods to Gertie are financed by the sale of the auto trike which seemed such a good idea at the time I bought it.

My arthritis gets worse, but I'm getting to grips with my garden that was so neglected, and am enjoying everything more as I'm not so tired all the time - as I'm sure you know that's one of the problems with something that hurts, and with work-related stress.

As for the more upright riding position - it goes with feet forward, so not really comparable with your bike!

Oh another benefit of retirement - you'll have more time to look at trikes!

MartDude · #11 Post by **MartDude** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:43 pm

HowardQ wrote: Not sure how I will get on with the pipe and slippers after all the years of pressure

Before someone else says it - get a Futura

BikerGran · #12 Post by **BikerGran** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:44 pm

K - it's a good thing some of us on here have proper engines! I( won't part with Gertie now till I can no longer ride even locally, and by that time maybe someone else in my family might take her on!

Good to hear that Sam's bikes will stay in the family!

HowardQ · #13 Post by **HowardQ** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:57 pm

A Fut was on my list (along with a Blackbird), when I got rid of my CBR1000F after 7 1/2 years.
I always seem to have two bikes in regular use these days.
Then again it was a bit too much like the Falco and I wanted something a bit different.
The Blackbird was also very much like the CBR1000F that I got rid of, and I wanted something a bit different.......

I went into a bike showroom and something just Qwacked at me so I bought it.
(My earlier Kwacks were smokers with 3 cylinders).
The 9R was so much more comfortable than I thought it would be, it will never be a Falco, but a great bike and something different to experience before I have to pack it in.
It's nice to have "Options".

Falcorob · #14 Post by **Falcorob** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:50 pm

HowardQ wrote:A Fut was on my list (along with a Blackbird), when I got rid of my CBR1000F after 7 1/2 years.
I always seem to have two bikes in regular use these days.
Then again it was a bit too much like the Falco and I wanted something a bit different.
The Blackbird was also very much like the CBR1000F that I got rid of, and I wanted something a bit different.......

I went into a bike showroom and something just Qwacked at me so I bought it.
(My earlier Kwacks were smokers with 3 cylinders).
The 9R was so much more comfortable than I thought it would be, it will never be a Falco, but a great bike and something different to experience before I have to pack it in.
It's nice to have "Options".

And if you ever decide to sell the Kwak mate give me a shout please because I like 'em too.

Like the mods BG.

MartDude · #15 Post by **MartDude** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:02 pm

I know some of us aren't getting any younger, and are having to face certain issues associated with ageing - but, was it really necessary to strap a Porta Potti to the trike?