sandpuppi101
07-05-2009, 02:52 PM
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Here's the latest machine to roll out of my shop ,it's the 2010
MDR 70.It's basically a assembly that was designed to fit on
a Honda XR / CRF 50 and or 70 ,but can easily be adapted to
fit onto one of the Chinese manufactured Pit bike's.I have'nt
actually fit the trike component's onto a Chinese model but
knowing how close those are duplicated to a Honda I'm
thinking it would work with ease.
I started out this build with using a 1985 Z50R as a prototype
and to answer some question's and get an overall idea on
what exactly a build like this would consist of doing.The
Z50R is'nt an exact duplicate of the more modern day Honda
XR/CRF frame's,but was close enough to get the ball rolling.
Something's I was looking at for this build were to build a
modern day trike that offered up a plush suspension,good
braking system ,a comfortable ride for adult's, ease in
getting part's,& not breaking the bank at the same time.
But something more importantly was that I
did'nt wanna jump into doing a Chinese Trike.I had to have
it be 100% Honda or as close to as possible.Something else
I was shooting for was inovation,I did'nt wanna copy
what somebody already else built either.I mean there's
some awesome looking 70's on the East and West coast
with the 70's and 80's model ATC's that I did'nt wanna
even try to compete with those build's.I was just shooting
for something fresh.My buddy Sam from Ohio was in the
mist of building a pittrike also,and I did'nt wanna copy
his build either.For any of ya's that have'nt seen his
trike before,I gotta tell you that his is a bad little trike
also,I believe he went with a bigger GPX motor in a smaller
chasis which turned out really nice.
I ended up restoring a beautiful Honda ATC 200M for a
good friend of mine now, "MIKE" and his employee "Kurt",
whom the way it worked out has a awesome Custom
Welding Shop called M&S Engineering in Lapeer, Michigan
,you can check out his website in my link's section at
Muddogs.org .The Z 50R was up on the bench and we were
plagued with issue's rite off the bat,such as the where the
shock mount was gonna be,the backbone needed to be
stretched out at least 2 1/2" to aquire any motor over 70cc,
the angle on the rake was'nt looking good,it was the old
addage of getting the choppered out look again,and this
was just the begining of the build.After about a month and
a half the prototype was all done and I was'nt liking where
the build was going one bit.I had tripple tree's designed
out of Billet Aluminum for the prototype and that was about
the only thing that was used in the final trike.
http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo64/sandpuppi101/100_7299.jpg
http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo64/sandpuppi101/100_8033.jpg
Here's the latest machine to roll out of my shop ,it's the 2010
MDR 70.It's basically a assembly that was designed to fit on
a Honda XR / CRF 50 and or 70 ,but can easily be adapted to
fit onto one of the Chinese manufactured Pit bike's.I have'nt
actually fit the trike component's onto a Chinese model but
knowing how close those are duplicated to a Honda I'm
thinking it would work with ease.
I started out this build with using a 1985 Z50R as a prototype
and to answer some question's and get an overall idea on
what exactly a build like this would consist of doing.The
Z50R is'nt an exact duplicate of the more modern day Honda
XR/CRF frame's,but was close enough to get the ball rolling.
Something's I was looking at for this build were to build a
modern day trike that offered up a plush suspension,good
braking system ,a comfortable ride for adult's, ease in
getting part's,& not breaking the bank at the same time.
But something more importantly was that I
did'nt wanna jump into doing a Chinese Trike.I had to have
it be 100% Honda or as close to as possible.Something else
I was shooting for was inovation,I did'nt wanna copy
what somebody already else built either.I mean there's
some awesome looking 70's on the East and West coast
with the 70's and 80's model ATC's that I did'nt wanna
even try to compete with those build's.I was just shooting
for something fresh.My buddy Sam from Ohio was in the
mist of building a pittrike also,and I did'nt wanna copy
his build either.For any of ya's that have'nt seen his
trike before,I gotta tell you that his is a bad little trike
also,I believe he went with a bigger GPX motor in a smaller
chasis which turned out really nice.
I ended up restoring a beautiful Honda ATC 200M for a
good friend of mine now, "MIKE" and his employee "Kurt",
whom the way it worked out has a awesome Custom
Welding Shop called M&S Engineering in Lapeer, Michigan
,you can check out his website in my link's section at
Muddogs.org .The Z 50R was up on the bench and we were
plagued with issue's rite off the bat,such as the where the
shock mount was gonna be,the backbone needed to be
stretched out at least 2 1/2" to aquire any motor over 70cc,
the angle on the rake was'nt looking good,it was the old
addage of getting the choppered out look again,and this
was just the begining of the build.After about a month and
a half the prototype was all done and I was'nt liking where
the build was going one bit.I had tripple tree's designed
out of Billet Aluminum for the prototype and that was about
the only thing that was used in the final trike.
http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo64/sandpuppi101/100_7299.jpg
http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo64/sandpuppi101/100_8033.jpg