KELVIN FRANKS 3 Wheeler Info Thread

[Orangecnty250r]

I had some time to get the FRANKS site started. I used pretty much all I had. If ANYONE has more info or pictures please let me know. It's up to us to keep these things going for generations to come.

ENJOY!!!


https://sites.google.com/site/franks3wheeler/

[Eric250R]

Another great site for me to drool over. By any chance would you post up the link to the Cagiva page ? I cleaned out my computer and lost it. I"ve been grieving for days now....lol

[HondaHarry]

Nice. Thanks for sharing. Mr Franks was an Artist! Everything he touched was cool. HH

[RoscoW]

Was this a Franks Chassis?? or Tricky dicks?? ( See post #6 for picture)
http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthr...ded&highlight=
I've still got the picture somewhere.

Ross..

[hang&rattle]

So will he help out in reproducing a few parts to keep his products alive? Does he do any parts now for 3-wheelers or is that something he has totally moved on from? Are you in contact with him Orngecnty250r. Enjoy history, thanks.

[Orangecnty250r]

I would need a nice side picture to better tell....so far looks like it may be custom.

[Bretmd94]

I didn't even know about these trikes. Yet another name to search ebay and craigslist for lol, great site though. It is nice to see people taking the time and effort to locate and preserve these ultra rare trikes.

[Kfx-xc-racer88]

Nice site!!

[shortline10]

[QUOTE=Orangecnty250r;951069] If ANYONE has more info or pictures please let me know. It's up to us to keep these things going for generations to come.

Not a complete trike but this is my Franks swingarm I bought back in 1985 for my 84 200x .
LMK if you want better cleaned up pictures .
Very cool site BTW

[tecat-z]

I have an old Franks ad with a picture of 1st gen Tecate machined billet tripples. What ever happened to these? I have never seen a confirmed set on a Tecate. But the add clearly shows picture with short explanation. To me, this would be the crown jewel of early T-3 stuff. Where did they go???

[NOS_350X]

I would just like to thow this out there for the guys that need it. For your specality bikes (cagiva, franks, tigers) If you need a pipe for it, my pipe builder can copy your old original one (must have it to copy) but you can get an identical copy of your old pipe, hand rolled coned just like they came. Pm me if your intrested.

[scooterroo]

not sure if you have these pics OC, but thought i would throw them up for you and everyone else to enjoy...















and im not sure, but this one looks alot like the franks t3...



and my t3 with my franks+2 swinger on it...

[Orangecnty250r]

Sweet!!!! Yes that is my 4 wheeler before the blue and black tattoos were put back on. They were redone exactly how Franks did it.....by hand. Those were taken right before Mario shipped it to me!!

[TheBlueWale]

I have an old Franks ad with a picture of 1st gen Tecate machined billet tripples. What ever happened to these? I have never seen a confirmed set on a Tecate. But the add clearly shows picture with short explanation. To me, this would be the crown jewel of early T-3 stuff. Where did they go???

Not to take over this thread, but please scan and post some pics of the ad, I'm sure OC would like to add it to his Frank's website and all the tecate fans would like to see it as well.

[beets442]

This thing had to to be awsome to ride, with that engine it must have been insane. Back in the mid 70's I saw some of these engines on bikes at a local track. (Hawthorn). They won most of the races there. I torque these created were ungodly. Don't think its the 490 but still
A Maico 490cc going in a 350X