Nerf Bars for the 500R

[Derrick Adams]

Been doing some pre-fab thinking on how to design and build my nerf bars for the 500. This is going to be a very complicated procedure, I have a feeling. I'm really torn on how to make them.

My original idea was to use 2" C channel for foot-pegs (I want them large and Super STRONG) Now i'm leaning toward having the pegs formed into the nerfs and making them all aluminum. Biggest issue is strength.

Anyone have any good ideas? I want them to be removable for sure, in case I trail ride it. I'm welding some mounting tabs on the front tubes to attach the nerfs, so it should be fairly easy to remove them if I can figure out this issue.

What kind of aluminum will I need to be strong enough? Then, how would I bend it?

[twgranger]

I have seen trikes with nerf bars before and they look horrible!!!!

[Derrick Adams]

I've seen trikes get T-boned in corners and trust me, it looks worse!

[bigredhead]

I'm absolutely sure they can be made to look good.

Gotta be angled in .. triangle type from the front motor mount to the footpeg bolts.

Then wrap around for a heel rise just in front of the fender.

[3leggeddog]

1/4 inch wall tube,1/2" by 1".that way we can cut them on a miter box to angle them.also i can get ot free!!!!!

[200xadam]

ive seen nerfs on trikes and i thought they looked cool, something different and much needed, i hate not having them when i jump, i just dont feel safe...

[OldSchoolin86]

I've got heal guards on mine but if I ever did nefs on a trike they would be small.

EDIT: An idea would be pick some used pro-pegs up on ebay and mod and chop them to work.

[Jason Hall]

I would have to agree with Derrick. I watched that horrible wreck in one of the mx race's At trikefest. I'm not sure what happened, but I think the dude that got flipped ran up on a rear tire of the guy in front of him with his rear tire. Man he was off that thing so fast it was'nt funny. Kinda reminds me of indy cars when they sling shot rite over the car in front. Nerfs sound like a good idea.

[bigredhead]

You don't need huge nerf's.. just domething that bolts up to the front for support.. runs over the ends of the pegs and protects the heels behind the pegs.

My sx will have a set eventually.

[Billy Golightly]

Derrick if it was me I'd buy some old cheap beat up ones off of ebay for a quad and then just adapt them on there. Atleast that way you have somewheres to start. Theres also this link: http://3wheelerworldforums.com/showthread.php?t=29855 to a thread started earlier this year that has some pictures of some on a Z. It looks pretty nice actualy. They could be a little bit bigger, but I wouldn't make them real large.

[OldSchoolin86]

I would have to agree with Derrick. I watched that horrible wreck in one of the mx race's At trikefest. I'm not sure what happened, but I think the dude that got flipped ran up on a rear tire of the guy in front of him with his rear tire. Man he was off that thing so fast it was'nt funny. Kinda reminds me of indy cars when they sling shot rite over the car in front. Nerfs sound like a good idea.

I'm not too sure how much safer you'd be on a trike with nerfs for wrecks. On a quad they have a purpose to fill the gap between the tires. Without that front tire their effectiveness would be greatly reduced, almost void.

TIP:
If you did do it for safety you’d want that outside edge to be a little higher then normal to make for a better bumper.

[Derrick Adams]

I'm not too sure how much safer you'd be on a trike with nerfs for wrecks. On a quad they have a purpose to fill the gap between the tires. Without that front tire their effectiveness would be greatly reduced, almost void.

This is not really true. What really got me convinced on building a set was when Flyin' Brians saved my butt at the TF MX races. I dove to the inside on the first turn and he was wide. Instead of my front tire coming in on his foot and peg (and wrecking us both) it simply hit his nerf and slid him over. I was sold right then and there.

Coincidently, the exact same thing happened to me in the 4 stroke main on the 350X. Except that time there were no nerfs and I flipped right over.

[Derrick Adams]

I was thinking about something like this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW

Even still, I think to get them to look like they belong on a trike Nerfs will have to be completly hand built. Brians were angled and ran from the front tire to the rear. This seems like the logical choice and doesn't look out of place at all.

[250r'en +TCB]

^^^ I think those angled ones would look best. The square ones just don't cut it on a trike

[Derrick Adams]

Here's what Brians looked like. Can't ever catch a picture of this guy unless he's in the air!