Big Boys Ride Big Toys!

June 29, 2009 by Blade1

Hope you folks like my baby! I built her from the ground up. hand laid frame, body, bars. +6 Ultima front end w/ 5 degree trees. 327 small block chevy, three speed auto trans.,100 shot NOS. Can’t take credit for paint though, buddy who owns body shop hooked me up! If you can’t afford to buy one, build it yourself i say! Thanks!!

Any helpful comments welcomed, its a work in progress!

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Blade1 Verified	sorry for no pic new to all this will get it up soon, I hope!
06-28-2009, 11:21 PM	#2

Dodsfall Super Moderator	Send a link to the picture via PM and I'll get it up there for you.
06-28-2009, 11:52 PM	#3

Blade1 Verified	I uploaded it to my album but dont know how to send link sorry!
06-28-2009, 11:54 PM	#4

Dodsfall Super Moderator	All set.
06-28-2009, 11:59 PM	#5

Blade1 Verified	Thank You!
06-29-2009, 12:00 AM	#6

rexmitchell CEO, Forum Accountability Office	Very nice man!
06-29-2009, 12:09 AM	#7

Tdubb Tough Guy	Pretty cool man. Just wondering what the white jug looking thing is? I'm guessing its for the radiator.
06-29-2009, 10:21 AM	#8

Blade1 Verified	yeah its a resevoir for the radiator couldn't find no where else to put it.
06-29-2009, 10:44 AM	#9

Slim Johnson Member 99	that thing is a BEAST!!! 327 with nos?!?! i like how sleek the frame is, as opposed to what you normally see on custom trikes.
06-29-2009, 02:46 PM	#10

Blade1 Verified	Thanks! I like to be different! when i built her i want her long, low, and hard core!
06-29-2009, 03:33 PM	#11

Sed8Me Comfortably Numb	Nice!
06-29-2009, 03:46 PM	#12

WVEngraver Verified	That IS INSANE!!!
06-29-2009, 10:25 PM	#13

Maico Shark MotorcycleForum Admin	I think I know what category we missed....TRIKES !! Since we have room for one more I'm going to create it & move Blades Baby...
06-29-2009, 10:45 PM	#14

rexmitchell CEO, Forum Accountability Office	Dude, what does that thing lay down in the 1/4?
06-29-2009, 10:54 PM	#15

Blade1 Verified	never tried it can't get her to hook!
06-29-2009, 11:38 PM	#16

rexmitchell CEO, Forum Accountability Office	Have you dynoed it?
06-30-2009, 12:14 AM	#17

rexmitchell CEO, Forum Accountability Office	Also did you build her from the ground up?
06-30-2009, 12:15 AM	#18

Blade1 Verified	Never dynoed ,but yeah we hand bent the frame, hand laid the body and the bars, built the motor myself. my uncle is a retired boilermaker, and he said if i could draw it we could build it. took two years one piece at a time!
06-30-2009, 08:18 AM	#19

Capt.

Senior Member

Very nice Blade! Leon Dailey (my brother-n-law) pretty much invented the V-8 trikes back in the late 60's. He was taken for a marketing ride by Ed Roth (Big Daddy Rat Fink) for awhile before Leon told 'em to take a hike. Your trike appears to have the Boss Hoss fuel tanks is that right?
We ran one of Leons at Orange County Drag Strip in SoCal that had a stock Ford 460 and turned a respectable low 12's. Yours should do much better given the mods. Have you considered moving that ugly radiator to the rear?

07-01-2009, 09:16 AM Capt. is offline

#20

Blade1

Verified

Thanks the tanks are a pair of 7 gal. stretched fat bobs modified with a dash to allow for the breather. the orig. tabs for the harley dash were removed and relocated for mounting them to the back bones.as for the radiator it is nostalgic, it came off of Harry Gant's number 33 Skoal nascar. if you can see it in the pic the filler is at the top of frame and not on the rad. itself. as for moving it to the rear there is no room the full size battery and trans. cooler are under the body along with the shocks for the body. with only a 19 inch seat hieght theres just not much room. Thanks for the vote of confidence!

Last edited by Blade1; 07-01-2009 at 09:41 AM.

07-01-2009, 09:37 AM Blade1 is offline

#21

Eye_m_no_angel Senior Member	Thanks for posting. I'm not a trike guy, (yet, anyway,) but I like looking at anything mechanical and creative, and beautifull! I love seeing what talented hands and creative minds can come up with, and this machine looks to be VERY well done. It's scads different from any other trike I've seen, and in fact it has the look about it of a.... Heck Dude, it looks more like a weapon then a bike!
07-02-2009, 01:03 AM	#22

Blade1 Verified	Thanks for noticeing that i like being different, if you think this ones a weapon. I'm drawing up plans for another one w/ big block motor and no body, all tire across tail section!
07-02-2009, 08:05 AM	#23

Ravio11i Verified	Holy cow this thing's a beast...cant wait to see the next one.
07-02-2009, 12:36 PM	#24

rexmitchell

CEO, Forum Accountability Office

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blade1

Thanks for noticeing that i like being different, if you think this ones a weapon. I'm drawing up plans for another one w/ big block motor and no body, all tire across tail section!

NIce.

07-02-2009, 12:37 PM rexmitchell is offline

#25

Capt.

Senior Member

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blade1

If ya get the chance I think we all would like to know how in the world you ended up with Harry Gant's radiator and a sketch of what you have in mind for your next trike. This is a great place to get a lot of input from all walks of life.

07-05-2009, 10:47 AM Capt. is offline

#26

Blade1

Verified

A close friend was buddies with one of the shop guys that worked on harry gant's car, and at the time my friend was building a front engine rail dragster and the shop guy gave the radiator to him, the shop guy said it was one they used for testing but was too heavy and they swapped it out for a lighter one. the radiator was to large for his needs so he stored it for years until i started my build and he gave it to me.

Last edited by Blade1; 07-05-2009 at 02:32 PM.

07-05-2009, 02:28 PM Blade1 is offline

#27

pdxsti Verified	HOLY!! Thats a BEAST!!!
07-08-2009, 08:22 AM	#28

Hinson Verified	Now that's one nice looking trike. I like it simply because it is hand made and doesn't look like every other cookie-cutter trike out there.
07-29-2009, 09:55 PM	#29

Blade1 Verified	Thanks!!!!!
07-29-2009, 11:45 PM	#30

rexmitchell CEO, Forum Accountability Office	Somehow I have a feeling this trike might win.....
07-30-2009, 02:02 AM	#31

Maico Shark MotorcycleForum Admin	Oh yeah, Just touching up the paint on my Honda Big Red (Do you think he scared off the competition?)
07-30-2009, 12:14 PM	#32