The drift trike an amazingly fun looking machine. It all started Christmas of 2017 were my uncle showed me a video of people ripping around on a drift trike they built. He proceeded to say he would like to build one. That set my intrest in motion.
From there I idly researched what bike I can take the parts for and how I would build it. I had found the mongoose massif or dolomite would be the perfect choice. For parts I found BMI karts and Gopowersports I bookmarked them to come back to.
After almost a year of searching to find the perfect bike. I found it a Mongoose Dolomite for a reasonable price in November of 2018.
After getting the donor bike the design and fabrication process started. The first step was to disassemble and take a ton of measurements of the bike. From those measurements I created a 3d model.
Fusion 360 is my preferred and is what I used to make the model. I designed the frame. Using grab cad and McMastercarr to get all the miscellaneous compent models.
After the design was done. It was time to locate the metal. I special ordered the rear axle housing online. The down tube I had trouble finding a suitable peice until I dug an old hammock stand out of a friend’s backyard I used a chunk of that. For everything else I used black iron piping. Maybe not the best choice but it worked.
In the next post I will cover the build process and the hurdles I had to go over.
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