Patent ID: 9676438
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B62K

Claim:
1. A method for converting a two-wheeled motorcycle to a three-wheeled reverse trike, the two-wheeled motorcycle having a single front wheel and a single rear wheel, the single front wheel supported by front fork tubes attached to a triple-tree, the triple-tree pivotally supported from a frame of the motorcycle by a head tube, the triple-tree having handle bars rigidly secured to the triple-tree such that turning of the handle bars causes the triple-tree to pivot with respect to the head tube, the method comprising: removing the front fork tubes, including the front wheel, from the triple-tree of the motorcycle; mounting a frame assembly to a forward end of the motorcycle; mounting a left front wheel suspension system to a left side of the frame assembly; mounting a right front wheel suspension system to a right side of the frame assembly; pivotally mounting a left front wheel hub of a left front wheel to the left front wheel suspension system; pivotally mounting a right front wheel hub of a right front wheel to the right front wheel suspension system; rigidly securing an upper end of a steering shaft to the triple-tree of the motorcycle, the steering shaft having a longitudinal axis; pivotally supporting the steering shaft by the head tube such that the steering shaft together with the triple-tree pivot about the longitudinal axis with respect to the head tube; linking one end of a left steering tie rod to a lower end of the steering shaft and linking another end of the left steering tie rod to a left wheel spindle of the left front wheel suspension system; linking one end of a right steering tie rod to the lower end of the steering shaft and linking another end of the right steering tie rod to a right wheel spindle of the right front wheel suspension system; whereby turning of the handle bars causes the steering shaft together with the triple-tree to pivot about the longitudinal axis with respect to the head tube and causes the left and right steering tie rods to effect corresponding turning of the left and right front wheels.