IRS - Independent Rear Suspension

[CanuckHoss]

Anyone have an idea of where to look if a person was searching for an IRS for a trike??

Tossing a few ideas around with a friend up here.

Thanks

[Orlando606VetteTrike]

Great question for Norm or Jeff since they both own an IRS trike.

[Paul H]

Jeff Hemperly would be my choice. He narrowed
a Jag IRS to fit under his 32 BH trike. You've been following his build for a year or so, right???

Paul H

[Imzz4]

I just saw this post. The rear in mine was from an 87 XJS . It came from a junkyard in Fla. It had and still has 2.88 gears in it. Be ready to rebuild everything from the calipers and hubs, to replacing the brake rotors. All the wheel bearings in the hubs were iffy. The new stuff from Concours West got rid of the original needle bearings. Now its all uhmw bushings.
Should one do this, the rotor dia is rather small , 10 in. They make after market rotors that are vented ( and thicker) and a larger od. A spacer kit is required for the brake calipers to still work.
Its a lot of work cutting everything down and doing careful planning of the geometry, but it depends if you want it or not. Overall, I like it.
The rear is quiet and everything works pretty nice back there.
I actually took it out for its first ride this year on Fathers Day..... I have been busy w other stuff..(shame on me for buying a nice 2 yr old 5th wheel) 7 weeks later , still "re-doing" stuff that was poor craftsmanship . Haven't even used it yet to camp in ...soon. !!! I can almost smell bacon and campfire and a cold beer...Jeff

[Wild Bill]

Sure would like to see the Winters Company jump on this IRS trike project! They are big into IRS for the street rod scene. We just saw them in York, PA a couple weeks ago for the NSRA East Nationals. They said that their Winters Trans is doing very well after a couple initial tweaks, BTW.

Bill

[knockdolian]

Barry, there is a company in Wales UK called the trike shop. They make bolt on kits to turn bikes to trikes. Found a write up in an old magazine (2003)
Hope the photos come out

[mmaupin]

Barry, there is a company in Wales UK called the trike shop. They make bolt on kits to turn bikes to trikes. Found a write up in an old magazine (2003)
Hope the photos come out

I have owned the trike shop's http://www.trikeshop.com GoldWing Roadsmith conversion for years. Nothing but a happy story. Great stuff. Seeing the pictures, it looks like they were doing something in the past with a BH conversion. Might be worth contacting them.