Kawasaki Mule rebuild!

[yanmars]

Nice looking area. I have a 2510 Mule. Has been a good machine.

 

[Harley Jim]

Welcome my mule brother!

I have a 4010 Transaxle Diesel foldable second seat. Love it. We are at about 1050 hrs today on this 2012 model.

Good luck on your project.

Thank you Brother, I have been busy building trikes for an upcoming show so I'm hoping to get that wrapped up soon and get back to my mule!

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Thank you Brother, I have been busy building trikes for an upcoming show so I'm hoping to get that wrapped up soon and get back to my mule!

Very cool I'd love to see some pics of your trikes. Had a friend who built one using a v8 and fabricated many parts or modified existing parts. That was probably 20 years ago and I think he still has his.

 

[Harley Jim]

Thank you. This version is a bit smaller than what most people are used to seeing.

I haven't forgot my Mule!
I have been in the shop! I need to build 14 frames and like total professionals we decided to make a major design change in the 11th hour.

I will be back!

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Way cool. I could see me riding one of them, just have to get 3 XL sized seat. Looks great.

I bought a hand pipe bender for my projects list to tackle in my retirement. I used to build climbing tree stands. Your tubing looks thicker than the emt I was using.

I been thinking about converting my 08 goldwing into a trike (if the front are two and rear is one is there a different name than trike? Hmmm). I like that the goldwing transmission has reverse on it and has buku power.
Too many ideas not enough time. For now that work things still gets in the way.

 

[Harley Jim]

That work thing gets worse when you retire, folks tend to think that since you are retired that you can start doing some of there work, since you have so much free time on your hands, be careful who you tell that your retired!
We have a (JD Squared) bender that we modified and with a hydraulic power unit, we designed stop gauges that we can change quickly and help us repeat the same bend multiple times, we use 1½" x 11ga tubing for most all of our parts, this keeps things a simple as we can make it.

Were just little guys but we use factory production methods when we can, since this retirement project has turned into a full time job, unfortunately!
I do think that yours will still be titled as a trike, but around here they call them a reverse trike.
I wanted to convert my road king to a double trike, or a four wheeler might be a better name. I thought it would be a cool project but someone offered me more for it than I thought it was worth so it left.
A reverse gold wing trike would be a nice ride!

 

[Harley Jim]

Got these done today, got about 40 trikes and frames loaded into the trailer and I'm headed to the Emerald Coast cruise in, in Panama city Florida tomorrow, the show is Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Hopfully Ill sell a bunch and then I can get back to my mule rebuild! This work stuff keeps getting into my play time!

 

[EddieWalker]

I never saw anything like those bikes. They remind me of a Big Wheel from the 70's when I was a kid. Is there a lot of beer involved when driving them?

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

I could see something like those with tractor type wheels, and a draw bar that could compete in sub-mini/lawnmower tractor pulls .

 

[Harley Jim]

Eddie, not when I'm driving, mine will run 40mph, several of my customers have made them street legal. I do have a Jack and Coke after a long hard ride though!
The yellow one is a drift trike, there are pvc plastic sleeves that go on the rear tires to allow them to spin, we have shriners that use them for parade vehicles.
The blue one is a custom builds for a man that only has one arm, it has foot controls.

Part time farmer, I could see that working, remove the differential and use a live axle, They have torque converter type clutches so they hook up real good.