A 3 wheel 'motorcycle' from an automobile conversion?

PerhapsI missed the reference to having a W I D E front track.

How unstable would a 'normal' width be in 'normal' driviing?

Would increaseing the wheelbase length compensate for a narrow front?

Doolen has driven his 3 wheel Buick/Fox conversions for many thousands of miles in normal everyday driving situations and hHe is still enthused.

stU

Dear stu:

Define 'normal'. In daily driving, you have to adjust to what your vehicle is capable of.

Not really. Swerving to one side or the other, still tends to lift one wheel off the pavement (but hoefully still within suspension travel, unless you have a limited slip differential).

I wrote a computer program 15 years ago that one person still uses. My grandfather bought the same model/year Studebaker pickup over and over, and modified them to have a pull choke and pushbutton starter. One always likes the flavor of one's own cooking... when it is right for you.

David A. Smith

"N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\)" wrote in news:RpgZe.266042$E95.128702@fed1read01:

A child steps into the road in front of you. You swerve. The car rolls over. Or, mindful of the instability of your trike, you don't swerve very hard and you hit her.

I'd go further than that and say within the practical achievable dimensions it would hardly help at all.

See my first para. You cannot roll a normal modern sedan by swerving on a flat road, with normal tires etc. When manufacturers develop cars that do this they spend a lot of money stopping it happen. You will probably be able to roll a three wheeler conversion.

In all probability you won't roll it in 10 years of driving.But your margin of safety is reduced, probably to a level that would be considered unacceptable by the expert witness in a lawsuit.

Cheers

Greg Locock