Spiderman,
DFT is a trike converstion Co that has been doing trike kits for 12 years. The kit will fit 85 and up Harleys and 1500 and 1800 Goldwings. You can look at
www.dfttrikes.com to see them.
This kit is true IRS much like a Corvette rear end.When mounted on the bike, our center section is bolted to the bike frame and moves with the bike as one solid unit, than the wheels are the only item that moves up and down. Not like the straight axle (car) company's. With their unit, the whole axle ass'y moves up and down. Sprung and unsprung weight is what it's all about.
The unit was made by Leon Thill, Lee and I had built show bikes in the 70's and I have know him for the last 35 years. He also built a lot of street rods back than.
As most companys, Lee got into this trike thing when a guy we know from the 70's wanted Lee to take his wifes Harley and make it into a trike. Mike knew Lee had built a trike as a show bike with two 750cc Honda motors sitting side by side and a corvette type rear end. Lee built the trike. after the first summer she had it his phone never stop and he got into building the kit. DFT has 120 dealers now that buy the kit and do the installs.
I don't know if that is what you ment by "what is DFT" but their you go......
Or if it was what does DFT stand for ........the names of the three who started the Co.
The LS-6 Corvette was a "luck" deal.......car was on a use car lot in the late 80's. I never stoped to look at it as I drove to work each day and went right past it. I thought it was just a 71 and with the 454 on the hood just assume it to be a common LS-5 motor at 365 hp. Paint was flake over the factory paint and all chiped up from crackes. I get a call from a Vette guy that I ran around with one night and asked if I ever looked at that car at the used dealer and I said no car is a waste. He tells me he bought it.......and it is a LS-6 car.
I went right to his house and their it sat one wore out car but it was a real LS-6 car.
He paid the dealer $7100.00 for it. At the time if it did not run it was worth $20,000.00. The dealer just thought of it as a 1971 Vette, he had no clue as to what it was.
He put $30,000.00 in it to rebuilt the motor, trans, rear end and some interor stuff, last thing he did was repaint the same silver that it was from G.M.
Than he needed money, was offered $65,000 for it in 92 so I bought it from him for $40,000 as that is how much he needed.
I have only uesd it 500-600 miles in the 13 years I have had it. but I always put it in a trailer and goto shows with it, very little on the street. If it ever got hit ........I'd be lost.
I just don't use it and was thinking it is time to move on and mabey let it go to someone who would have fun with it....
Dean
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