It's been a while since I added comments to the folks that stop into look at this thread that aren't members.
Welcome and I hope this inspires you to join our group and to build something. Perhaps a tri car, Indian or otherwise. Yes I know you wish you could but you don't have ------. You fill in the blanks.
When I started building this bike I had to dust off shaky skills learned 50 years before in Vocational School where they shipped me when I was 13. It did pay off to express my intense dislike for a teacher. Frank Oke Vocational School was a blessing for me.
I spent most of my life restoring antique furniture so there is no long history of metal working other than scrubbing rust off hinges. I have limited tools other than a 115V welder and a sandblasting cabinet. Most of the tools are hand tools. That's all you need.
You don't have a welder and you don't know how to weld. Indian22/Rick has a full commercial workshop, garage that he can use. His answer was to work at home with a $150, 115v, mig welder he bought from a seller on eBay. He tack welds the parts in place and sends it to the shop to be welded.
A welding shop will be a lot more willing and reasonable dollar wise if all they have to do is put the piece on the table and weld it with out trying to assemble it from parts.
I would buy the spindles from a go kart supplier if I was to do it again. The spindles are 3/4" and I'd get them with the springs built in.
Front hubs. I bought mine from a machinist in England. I'll have to see if he is still making them but they came with or without disc brake mounting. The other option is buying 22mm though hubs from a bicycle supply with or without brakes. I suggest brakes. I had to wrap a layer of pop can around the bolt to take up the difference between the 3/4" spindle and the 22mm hub. The hub turns on the bearings not the axle.
The tubing sizes and shapes. I'll post all that here in a day or two. All stock sizes and the curve shapes are an eyeball and guess. I used an electricians pipe bender to bend the tubing on the front end.
The gas tank is on Photobucket as to sizes for a pattern. I put all the numbers down there and there is information here on the thread. I used #28 gauge metal and soldered it. I line the tanks with Caswell tank liner.
The motor. It's a Jacobson snow thrower motor with the excess metal cut off and the flywheel fins shaved off. I bought this from another member.
The bicycle is just a generic offshore bike that Silverbear gave me one Bike Camp summer. I replaced the seat and chain stay.
Jack shaft is on the pedal crank. Sportsman Flyer sells them. I bought the sprocket and adapter from them as well.
Questions? I'll be glad to answer them. Please join the forum. It's painless. Then click on my name at the top and when the menu comes up click on, Send a private message. Post it on here if you like. I'll answer it.
The all important question is I guess what would I do differently. Mainly if I hadn't wanted to build an Indian tri car I would have built one to my specifications. Trying to build a copy is hard. To many details that have to be right to make it look good. Building your own version frees up so many things such as the motor you use and the front seat style.
I'll add Silverbears Hiawatha build here shortly. Same front end with a couple of modifications but the seat and the motor ect are different.
Steve.
http://s866.photobucket.com/user/sp...uild/DSC_0004_zpsafjc1sbl.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
http://motorbicycling.com/showthread.php?t=32998
