TRIPLE TREES RAKED

• Reduce steering effort on trike (act as power steering for trikes) without eliminating steering feel
• Reduced effort leads to reduced fatigue on rider, allowing for longer rides
• Maintain stock ride height of vehicle
• Accept all OEM equipment
• Increase frame to fender clearance for larger front wheels
• Made in the U.S.A.
• 4-1/2 DEGREE RAKE KIT

Fits Victory Motorcycle Cross Country, Cross Roads, Hardball

Only 4 1/2 degree rake will allow for better turning and larger wheel without the Vibration some of the larger not as well designed kits offer. We will not offer these less expensive kits. Its not worth it to Victory Only.

A must have when converting a Victory Motorcycle to a trike

Steering is a very important part of your motorcycle trike riding experience. How your trike handles on various road conditions may determine your level of enjoyment. All motorcycles, when converted to a trike, have a certain amount of steering stiffness when cornering as well as a small amount of “headshake” at low speeds. We recommend raking the front forks of your motorcycle trike with a triple tree to ease the steering in corners and give you a power steering effect.  In addition, a Steering Damper will help reduce any headshake you may experience.

By altering your steering geometry, you alter the rake and trail, which determines the ease of handling of your trike.

VICTORY Cross Country Cross Roads hardball RAKE KIT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS REV B

Rake & Trail

Rake is the angle measured between the steering axis and vertical. The steering axis is the line about which the steering system turns. Although the angle of the fork tubes from vertical is often the same as the rake angle, they are not always the same.

Trail is the distance measured from where the steering axis meets the ground to where a vertical line drawn though the front axle meets the ground. It can be thought of as the distance that the front wheel “trails” the steering axis.

The effects that rake and trail have on steering performance can best be explained using a shopping cart front wheel as an example. The front wheel of a shopping cart is a castor that has a vertical steering axis that is in front of the wheel. The vertical steering axis results in zero rake, and having the pivot in front of the wheel results in a significant amount of trail. This results in the front wheel tracking directly behind the pivot regardless of the direction the cart is pushed. If the vertical pivot axis were directly above the wheel axle, the wheel would not track directly behind the pivot. In this case both the trail and the rake would be zero resulting in a wheel that has as much possibility of turning sideways as it does going straight. This is a very unstable condition for both a shopping cart and a motorcycle.

Motorcycles and trikes both use a certain amount of rake and trail to ensure proper handling and steering response. In general, more rake provides greater straight-line stability, less rake makes the bike more responsive. This is why the forks on a sport-orientated motorcycle are more vertical than those on a cruiser or touring motorcycle. In short, smaller rake values result in quicker steering, while larger rake values result in slower steering.

Installation of a Triple Tree kit improves the trike riding experience by reducing the steering effort required to turn the trike, while making the steering more responsive. The triple tree kit modifies the fork tube angle moving the front wheel further out in front of the trike, reducing the trail.

COLOR	Chrome
FINISH	Chrome
MADE IN THE U.S.A.	Yes
MATERIAL	Steel
SIZE	4 1/2″
SPECIFIC APPLICATION	Yes
STYLE	Raked
TYPE	Triple Tree

TRIPLE TREES RAKED

 

Weight	19 lbs