SpeeCo Roughrider Project

wamey · 09-25-2018, 06:03 PM

Normally I post in the dual sport section but aside from helping a friend get their hawk up to speed I haven't been wrenching on mine much aside from normal maintenance, I'm satisfied... Sooo time for a new project!

I present the SpeeCo Roughrider. I traded a beat up hawk (not mine, friend rage quit on theirs) for it and a watermelon. It looks like SpeeCo (a.k.a. Special Products Company) is normally a farm equipment company who jumped in on the trike craze in the 80's. The neat thing is, it uses an old briggs and strat "heavy duty, cast iron" 8hp engine so between the yard equipment store/engine repair shop and Farm and Fleet, I can source almost everything I need to fix the thing. It's stupid fun.

The primary design objective of the trike is to help me out on trail work days. I am a member of the local motorcycle/dirt bike club and we host a lot of dual sport rides/hare scrambles/whatever. This thing will haul me, gas, a chainsaw, loppers, water, and arrows along the intended trails. I'm putting it to the test next weekend and am pretty excited.

So here are the pics, yes that is a tractor seat, I hope you all enjoy:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2JyAdvd7Khc4YkDQ6

09-25-2018, 06:03 PM	#1
wamey Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 96	SpeeCo Roughrider Project Normally I post in the dual sport section but aside from helping a friend get their hawk up to speed I haven't been wrenching on mine much aside from normal maintenance, I'm satisfied... Sooo time for a new project! I present the SpeeCo Roughrider. I traded a beat up hawk (not mine, friend rage quit on theirs) for it and a watermelon. It looks like SpeeCo (a.k.a. Special Products Company) is normally a farm equipment company who jumped in on the trike craze in the 80's. The neat thing is, it uses an old briggs and strat "heavy duty, cast iron" 8hp engine so between the yard equipment store/engine repair shop and Farm and Fleet, I can source almost everything I need to fix the thing. It's stupid fun. The primary design objective of the trike is to help me out on trail work days. I am a member of the local motorcycle/dirt bike club and we host a lot of dual sport rides/hare scrambles/whatever. This thing will haul me, gas, a chainsaw, loppers, water, and arrows along the intended trails. I'm putting it to the test next weekend and am pretty excited. So here are the pics, yes that is a tractor seat, I hope you all enjoy: https://photos.app.goo.gl/2JyAdvd7Khc4YkDQ6
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