The big one of the small frame units was a great seller and the biggest limit was the bigger rope pull required to start the machine . Where the 5 HP fit the younger drivers. The same went for the McCulloch machine it was more work than a lot of people wanted to do. Keeping a hot 2 stroke running and they used up their belts much faster. I loved them all but the Bigger frame models were my choice.
The big one of the small frame units was a great seller and the biggest limit was the bigger rope pull required to start the machine . Where the 5 HP fit the younger drivers. The same went for the McCulloch machine it was more work than a lot of people wanted to do. Keeping a hot 2 stroke running and they used up their belts much faster. I loved them all but the Bigger frame models were my choice.
Sorry but I don't have a picture of the two sizes of RTS frames. The small frame is made with 4 small diameter tubes that kind of form a cage around the engine. The seating area if about the same and the front end is the same.
The large frame RTS in most cases was a single backbone frame made out of I believe 1 1/2 inch tubing. That backbone went under the seat and then went into a pitch fork design that was where the differential was held in place. The brakes were made two ways the off road trikes had a jack shaft mounted single hydraulic caliper disc brake. Where the Street legal had twin hydraulic brakes that floated around a pair of 8 inch disc.
I did have one RTS frame that was dual tubes it came off a frame that I sold the Mr. Jack Harkey a good friend who is gone now but I ended up buying back from him his two trikes in 2002. Dual tube frames were used on the Daytona Phase III Racer.
The large frame RTS in most cases was a single backbone frame made out of I believe 1 1/2 inch tubing. That backbone went under the seat and then went into a pitch fork design that was where the differential was held in place. The brakes were made two ways the off road trikes had a jack shaft mounted single hydraulic caliper disc brake. Where the Street legal had twin hydraulic brakes that floated around a pair of 8 inch disc.
I did have one RTS frame that was dual tubes it came off a frame that I sold the Mr. Jack Harkey a good friend who is gone now but I ended up buying back from him his two trikes in 2002. Dual tube frames were used on the Daytona Phase III Racer.
