Check this out

[trumpy]

Those of you who know what I do for a living will know that I just had to post this.
Saw this last week at MedTrade in Las Vegas. The chopper is by West Coast Choppers and the whole set up was done specifically for a young guy in a wheelchair (ie it is actually used regularly, not just a design exercise). Very cool.

[98tls]

:yes: What can i say.......awsome..one of the best looking trikes ive seen........

[Hitcher]

IL4 may be interested in this...

[Waylander]

Looks like Monstar Garage might have had some inspiration into that. Pretty slick. Even has an air shifter on it.

[trumpy]

:yes: What can i say.......awsome..one of the best looking trikes ive seen........

Some more pictures for you.................

[chanceyy]

thats a blardy nice machine all right .. LOL can just see il4 speeding down the road on one ;) :yes:


after his wheelchair is all hotted up first of course

[u4ea]

That is sooooo awesome!!!! The rider will be a happy lad .thanks for sharing those pics trumpy....:yes:

[98tls]

Some more pictures for you................. yea mate nice........never been a great fan of trikes but sure can appreciate that.............:Punk:

[paturoa]

Those of you who know what I do for a living ...

not me - please tell

[trumpy]

not me - please tell

I own a rehabilitation engineering company specialising in custom mobility and positioning systems.

[Colapop]

That's cool. The design problems are a challenge or do you customise existing parts - machines, equipment etc?

[Grahameeboy]

thats a blardy nice machine all right .. LOL can just see il4 speeding down the road on one ;) :yes:


after his wheelchair is all hotted up first of course

I thought it was already hotted up.

Actually have seen an SV with the same wheelchair design.

[Madness]

not just a design exercise.

Awesome trike, the rear tyre choice surely based on aesthetics over function though?

[paturoa]

I own a rehabilitation engineering company specialising in custom mobility and positioning systems.

That sounds both very challenging and very rewarding.

Positioning?

[trumpy]

That's cool. The design problems are a challenge or do you customise existing parts - machines, equipment etc?

The stuff we do is a mix of creating new stuff from scratch along established principles, new stuff using some proprietory product and making the rest, and a few "off the shelf" products.
We have traditionally dealt with the most complex clients that the larger companies (eg Invacare etc) won't touch. In the past this has meant we had to design and build everything from scratch; for example we built the first adult "tilt-in-space" wheelchair in NZ, the first fully supensioned electric wheelchair (we are talking double wishbones and coilovers here) long before these sorts products were comercially available.
We are probably at the point now (particularly for me) that the difficult has become the ordinary (if that makes sense) and we are starting to explore new challenges while still maintaining our "bread and butter" work to continue the income stream. Interesting times indeed.

[trumpy]

Awesome trike, the rear tyre choice surely based on aesthetics over function though?

Hey, it still has to look cool...............

[trumpy]

Positioning?

Holding someone in a stable position in space that allows them to function whether that be in a wheelchair, face up, face down, sideways, whatever works.