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« Reply #420 on: February 02, 2014, 09:49:41 PM » |
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Thanks guys.
Two small disasters today. Indicators switch decided to self destruct and I had to make a new contact plate for it. Then riding home from the workshop. a rear mudguard stay broke. Luckily I was going slowly and no damage was done.
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« Reply #421 on: February 02, 2014, 09:56:16 PM » |
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That would be Mr Loon's workshop. Nice to see you there this afternoon Dave. Mudguard looks great in the flesh. Hope you got home safely.
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« Reply #422 on: February 02, 2014, 10:02:28 PM » |
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Yep. Was just pulling into the village when a stay on the rear RH side parted company. Just took the mudguard off a slung it in the back  Both problems MY fault. The mudguard stay for not getting around to fitting a steady bracket. The switch because I bought a cheap Chinese one.  |
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« Reply #423 on: February 04, 2014, 05:43:07 AM » |
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Could not sleep, so remounted both rear mudguards, with steady brackets between the support arms and the axle mount. Not an elegant solution but it's all hidden. From the way the mudguards, previously bounced up and down, this was a job that I knew would need doing, but hadn't. |
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« Reply #424 on: February 04, 2014, 09:24:51 PM » |
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Couldn't sleep because you were worried about your mudguards?! You're taking this hobby way too seriously Dave! |
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« Reply #425 on: February 13, 2014, 01:28:54 PM » |
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Couldn't sleep because you were worried about your mudguards?! You're taking this hobby way too seriously Dave!  It's not the trike that keeps me awake. I just can't stay still for any length of time. Did another coal run today. The extra weight makes no real difference to the handling. |
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« Reply #426 on: February 14, 2014, 11:37:32 AM » |
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Having decided to keep the tele forks for present, I thought it time to do something, about the tendency for the forks to twist slightly, while cornering. With the new mudguard there is now plenty of room to hide a substantial brace. Think this should do, as it's made from 4mm steel plate. Took a lot of heat and hammering to get the arch right, to fit snug inside the mudguard. It's a bit heavy though! |
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« Reply #427 on: February 14, 2014, 06:42:37 PM » |
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That's a lovely smooth bend Dave. Sounds such a simple thing to do -until you try it.  |
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« Reply #428 on: February 14, 2014, 08:46:40 PM » |
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I was able to brace my last trikes forks with a flat strip of 10mm alluminium plate,Dave, and it proved to be a considerable improvement!The Honda forks I used had convenient cast in lower fork leg lugs, enabling me to do so, so no bending required,although I have made a similar steel brace as yours on previous forks, Morrag
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« Reply #429 on: February 14, 2014, 09:05:13 PM » |
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That's a lovely smooth bend Dave. Sounds such a simple thing to do -until you try it. I've just bought a cheap hydraulic pipe bender , with a bit of fiddling ideal to curve strap as well. |
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« Reply #430 on: February 22, 2014, 12:06:41 PM » |
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That's a lovely smooth bend Dave. Sounds such a simple thing to do -until you try it. I've just bought a cheap hydraulic pipe bender , with a bit of fiddling ideal to curve strap as well. Thought about that, and you are right, but to get the shape I needed, would have meant making up a former, + the steel was too wide to fit in the bender. The brace is now fitted and stops the twisting. Due it being shaped to fit the mudguard mounts it's also well hidden. I have dumped the white handlebar grips due to rapid disintegration and discolouring  and replaced them with early, pre-unit triumph ones. These are much longer so I took the opportunity to widen the handlebars from 35.5" to 39". Lengthening the throttle tube was a pain. While not a fan of stickers on vehicles, after being stopped in a car park to be asked where I got the trike , I took a leaf out of Pete's book and added a "built not bought" |
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« Reply #431 on: February 22, 2014, 09:31:40 PM » |
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« Reply #432 on: April 02, 2014, 04:30:59 PM » |
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MOT time already  Passed no problems . So with the tax and insurance already done, I'm set for another year of blatting around the countryside. |
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« Reply #433 on: April 02, 2014, 06:11:36 PM » |
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And it still looks very nice indeed!!! Morrag....ps Keeping the teles was a sound move |
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« Reply #434 on: April 03, 2014, 12:45:43 PM » |
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Glad to see I'm not the only one who does the coal run ? Trike looks cool sir
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