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« Reply #30 on: April 08, 2006, 09:40:42 PM » |
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Longer than usual! its taken you over a year to so far  |
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« Reply #31 on: April 09, 2006, 09:30:21 AM » |
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Yeah, but I have built 106 others in the meantime.
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« Reply #32 on: April 09, 2006, 09:25:59 PM » |
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I know all about that different starter length. I built a frame around a cx500 frame, and after cutting out the tubes behind the honda engine, I made a cradle for a Reliant lump and gearbox, but some of the honda frame snagged the starter nose.
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« Reply #33 on: April 09, 2006, 09:30:34 PM » |
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 Ain't building fun! I've got the gearbox but not the starter itself so not sure whether to use it now -depends how much a pre-engaged starter motor will cost.
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« Reply #34 on: April 13, 2006, 11:59:57 PM » |
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I've spent 3 afternoons with a selection of hand files, smoothing out the welds around the headstock of my frame. A seriously boring job but looks nice when it's done. Can't use filler cos the frame's going to be powder-coated. Tonight I added the triangular strengthening gussets.
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« Reply #35 on: April 15, 2006, 01:28:21 PM » |
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very nice mr manky...
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« Reply #36 on: April 15, 2006, 07:47:27 PM » |
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I've spent 3 afternoons with a selection of hand files, smoothing out the welds around the headstock of my frame. A seriously boring job but looks nice when it's done. Can't use filler cos the frame's going to be powder-coated. Tonight I added the triangular strengthening gussets.
Looking good dude ! wish I had the patience to fiddle and fart about smoothing down welds.... but *uc* it  it dont make it go any better and while your grinding & filing, I'll be riding. take care, see you at B & W. |
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« Reply #37 on: April 16, 2006, 07:31:27 AM » |
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Bring cake. I haven't really got the patience either! Trouble is once you start smoothing out the first weld you're committed to doing the whole frame or it looks odd. Only smoothing the curves. The straight lines will stay untouched. Called in at SkaMan's garage yesterday to find the place green from floor to ceiling. He'd been sanding the powdercoat off my old handlebars. Wish I'd got a photo of him doing it -must've looked like Shrek!  |
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« Reply #38 on: April 16, 2006, 05:34:25 PM » |
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Didn't you tell him they would blast that off before they re-coated them blue |
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« Reply #39 on: April 16, 2006, 05:59:27 PM » |
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Hee hee hee! -no. Nah, he wanted to get them done with the frame on Tuesday morning so was saving time by prepping them himself. Now all the other trike parts are green! |
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« Reply #40 on: April 17, 2006, 12:09:45 PM » |
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Didn't you tell him they would blast that off before they re-coated them blue naughty naughty monkey rotfpmsl |
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« Reply #41 on: April 17, 2006, 08:16:49 PM » |
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The garage was squeeky clean again when I arrived this morning. He's a little treasure with a dustpan & brush is our Nige.
A beautiful Bank Holiday afternoon & Nige, Simon & I are shut away in the garage a-smoothing & a-filing Nige's frame. I welded in some new gussets at the headstock & the base of the top tube & we've cleaned up everything as much as Nige wanted it done. Tomorrow he's off to the coaters with the frame, bars & battery boxes. It'll be weird to see it in blue instead of my trademark green. I think that's the point where I'll stop thinking of it as my old trike.
Now it's Nige's baby.
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« Reply #42 on: April 17, 2006, 08:19:08 PM » |
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Nige works himself to a blur with the hand-file.
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« Reply #43 on: June 17, 2006, 07:21:20 PM » |
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For various reasons I just haven't done much in the garage for the last couple of weeks. Managed to put in about 2 hours of filing this afternoon before I had to go do other stuff. I know I posted some piccies of the seat mount but can't find them now -maybe they got lost in the forum crash? So here it is again.
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« Reply #44 on: June 17, 2006, 07:25:40 PM » |
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Today I've been filing the fill-in gusset in front of the seat. Rather than just one flat panel it's a flat strap that the seat bolts to with a triangular gusset either side. So after welding it all together it needs a little tidying up. I hate filing! It's a slow & laborious task but I'm getting there. I think.
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