Manky Monkey Motors

my part built reliant 750 project

That's a bit of a beast!

Munstertastic..

Yep,definitely Munstercoachish! Like it!

This is how i got it mainly cosmetic but a few jobs to do like new brushes in the starter motor and then wiring up. It was on the road as a trike in 2001 but it didn't have the body on it. So now the fun starts lol.

Like that canopy at the back looks very..... Bugsy Malone

love the look.
Not sure if there is anything out on the market, but would look great if you could change the lights for hanging lanterns. ;)

Replica carriage lamps, as sold in domestic lighting shops & fitted outside the front doors of houses. Convert them to auto bulbs -job done.

http://www.lightsaver.co.uk/shop/?page=main_shop.php&whichmenu=outlig&scrollcat=l1&gclid=CNrCopLJ8q4CFSEntAodZQlEKQ

How about making a new Petrol Tank for it, I'm thinking Coffin shaped.

the tank is hidden at the back on the front its a dummy and hides the electrics but i am liking the idea of changing it to a coffin shaped dummy tank and the better half likes that idea too. thanks for that zx7, and thanks MM for the lamps idea will look into it

You could make some brass (or aly?) lamps that look about right,more like carriage lamps than hanging lamps,then incorporate the existing lenses into them....Instead of coffin for the rear(always think they look a bit too ghoulish) how about making some wrought iron twisty bits to replace the luggage area rails?

And you going to ride in a hooded cloak and scythe?  8)

oh yeah,like that idea!Have got a full size skeleton here..would look real cool on the passenger seat! This is just what we need on here..a theme trike! This has given me an idea..hmmmmmm
 Dragonwarrior fits so well!

:D :D :D

Now thats a good idea steve will have to look out for a scythe ;D ;D ;D

Love it !

I digress slightly , but as its in the right theme, i thought i would just issue caution about costumes.

In 1961, 87-year-old Harry Meadows, a resident at the Haslemere home for the elderly in Great Yarmouth, England, achieved late-in-life notoriety when he accidentally killed another 3 residents of his care home by dressing up as the grim reaper and peering through the residents' lounge window whilst holding a scythe.

Any more progress Dragonwarrior?

nope not at the moment, just got hold of a zenith stromberg carb and a family member has a coffin shaped dummy tank to hide my electrics. taking the chassis down to bare metal then repainting it. i need to get cracking with it as i want to use it for the butwhy rally in September.

Yep,you need to get a move on!

I now have in my possesion a zenith stromberg 125cd carb. the dilema i am in is how to mount it as it won't fit straight on to the manifold it seems to me to need a 90 degree adaptor. would this be something i could make easily or am i gonna need someone to make it??

An adaptor shouldnt be difficult...a piece of pipe(90 degrees?) and 2 x endplates.

thinking about it now it has to be more than 90 degrees is there any design software out there does anyone know of.
thanks dragon

any pictures of what youre trying to do  ,,may help come up with a solution  ;)

aye,
most of us use it on here, its a pen and the back of the fag packet ;D

get some pics up,

this is the carb that i want to fit on a standard reliant manifold

another view

some 10mm alloy, hole in the middle for inlet, then studs(or threaded holes) on each side of the alloy to match the carb and the manifold holes
thin gasket each side, all done,

like a spacer with studs/bolts

Digger..I could be wrong,but..I think the carb has to sit as it is in the pic,therefore it needs an adaptor to fit it to the angled outlet of the su carb?

yes your right Rod it has to sit how it is in the pic and that is why i asked on here

So doesn't it just need a manifold making that comes straight out from the block?

So its a bit of tube with 90 deg bend and 2 end pieces,one end to fit the Reliant,other end fits the carb. I suggest you look at Merlin motorsports for a bit of preformed bend,then make some plates up yourself for the flanges.
 An idea...Im not sure what angle the Reliant carb sits at,but could you join 2 x Reliant inlets end to end to give you 90 deg?

i think its 30deg rod su carbs only work from 30 to 90 degrees, to do a cheepie you dont need a 90bend just get a staight 32mm tube 17/18 awg will be sound then just chop yhe ends off at 45degree weld to the 2 plates you made  then youl hava carb that sticks out the wrongright way at the cost of £5/£10,  i cant go the factory this week as daughters off school. but if you stuck next week i could knock you somthing up. ive made one for mine but i want to stick it out around 4miles now to co-inside with the new wide bars ive made. so ile be making another ;)

The pic of that carb shows a side entry for manifold doean't it? If it is it just needs a straight manifold, or am I missing something again? :)

I have two stainless flanges left from an earlier development but designed to extend the original inlet manifold out, so the two plates match the inlet manifold left and right, anyone want them they going cheap :) you would need two bits of 25 mm pipe 1.5 wall and two plates to match the head to finish

Am i missing something here are you using a stromberg because you have no SU or are you having sone sort of problem with your SU?

dont know if this is the kind of thing you need it was with some reliant bits i had and it was made for a reliant (or so i was told) with a bike carb fitted witch i have removed but thats all i know about it

the carb that came with the trike was a zenith and in pieces so i went looking around and found the zenith stromberg 125CD which is a su replacement. so that is what i went for.

that looks like the right kind of idea zak.

if you can make any use of it you are welcome to it

That would be great zak what are you wanting for it just let me know and we can sort it out
thanks dragon

dont want any thing for it your welcome to it you may be able to do somthing with it i will never use it, just pm me your address, will get it off to you tomorow

thank you zak it is greatly appreciated

fair enough  :)

The Zenith down drafts were used on the earlier, 750cc engines weren't they? As far as I know, all the 850s used SUs.

yep,,,

that is what my engine is a 750cc

I thought that Andy but sure I have seen somewhere that the 850 could come with the Zenith as well depending what they had when it was being built.

I thought I read that too somewhere!

hi d-w. if you look on the right hand side at the back of your engine. if you were sitting on it. near the gearbox. just below the head you will see some letters and numbers some thing like  4h/85/10538  the 85 denotes its and 850cc some where on here it say what the others are for

A single 8 in the second part of the number will confirm its 750 and as terry pointed out 85 in the second part of the number is the 850 the 700cc is confirmed by c70 at the end of the number

it is a 750cc as it states on the logbook and also has the 8 its own on the engine

Dragonwarrior , how about having a look at my Database at

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlMaGuINd0e9dHppc1Bfa2ZTY0tCV19ZSUUyMXdWX0E&authkey=CKPJ3e4H&hl=en_GB&authkey=CKPJ3e4H&pli=1#gid=2

and doing me a big favour by sending me your engine number so that I can add it to the database to help any future queries ?
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I just knew you'd pop in on this one Pete!

recieved the adapter this morning zak and i can't thank you enough it is perfect thank you so much
dragon

Woohoo..another hurdle over then!

no prob, just happy to hear you can make use of it  :)

need some get up and go my go seems to have got up and gone on holiday

Know how you feel ,but remember every small job done on it ,is a little nearer the main goal! Just keep nibbling away at it!

we need the sun to shine........always gives me a boost  :)

Yep,brilliant sunshine here at the mo',but p****ng down in between !

been pretty much the same hear Rod for quite a few days now

we got floods in my part of the sticks,all i want is a couple of sunny days to finish the trike so its bount to piss down non stop the rest of this year >:(

Supposed to be like this until May apparently. ::)

Till may only got to wait till tuseday then Rod  ;D

You know what I meeen! ;D

2013 >:(

i hope not bandit i want to get some work done on my trike. i need good weather to get electric in the garage as i use a extention at the minute.

productive day today started work on the trike again. stripped the wiring, removed the rocker cover and the head now the fun starts.

I was wondering how this one was going.  :)

 
My brother in law turned up yesturday and kicked me into gear to get something done. In all honesty i think that is what i needed ,just removing the mess of wires opened up a whole new lot of ideas.
One question will a 850 gasket set fit the 750 engine aswell?

so lets see some of the progress pics mate.

only thing that has change is lots of things removed and the engine is in pieces. Gonna make more room in the garage tomorrow so hopefully will be able to get more done on it easier
It does help when you have someone that is interested willing to help

i have quite a few reliant engine bits if you get stuck, only down the road 10mins from you

got to decide weither to get a replacement fuel pump or use the electric one i have here as the diaphrom on the origional has degraded and flaked

id use the original type, no messin with pressures then

looks like thats added to the shopping list then. the list is growing.
not bad to say i was told i just needed to sort the carb out and it would run."note to self don't take peoples word as fully truthfull"

Does anyone know what the cost is for a head being skimmed please

dunno, but dont skim it too much,

I agree. When I recently had my engine done,I think the head skim was about £40/£60.

I have recently had a Renault Clio ally head skimed and pressure tested 50 quid

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you have been busy DG,love that canopy on the back hope you will be keeping it on,would make a nice trike for weddings when finished

Coo, that's properly in pieces isn't it.

i had to do something to get to it to strip it ready for painting. Was just gonna take the engine and box out but the brother in law opened the engine and now i am glad he  did as the big end bearings are shot so need replacing. i am getting there slowly and hopefully it will be done for next rally season. got to get some low profile tyres on my 15 inch wheels as i need more clearance on the frame than with standard tyres. I am glad i don't need to replace the liners and pistons that is a big relief

Getting there mate, one step at a time. ;)

850 engine half stripped ,no dizzy or alternator , unknown cond, but it turns ok, down at mine if you need owt, come and take the lot, free

there a few bits and pieces i need if you want shut pm me and we can sort out moving it for you

pm,d you

will give you a ring later digger got to pop out with the kids for a while

nice meeting you digger.The engine is gratefully recieved

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a little more done

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Every little bit is a step nearer mate! In a strange way,I do like that body!

Very Gothic! I'd have to lower it & fit some purple drapes, brass carriage lamps, cobweb shaped gussets in the corners of frame rails etc & huge rubber on the back.  ;D

have you been speaking to her indoors as most of what you are saying she has planned for it ganna have to look on eilbay for a metal bender from  what SWMBO has just said

I'd cover the roof in black vinyl too & add some chrome side trim to it.
Very Munsterish!

Yep,must be done Munster style,with a few changes. ;D

Hats off to you for such a build, very interesting matey

ok work started again

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suspension brackets moved

trike has been stripped. the carrage was attached wrong so it made the whole thing look like it was leaning to one side. Moved the brackets for the shocks so it now sits nicely. making new seats for it and stripping the paint ready for the frame being painted purple. the carrage is being painted black wit a purple pearl lacquer so it looks purple when the sun hits it

Is the axle welded to the frame?

the axle is welded to the swingarm and the shock brackets are welded to the axle and the frame so the shocks join the two at the rear

Some how managed to totally miss this trike on the forum, so have gone back to the start and I love the Munsteresque body.
Keep at it and keep us up to date please.

little more done

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getting there slowly thanks to help from friends in wales. Just need to practice welding now that i have been shown how then i can get some more done.

Looking very swoopy. Nice. Are they seat bases?

yes they are MM got the rest of the design in my head but need to figure out how to strengthen and reattatch the carrage.
DW

Was wondering where you'd got to with this after seeing a Munsteresque body on a trike pic the other day. Keep up the good work mate.

Looks very swoops and curvy, I like swoops and curves! Gonna be good :)

Yep,thats one curvy mamma!

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headstock has had to be removed half way through repositioning it as it was 2 inches to the right once done it will be central

Glad to see that you are still hammering away. Also nice to see more panel beaten sections (never been a fan of tread plate). It takes time but the end result is worth it. The pierced floor sections are a great idea. :)

kind of lost intrest in the trike as it just seemed to be one thing after another going wrong. so i walked away from it. after the last thing that was found being the headstock being well of center and cutting it off to reposition it i lost all hope in the project. Now is where it turns around i have just aquired a bmw k100rs frame and engine which i can use the back as a bolt on conversion so now its gonna be game on.
DW

When I read your last post I assumed .2" (5mm). I take it you really did mean 2"  :o  No wonder you lost interest.
I know starting again can be difficult, but a new frame sounds the better way to go and should mean less hassle in the long run.
Good luck with the new build DW

Interesting build dw. Just been through and read your thread. Glad to see you are back on it and cant wait to see your progress  ;)

this route changes the whole trike from a custom  frame with swingarm to a bolt on conversion. just a bit confussed at what to do when it is complete as it used to be a dvla inspection at the local office. from what i understand the local offices have now gone so does that mean msva??????

Glad to hear this one's been re-born mate. I always wonder what's happened to builds when they disappear from here. Good luck!

sadly alot of things where found to be wrong with the trike after buying it. Also my health has got bad Dr's think i have fibromyalgia, but thanks to a very good old friend i can get this build done and on the road. Only think that will be differant is the front half still having the carriage on the back and still keeping with the original theme.
DW

just been on the phone to vosa and they now do the dvla inspection so i am a happy bunny. getting excited at the prospect of finally being able to complete the trike and have it on the road.
DW

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Keep plugging away at it DW! It will come right in the end.
If its previously been msva'd, doesnt changing parts of the frame mean re doing the msva? If it hasnt been msva'd then will it need one after the changes?
Is the munster body going back?

it was made before msva and it is gonna be a bolt on conversion using the back of the trike i bought and a BMW k100 rs so it only needs a dvla inspection to change the BMW into trike class as it can be put back to bike at any time. and it will have the carrage back on.
DW

Ah ,I see now.Keep on nibbling away at it.Every tiny bit done is a bit nearer the goal mate.

Are there any more update's on your rebuild dragonwarrior would love to see it finished.

slowly getting the parts to get started again