Manky Monkey Motors

It's a couple of years since I sold my last trike, (hurry up & finish it Baychimp!), but that doesn't mean I don't get to thinking about another from time to time.
Saw this one on FaceBook earlier & really like it. Wonder how it handles?

I'm quite surprised that you like that.

I have enough part's to build an Indian version of that Andy  ;)

Not overly keen myself, but hey-ho it's different.  :)

Why does that not surprise me Shaun !

When you feel the need for a garage clear out Shaun, send 'em my way please!
So what would be your ideal trike then chaps? The one you've got or one you've seen somewhere else?

This one would be OK for me, it is C*******mas.......soon!

i really like the flapster,the inspiration for my trike and many others i would guess

I really, really like this one. Oh wait that's mine  ;D

am happy with what i have but lower, wider and beefier would always be nice  ;D

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I'm never happy with just one style ,must have at least 4 different versions buzzing round in head but they NEED to stay there!

The one I got spent a long time building it want to enjoy riding it before I think of a new build. then that will be a Swedish style one

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Just needs a coat of paint now

Looks good as it is to me Terry, (by the way, couldn't find your address, so couldn't send you a Christmas card -can you PM it to me when you get a chance please, for future reference).
I always liked trikes cos, unlike bikes & cars, there don't seem to be any rules on styling -nobody says You can't do that cos it's not the accepted trend. They've definitely evolved over the past decade or so though & more people are building them just cos they like them & not because they can't ride a 2 wheeler any more. Mind you, I still hear a few bikers trotting out the same ol' line: They're the worst of both Worlds. You get stuck in traffic like a car & stuck in the weather like a bike. Invariably, the guys who say that, (including a regular at Loony's workshop), have never ridden one.

I have a Pan european here Terry,Was thinking of doing the same thing.

This to a degree is true but riding a trike is so different to either a bike or car. You really can't compare the experience.

@ Twisted: Great trike and I could just about take the bottom one on as well
@ Olds: sorry forgot about yours, I could fall for that one too, yep, luv it.
@ Swedish trike ??? wots that then mister??

Swedish trike. As far as I understand it think of 70s choppers and you will get a general idea. Usually very long forks, short ass and often with a VW flat four mounted the wrong way round with an extra transmission case as a spacer. Sounds strange but somehow it works.

like the Vdub upside down bit, had a bit of an episode with a chopper dont want to go there again

Still faithful to my Gertie!

 :)

I also love the look of the bottom one in Twisted's reply ....... bloody gorgeous!!!!!

This is what I have started to build now. Semi-Swede, Ford crossflow powered.

Indian Despatch tow, then maybe a Hardly Servi-car or Mr Old's Reliant servi-car styled beast... bit of a theme here  ;) not really a trikey sort of chap, if I want a stripped down opened topped machine I would go for a basic model T speedster or modified myself  :D

A v6 version of this is on the cards, with a fwd xverse gearbox, with the prop shaft coming out of the end (what was the side ) of the box
Anyone ever done this with a fwd box?
Huw
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It's one wivout any clothes, of course........................ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

   Huw.

   I had a look at those Mini Cooper drive shaft couplers which you mentioned, to possibly fit on the end of the 4th/5th gear shaft of this Fiesta box.

  I remembered how the kit car crowd turn around a bike engine and fit an adaptor over the drive splines to convert it to shaft.

  Looking around the net I found a company who make one-off adaptors, but I have not got hold of them yet for a price.

                      http://www.baileymorris.co.uk/bespoke.html

  This is just one of the several options I have been thinking about, depending on cost.

Thanks for that plasticpig, I think this should be a neat solution, short unit.
Huw

Cheers Mate.

If I were to use the whole Fiesta box, I would still have the problem of having the gear selector on the right hand side, with the H gate being left to right. Apart from confusing any potential theives, it would be bloody awkward to use.

How about some long rods and bell-cranks to move it to the left hand side, and a front to back H gate?

I shouldn't worry too much about a gearshift being on the RH side, though a sideways H gate might be a bit awkward.

what about a cable operated gearbox rather than rods

I'm interested in this, so, to get my facts right, you swivel a fwd 90 degrees and take a prop from a drive shaft to a diff? Do you have to modify the gearbox drive shaft assembly? This could open a whole new set of plans for me. More research for google ;)

Mr Coppersmith.

Thats the idea I had. I was going to either weld up the Fiesta diff, or just have the other drive shaft on a bracket welded to the frame to stop it turning, but after listening to members who know a lot more than me, who said the ratio's would be all wrong, it was suggested that I try and run a shaft out of the back of the gearbox. The five speed Fiesta box that I have has an extra cog sitting on the forth gear shaft, and if I understand correctly, that cog can be taken off, and an adaptor made up to join a propshaft to a normal axle.

What I have at the moment is an 1100 Ford Crossflow. A Fiesta box which will bolt straight on to the back, and a VW Beetle trans.

Options are-

1. Engine> Fiesta box with all the gubbins taken out and used as an adaptor plate >VW trans.

2. Engine > Fiesta box with everything in place, and a shaft coming out of the back of the gearbox >some sort of axle.

Mr Scannerizer.

I actually looked at a box out of a Bedford Rascal, but they are like hens teeth to find now. If I stick with the vw trans which I have at the moment, I would only have to find an extended set of rods from back to front.

There's all kinds of things that can be done with the selector - MGf uses cables, which could be adapted to a rod very easily, my mgzt uses cables ( although you wouldn't know it), which move a selector in two planes.
On my hill climb tf I've bored through the box so the rod comes out the front and will do away with the cables completely.
I have to say though, some sort of auto would be my choice if I could do it, don't fancy hanging on with one hand on full chat on a v6. I could of course buy s sequential kit from quaife, but £5000 odd is not my idea of fun.
As long as the 5th gear overhangs the bearing set it's relatively easy, otherwise you would need to use a roller type bearing withe the output shaft fed through it - fraught with difficulties.
Huw

Steampunk trike by Igor Jarovenko.

i like that  ;D have to ride it with a top hat and goggles though and a long tailed coat i think  ;)

I like that too ;D ,almost art.

A few more.

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I'll stick with my favorite

:) yeah, I think we all like our own best don't we - which is how it should be.

Trying to cross the generation gap, today I spoke with my 2 grown up grandchildren, both 20 ish. Told them I was getting into "steam Punk". After much hilarity the answer came back " Gramps, grow up, Steam Punk you??? no way" was it something I said?? ???

 :D Steampunk's s-o-o last century.

:D
My latest build has been dubbed the Steampunk Speedster though strictly speaking, it's more in the Diesel Punk genre. My kids decided that I'm trying to recreate the era of my youth!
Jeez, I'm not that Old

 ;D

NONE of us are that old - well only in years!

How about this one from zzchop.com
Those handlebars look s-o spindly!

The frame dosn't look much stronger.