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Technical Section => Trike Tech => Topic started by: willy on October 17, 2007, 10:05:32 PM



Title: Take a look at this
Post by: willy on October 17, 2007, 10:05:32 PM
Take a look at this on ebay please and if possible could some one answer me a question or 2 about how direct drive works,clutch etc..cheers.......Willy

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190162994134&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=009


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: brock on October 17, 2007, 10:19:57 PM
   just a bell housing and clutch, output shaft mated to prop flange and off you go. I'm sure that someone will know but I had a feeling that the T9 Ford box had a seperate bellhousing, possibly with a carrier bearing. Downside is no reverse and needing to hold the clutch in all the time the engines running and you don't want to be (no neutral) I guess that that could be overcome with a hydraulic system and line lock and a great deal of faith. An inhibitor switch on the starter circuit would also be a fairly good idea.


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: willy on October 17, 2007, 10:30:57 PM
brock..cheers mate...willy


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: BikerGran on October 17, 2007, 10:34:24 PM
Advert says it's road legal but it's not - not if the V5 says Robin reliant cos it's Ford engine.

£500 starting price?  I should coco.


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: brock on October 17, 2007, 10:52:52 PM
I was going to mention that and then went back for another look and now I can say, there's not a Reliant bit on it.


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: willy on October 17, 2007, 11:30:02 PM
biker gran..brock...i 'm thiking of buying it  was just wandering about direct drive...cheers....willy


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: Manky Monkey on October 17, 2007, 11:39:23 PM
Good luck. Wanna buy a V8 pogo stick?


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: willy on October 17, 2007, 11:40:38 PM
manky ... lol,no thanks ... willy


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: lunatic on October 18, 2007, 11:14:26 AM
Im going to build a rover v8 direct drive trike one day soon (ish).  ;D Wasnt sure it would work, but Desperate says it would and thats good enough for me!


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: trikerpete on October 18, 2007, 11:30:07 AM
could a small "high/nuetral/low" box be fitted  ??? think they are quite compact


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: Manky Monkey on October 18, 2007, 11:32:00 AM
Nothing wrong with the basic idea -though personally I wouldn't fancy riding it in heavy traffic with just a clutch pedal to control it's momentum -it's the build quality of that Ebay one that concerns me. Not sure it'd make it to the end of the garden & back, let alone out on the open road. Not being legally registered, it'd need a complete rebuild to comply with MSVA regs. A challenging project but not one I'd want to undertake.


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: VALLEYSBOY on October 18, 2007, 11:58:26 AM
and 500 notes to boot...better off getting Daves stuff :)


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: Manky Monkey on October 18, 2007, 12:08:30 PM
Yeah, you could do a lot with 500 quid.
Buy 1000 WagonWheels for example.  :P


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: VALLEYSBOY on October 18, 2007, 12:41:34 PM
well he could get 600 as Daves stuff is around 200 notes :)


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: Manky Monkey on October 18, 2007, 01:38:24 PM
A heap of Reliant parts & 600 Wagon Wheels -that'd keep me busy for a couple of days.


Title: Re: Take a look at this
Post by: Hillbilly Deluxe on October 18, 2007, 02:09:16 PM
or 1500 packs of jammy dodgers ;D