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« on: May 30, 2012, 07:32:39 PM » |
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Yep I've got the trike bug after doing the xj trike for the wife
So can I ask you lot on here please could you post as many pics off you reliant based trikes for me I don't want to copy one out right but just want to look at them for ideas and things
Thanks all
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« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2012, 08:04:44 PM » |
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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2012, 08:08:17 PM » |
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O.K, here's my current build. Check the info on the bottom of the pics -it's been sat in this barn, alongside my missus, Taz's, '69 Dodge Charger restoration, for at least 2 years. It's actually been almost finished for maybe 7 or 8 years!
Standard Reliant Rialto engine & gearbox,
home-built hardtail frame,
locally machined aluminium "slab" yokes, (extensively hand-filed afterwards by me),
Suzuki Savage forks, beefed up with Harley progressive springs,
Honda Superdream "Comstar" front wheel,
Reliant rear axle with MMMotors disc brake conversion,
aftermarket alloy rear wheels with slots milled in the spokes to mimic the front wheel,
Harley Sportster fuel tank with pop-up filler cap,
home-built handlebars,
hydraulically operated clutch arm & linked brakes etc, etc.
Several things I plan to change, including the sloppy, vague gearstick & the long linking rods between the pedals & the master cylinders, but I'm still looking forward to riding this when it's finally done.
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« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2012, 08:09:22 PM » |
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« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2012, 08:10:11 PM » |
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« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2012, 08:11:52 PM » |
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Same trike, several years previously, outside the rented garage I built it in, before I moved from Hampshire to Surrey.
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« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2012, 08:12:40 PM » |
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« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2012, 08:17:19 PM » |
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My previous trike. Same colour, same engine, g/box, back axle, forks & wheels, but with a Ford Fiesta radiator mounted across the back of the frame, with the coolant running directly inside the frame rails. The hardtail is a different design to accomodate the rad'. The speedo's set into the top of the tank. I started by modifying a standard steel Sportster tank, adding a tail to it to follow the frame line, but then had a copy made in aluminium by John Williams of The Tank Shop. Limited run cast aluminium rocker cover, produced by the Reliant owners club. The gearchange comes up through the nose of the saddle.
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« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2012, 08:17:43 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2012, 08:23:09 PM » |
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Flap's orange "Flapster". Built between us while I was still riding the rear radiatored one. He won the big "QuickBob" fuel tank in the NCC Diamond Day bike show raffle for a quid. I made his frame as simple as I could -then liked it so much I promptly pulled mine apart & started rebuilding it.
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« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2012, 08:25:43 PM » |
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I sold the frame, bars, tank etc to SkaMan, who rebuilt it with a Suzuki front end, (GS850 I think), & Rover rear wheels. It became "Blue Job".
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« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2012, 08:28:22 PM » |
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Real nasty pic about 34 in on that lol nearly spat me drink out |
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« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2012, 08:30:45 PM » |
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SkaMan's brother in law, Muffin, was a Postman, same as me. We built him this black one.
He's into Napoelonic re-enactment & added a removable axe as a passenger backrest.
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« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2012, 08:32:20 PM » |
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He still has it & is rebuilding the engine for the millionth time -not because they're unreliable, but because he rides like a complete nutter.  |
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« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2012, 08:32:36 PM » |
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Love the low bobber style
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