Morning (Reliant trike build)

[Manky Monkey]

Very, very pleased for you TT  Congratulations.
In the words of the great Billy Connolly- one less of them, one more of us.
And I know that stupid grin feeling. Abolutely nothing beats the buzz of blatting up the road on something you've sweated & grafted on & created from nothing yourself.
I've just got home form following the three triketeers back from the Shepton Mallet show. I was sat in a big hire van with my own & SaddleBags' trike frames loaded in the back, watching Flap & Si & Ska Man weaving through the traffic on the A303 aboard 3 Reliant trikes at a steady 75 or so.
Can't wait to get out there with 'em.

[Terrortubby]

I'm still having bother with this engine, Mick seems to think it has a dwell angle, i'm sort of sure it doesn't. Any ideas?

 It's a 1975 engine and I know it didn't have an SU fitted because I took the old carb off this engine and fitted an SU from a 850 engine.

I need a disk or heynes with all the settings for a 1975 engine.
Anyone know where I could get one?

Won't be making the NABD rally at this rate.

[Manky Monkey]

Hiya,
I've got the entire Haynes manual, covering '73 to '83, saved as one huge document. I've sent it to someone before buy they couldn't access it -was that you TT? You'll need Adobe Reader to view it. If you want a copy, let me know & I'll burn it onto a disc, or I can look up the relevant bits for you.
The 750s used a downdraft Zenith carb. When they switched to Sus, they just adapted the existing carb manifold mould. On later models you can see where the Zenith mounting studs used to go. Fitting an early manifold on a later engine's an easy way to turn your carb through 90 degrees to clear bike style petrol tanks by the way.

[Terrortubby]

Hi Andy,
No it wasn't me mate, I have adobe too so should be able to open it.

I could do with the plug gaps, point gap and dwell angle for a 75 mill. leaned it off a tad too and it seems to have helped a bit but it still seems rich and a bit smokey.

It'll only do 80mph flat out and I'm sure it should do a bit more.

cheers mate

Gary

[Manky Monkey]

Our all accelerate really well up to 70 - 75, then level off, but will slowly wind their way up to 85 -90 if you push 'em hard. They're not super quick by modern standards, but perfectly capable of holding their own in traffic. The size of you rear wheels & tyres will greatly affect your gearing & top speed.
I'll bung a copy of the manual in the post to you, but the plug gap should be 25 thou, the points 15 thou & the dwell angle 60 degress +/- 3 degrees on type 23D4 distributors & 51 degress +/- 5 degrees on types 43D4 & 45D4.

[Manky Monkey]

Can't find your address in my extensive filing system. Must've lost the relevant scrap of paper.
Can you PM it to me please matey.

[Firery Fred]

Yo MM, where can I source an early manifold?,can you get them new or do I have to search the scrap yards? The guv'nor's trike has a dummy mustang tank that someone has butchered because of this problem. forever in your debt,Fred

[Manky Monkey]

The later manifolds will work just as well. Take a look at the carb mounting flange on the manifold. It's diamond shaped with two mounting studs. The other two corners of the diamond are where the studs would've been on the earlier models. They just re-worked the old mould. So all you need to do is drill & tap two new holes to turn the carb through 90 degrees.
The earlier Zenith carb used the same size studs as the SU, spaced the same distance apart. My own trike has the carb turned round to face forward, which gives more tank clearance & makes routing the throttle cable tidier.

[Terrortubby]

Micks dad had a fiddle and it seems to be running a bit better, Hopefully it will be running for the rally 

I could still use the disc tho andy, cheers mate.

Regards

Gary

[Manky Monkey]

Already in the post Sir.

[Terrortubby]

Thanks, have plus 1 on the karma thingy

[Terrortubby]

The disc arrived Andy, thanks very much.

Off to the rally tomorrow, taking my camera

[Manky Monkey]

Good man. Have fun. 

[Terrortubby]

Went to the rally, no prizes tho.

Lots of people liked it for what it is, a car engined trike built in a shed.

It's fun to ride and even tho it's not very quick it sort of lures you into just tooling along quietly and enjoying the scenery.

I'm going to pull the 850 engine out of the car we have and do it up.
That should give us a bit more ooomph than the 750 lump, Spanners recons fitting a small cherry bomb box may help it breath better than the straight through job with the Vee Dub silencer we have on it.

I'm after a big V twin Jap cruiser for my next project ( scandalous I know!) but I want a bike trike to compliment this one.

Off for a play

[BikerGran]

Looked for you at the rally TT, couldn't see you anywhere!