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Terrortubby
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Re: Morning (Reliant trike build)
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Reply #330 on:
May 15, 2007, 09:01:19 AM »
Quote from: BikerGran on May 14, 2007, 10:53:15 PM
Looked for you at the rally TT, couldn't see you anywhere!
didn't move too far from the main marquee or bike show. We left just after the prize giving though. ominous skys and dogs to feed
Sorry we missed you.
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Terrortubby
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Re: Morning (Reliant trike build)
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May 28, 2007, 08:46:31 AM »
Well it made the rally and back, it did a ride out to Glossop with a few other trikers too.
It's done just over 200 miles so it's getting a once over from Mick and myself just to check things.
It's comfy for a hardtail and handles pretty good too. It does 70 comfortably and probably will get to 85mph if we ever tried to go flat out.
Not overblessed with power but rather sprightly considering.
I dread having to ever drive a car with this much power and the only use for a reliant is to use as a trike donor or for spares for a reliant trike.
Being a hardtail I wouldn't want to do more than an hour or 100 miles on it in one go. The tank will hold 100 miles or so before reserve, we didn't plan it that way it's just a happy coincidence.. The shadow seats and tyre pressures actually provide a degree of comfort I didn't think could be acheived on a hardtail, another stroke of luck there too.
Anyway, the upshot is for a trike built in a shed on a limited budget out of a pile of bits, an old engine we were given and a wobbly frame, It's not too shabby and does exactly what it says on the tin.
It's never going to be quick with this engine but for tooling round the A and B roads we have locally its brilliant. I can see the scenery and everything is not blurry when I'm out on the trike.
That's it folks this job's a goodun
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Manky Monkey
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Re: Morning (Reliant trike build)
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Reply #332 on:
May 28, 2007, 09:42:17 AM »
So a happy ending then.
Now get out & put some miles on it!
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Plainy Janie
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Re: Morning (Reliant trike build)
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May 28, 2007, 10:57:15 AM »
Well done terrortubby. What an achievement! You should be very pleased with yourself. 3 cheers!
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Terrortubby
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Re: Morning (Reliant trike build)
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May 28, 2007, 04:01:33 PM »
Thanks,
just need to learn to cope with the hardtail, my back isn't enjoying it too much so it won't be ridden by me a lot.
I'm working towards a soft tail trike for myself.
Laters
Gary
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