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« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2014, 08:49:25 PM » |
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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.
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The answer to most problems, fire and lots of it.
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« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2014, 09:09:35 PM » |
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like the Vdub upside down bit, had a bit of an episode with a chopper dont want to go there again
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« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2014, 09:17:04 PM » |
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Still faithful to my Gertie!
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You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
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« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2014, 09:19:03 PM » |
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On the last freedom moped out of Nowhere City.
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« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2014, 11:16:37 PM » |
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I also love the look of the bottom one in Twisted's reply ....... bloody gorgeous!!!!!
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Precision Guesswork ......... What else do you need?
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« Reply #20 on: December 13, 2014, 01:22:27 AM » |
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This is what I have started to build now. Semi-Swede, Ford crossflow powered.
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« Reply #21 on: December 13, 2014, 10:05:25 AM » |
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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  |
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« Reply #22 on: December 13, 2014, 05:33:41 PM » |
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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  FaceBook trike [/url] |
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« Reply #23 on: December 13, 2014, 06:01:17 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: December 13, 2014, 06:06:09 PM » |
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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. |
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« Reply #25 on: December 13, 2014, 11:11:26 PM » |
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Thanks for that plasticpig, I think this should be a neat solution, short unit.
Huw
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« Reply #26 on: December 14, 2014, 08:41:38 AM » |
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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?
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« Reply #27 on: December 14, 2014, 08:59:39 AM » |
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I shouldn't worry too much about a gearshift being on the RH side, though a sideways H gate might be a bit awkward.
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« Reply #28 on: December 14, 2014, 09:27:35 AM » |
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what about a cable operated gearbox rather than rods
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« Reply #29 on: December 14, 2014, 10:36:46 AM » |
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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 |
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