trikerpete
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« Reply #15 on: December 14, 2006, 01:43:18 PM » |
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HUH, You snuk that in didnt you  Thought I was invited down to help out  Its too late now though as Im off to hospital on 19th to have my other hip replaced. I was going to invite you into the theatre to give the surgeon a hand, but I dont think I will now   I did think of asking Saddlebags to machine me up a custom hip-joint but I expect hes toooo busy making proper stuff like trike parts Its Ok Toady, I wont hold it against you . I'll be in touch after xmas with some money for you. Thanks very much for helping me out. I dont suppose you have a spare sealed beam unit for that h/light do you, the mainbeam is duff Take care all |
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Manky Monkey
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« Reply #16 on: December 14, 2006, 02:34:41 PM » |
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Flap says we sound like a bunch of Pikeys -instead of offering to tarmac your drive we turn up in a battered van with a load of tube in the back & ask if you want a trike built.
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« Reply #17 on: December 14, 2006, 05:04:49 PM » |
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Not pikeys,trikeys,trikerpete ill put a supercharged titainium hip joint in the post for you,it may out perform the other though and have you walking in circles. |
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« Reply #18 on: December 14, 2006, 05:57:52 PM » |
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More bodies probably wouldn't have got it done any quicker Pete, but youd've been very welcome to help us get through the mountain of sarnies Violet provided.
We could've got further but ran out of tube!
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« Reply #19 on: December 14, 2006, 09:23:17 PM » |
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« Reply #20 on: December 14, 2006, 10:41:15 PM » |
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really sorry bout that pete!! kinda just happened overnight! one of those spontanious moments. i,ll sort a light unit for ya at work tomorrow! if i donT speak to you before the op i,ll see ya in the hosp at visiting time!!! nursey nursey! wanna see my soldier!!!! |
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« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2006, 12:23:30 AM » |
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Wow that's coming along nice, well done all of you.
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« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2006, 09:22:00 PM » |
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yep its coming together nicely! tweeked the frame back into line tonight. was my fault it shifted a bit! made the gearbox mounts and got them all tacked in. should have a full rolling chassis by weds night all going to plan! |
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« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2006, 10:10:54 PM » |
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To explain, we bent & tacked together the bottom frame rails & added the headstock & top tube. A cross member was cut roughly to length to fit between the front down tubes & there was enough tube left over to cut the gearbox cross member.
The heat of welding tends to pull tube joints towards the heat, so the braces should've been tacked in & the uprights either side of the gearbox cut & tacked too, to support the back end of the top tube, before anything was fully seam welded. That way nothing should be able to move. Ideally the whole frame should be welded up in a series of long tack welds, working symetrically from one side of the frame to the other.
With the headstock only tacked to the top of the down tubes & the top tube not braced at the back, Toady fully seam welded the headstock. The heat's pulled it out of line. Not by much & with some gentle tweaking it should come back square. Not his fault -we probably should've been clearer with our parting instructions, & hopefully not our fault either. Just one of those things & easily fixed.
As with all the other MMMotors projects, I'm looking forward to seeing what Mr Toad does with this one. Should be interesting.
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« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2006, 08:30:45 PM » |
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right then peeps! listen carefully i,ll type this only once. the reason the frame went out of line. was,nt anybodys fault. the front mounts on this engine im using are not symetrical one is an inch further forward!! so when the tubes were made and the engine sat on its mounts. it put the axle an inch out of line! it took me awhile to find out where the fault was!  so check your mounting plate before welding up! i,ve now sorted it, and its sat on it,s own three wheels now! |
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« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2006, 09:44:40 PM » |
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Looking good mate, yours will be finished before Manky's.
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« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2006, 10:06:05 PM » |
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just hope i can bend the last 2 bits of tube ok!! but at least i wont have to file too much! |
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Manky Monkey
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« Reply #27 on: December 21, 2006, 10:35:29 AM » |
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Looks great Toady.
That's coming on well isn't it. I see you've managed to get the exhaust system running outside the frame line. Very tidy. We had far more troubles with yours than any frame we've done before -I think we rushed it a bit really. Never heard of the engine mounting plates being asymetrical before but something we should've checked -would've saved a lot of head scratching. Worth taking the time to get the basics sorted before you build upwards from them isn't it. Ska Man's right -you'll be on the road before me at this rate! Someone come & give me a hand with mine please!
I could've left most of the welds on mine unsmoothed but just prefer the look of them filed down flush. My own fault for being a fussy git, but I'd hate to get it all done then find myself riding it wishing I'd taken the time to get it the way I really wanted it.
Still reckon you should run a long slim "rocket" tank though, even if it's just a dummy to hold the 'leccy bits, with a remote tank in the back end. And clip on bars.
Does look good though Mr Toad. Keep us up to date please.
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« Reply #28 on: December 24, 2006, 11:32:10 PM » |
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the rocket tanks gonna have to be decieded on when the overhead pipework for the charger has been made and fitted! as the old saying goes slowly slowly! catchee monkey! |
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« Reply #29 on: December 24, 2006, 11:36:55 PM » |
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Think you'll soon have caught up with the Monkey & overtaken him.
Dummy rocket tank with cut outs on the underside for the pipework to pass through?
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