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« Reply #1515 on: October 13, 2009, 11:29:18 PM »

I bought a couple of rotorary Scotchbrite angle grinder pads the other day. Very handy for taking off surface rust without damaging the metal underneath. I tried one on these brackets & they came up like chrome, well nickel at least. So I had a go at the girder forks that FLC made for Taz's trike. The shed roof's leaked recently & the fork legs had got a little light rust on them. Good as new now.
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« Reply #1516 on: October 14, 2009, 12:58:38 AM »

hmm nice wot size tyre is on th front of Taz's trike Andy? ive got a 200 on mine but that looks as wide for some reason Smiley
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« Reply #1517 on: October 14, 2009, 09:56:11 AM »

Hi Gareth.
It's the rear wheel from a Yamaha V Max. I'll check the tyre size for you. We need to fit a tyre that's marked as either "front" or "universal" to pass the MSVA test, so this is the old rear one, just to build the trike with. I'm told there's only one company that make a universal tyre in that size.
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« Reply #1518 on: October 14, 2009, 10:54:08 AM »

It's a Metzeler 150/90/15 Gareth.
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« Reply #1519 on: October 14, 2009, 02:31:43 PM »

ar righto Smiley the one ive got is a back tyre, let me know if u find out about any uni type tyres as i feel i may ave to use the same route to get mine through test and then put the rear one back on after as i dont know atm if my hiding the rotation details will be good enough not to be seen, thanks for the info Smiley
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« Reply #1520 on: October 14, 2009, 10:12:19 PM »

Loony welded the gussets to the axle today, carefully avoiding filling the holes with weld.
I think we're going with the Gothic, Victorian engineering look.  Smiley "Steam Punk" I'm told it's called. I reckon that look would really suit your truck trike VB.  Wink
I ordered some rubber flexible brake hoses from Rimmer Brothers, the Triumph spares company, for the front calipers yesterday. They arrived this morning. Too short. Bugger. So I nipped over to the local hydraulics shop & ordered some longer ones in braided stainless. Might pinch an idea from Odgie's "Shedster" project & sleeve them in rubber pipe to make them look more vintage.
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« Reply #1521 on: October 15, 2009, 12:51:20 PM »

likes the looks on that Andy Smiley i may well get round to doing some steam punk stuff on the trike Smiley
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« Reply #1522 on: October 15, 2009, 12:57:28 PM »

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« Reply #1523 on: October 15, 2009, 04:21:43 PM »

For true steampunk you need BRASS! Grin
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« Reply #1524 on: October 15, 2009, 06:47:01 PM »

For true steampunk you need BRA'S! Grin

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« Reply #1525 on: October 15, 2009, 06:56:34 PM »

I ordered some rubber flexible brake hoses from Rimmer Brothers, the Triumph spares company, for the front calipers yesterday. They arrived this morning. Too short. Bugger.


i don't deal with them, wouldn't touch 'em with a barge pole. how come you went for rubber, why not braided aeroquip. i've got 'em on the pi, they're great.
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« Reply #1526 on: October 15, 2009, 08:24:30 PM »

I guess you can only go on your own experience, but I bought the calipers from Rimmers & they were very helpful. All previous orders are kept on computer so when I rang them back & wanted the brake hoses, but wasn't sure which year of caliper I had, they immediately knew -apparently their computer phone logging system checked my phone number against their customer records & brought up all the previous orders on the operator's screen. Clever.
Went for rubber cos it's a 50s style truck with open front wheels -no arches or inner wings to hide the brake gubbins & I wanted a suitably period look. Rimmers sold rubber for about 7 quid each or braided for about 15.
Taz's trike is gradually heading more towards the steam punk look, rather than the tractor style we originally planned.
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« Reply #1527 on: October 15, 2009, 08:29:03 PM »

but doesn't steam punk ruing those nice mohican's  Tongue Tongue Tongue
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« Reply #1528 on: October 15, 2009, 08:41:57 PM »

Hawkeye -last of the demi waves.
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« Reply #1529 on: October 16, 2009, 07:59:05 PM »

Latest arrival at Loony's workshop. A nice old 60s Bedford truck, here for a drop of welding & a full respray, cab & chassis.
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