Guzzi gearbox conversion

[brock]

...and reverse

[SteveRedd]

I think it could be a good idea, but how available would Guzzi boxes be when people started jumping on them and storing them for future projects ( guity your honour on most counts ) ......it's getting harder to find reliant stuff these days. How about an auto box from a small Jap car, dunno....Nissan mebbe, as Andy says there are loads of guys out there with a real need for an auto box ( with reverse) and I am sure NABD would help towards the cost of purchase too

[The pointy helmet]

HELLO "CLUB!"
 

At last the assembled might of MMM is starting to kick the idea around!

I feel certain that Mr Desperado Dann would know how, or what to convert, for an auto box.

Reverse. ?
Couldn't run a backwards starter motor off the ring gear, could you?

That's what I like about the TRIKE concept.
You have the room to explore infinite amounts of options.

No, we don't want to claw in every Guzzi box in Europe.
Would be interesting to know if the boxes outlast the build quality of the Guzzi bike and engine, though.

The STICK YOUR STICK campaign has yielded fruit already...
Now WE are starting to talk about WHAT MAKES IT TICK for US. Both as individuals (Bike and Trike pilots)

Now if we remove our collective heads from our garages.....

EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD CAN BE ACHIEVED TOGETHER.

(hint)

We've already got half of Brit Chopper on board.

Des per rate!

DES  PER  RATE!

.....Your children need your celestial guidance.

[Richie 66]

I have been in contact with Royce Creasey about the Voyager Reliant engine to Guzzi gearbox conversion plate and looks like I may have the drawings soon.

Would anyone be interested in them if I can cast them?

The pic below is a naked Voyager

Er sorry to say , although it's a bit on the ugly side Like me , I rather like this bike as is. Needs a wee splash of mat black I think.
Hope your venture goes well , good luck.

Richie.

[The pointy helmet]

THE GERMANS WOULD HAVE SORTED IT BY NOW.

I was talking to a lovely young lady, whilst in Thailand.

(We have a fair few Germans near my house, with Thai wives, as the area is so sought after.)

She was explaining that the German man is such a dynamic lover.
"Are the English man the same?"

I explained, underneath the Bavarian brass helmet. I was, as coincidence, would have it...

English

Her glass of iced Papaya drink clicked to the glass table top.
Her almond eyes sparkled and she leant forward...and whispered in my ear.

"I knew, a HELMUT of my own.

I was at a cafe in Muak Lek, waiting for an air conditioned bus.

A beautiful, german trike pulled up.
Off got it's rider. A greying ponytailed, blue eyed man.
An iron cross hung round his neck on a gold chain.
His leather waistcoat caught it and spun it, catching the intense sunlight.

The erect pipes of his machine framed his confident gait, as he walked to my table.
-I was frozen, yet spinning -  in another world."

"go on" I said.

..."But first I must move my pick up under the shade of the nearby trees."

(actually go and borrow an effin great adjustable spanner at our workshop...zipp!)

[morrag]

And you had a problem understanding my posting!!........

[TwistedPatience]

I think it could be a good idea, but how available would Guzzi boxes be when people started jumping on them and storing them for future projects ( guity your honour on most counts ) ......it's getting harder to find reliant stuff these days. How about an auto box from a small Jap car, dunno....Nissan mebbe, as Andy says there are loads of guys out there with a real need for an auto box ( with reverse) and I am sure NABD would help towards the cost of purchase too

See your point but beyond my capabilities barely got enough room for this project.

[The pointy helmet]

THE GERMANS WOULD HAVE SORTED IT BY NOW (contd.) (****ing great spanner!)

I returned to the table with another chilled Singha beer.

"Kahtort" (sorry)
"Please carry on."

"Well...I didn't go home on the air con bus!"

I feigned surprise.
"What then?"
"We roared off on the big german trike.
Helmut asked if I wanted to see his house. Set up in the hills.
...and that is where we stayed the night.
As the evening drew on the sky looked like the scales of an orange fish.
I had decided to stay and catch the morning bus.

The hours drifted into a tapestry of moonlight shadows.
The talk drifted into talk of love, lovers and lust.

"Do you like der kinky sex?"
Helmut spoke across a massive brandy glass. As he breathed in it's heady vapours, I felt myself self control
sucked into the stranger's mind.

With a gentle wave of his hand, i was walking into an impressive teak bedroom.

Four sturdy bedsprings lay upon the crisp white sheets.
Each had a leather harness attached.

"Two der knees und two der ell bow for riding all night...und dis."
He handed me a small trumpet.
"It is der duck call - I go shooting der duck! In your mouth the voice of the duck"

He slid the little trumpet between my lips and his fingers ran through my hair.

That night was the most amazing love making I could imagine.
After my shock and embarrassment, all I heard was the sound of a thousand ducks.
Around the room, upon the stairs. My hair fell lank with the hot, damp hunting session.

At last I fell into a deep and satisfied slumber.

When I woke Helmut was standing naked on the balcony.
The scent of coffee filled the room.

HE waited for me.

I slid out of the twisted silken sheets and walked naked to join him.
I felt so liberated, i had no call for clothes.

I stood and followed his gaze across the expanse of palms.

"I don't know what to say, Helmut.
Is this is what life is like in the German Land?"

It can be.
Vee verk hard.
Vee play hard.

Vee haf Der VOR SPRUNG DURCH TEKNIK!"b]

(and I'd only seen the adverts)
So that's "Progress through Technology" 

[SteveRedd]

you won't be hearing from desperate for a while ...he is firmly wedged in his shed building an 8 cylinder supercharged NSU engined trike  from 2x 4 cylinder engines, he won't even come out to talk to us

[The pointy helmet]

 
Watch out for those Wankel Spiders, Chris!

[morrag]

Due to the interest in this project, possibly from disabled riders, thought you might like to consider what could be a more cost effective route,if looking for such a disabled rider friendly option, and that is along the lines of the Pic.attached.I have no idea who built it, and the pic is 6/7 years old, but its a Metro Auto.with Kawasaki front end, but still manages to look neat and tidy, and "Bike based" 'trikish, don't you think?.Anyway, its another route,Morrag

[The pointy helmet]

 
Cheers, Morrag.

It is an intriguing machine.
Totally enclosed,bit like a trike that has been vacuum packed.

Certainly makes for easy cleaning.
 

[panthershaun]

,Morrag

Can I say blurghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that is the ugliest thing I think I have had the misfortune to cast my eyes upon. I thought Boom trikes had cornered the market for ugly but at least they have the German TUV to conform to.
Sorry, just my opinion but I do hate bodywork on trikes. Here I have to agree with the late Indian Larry that the workings of a machine should be celebrated not hidden.... guess I had better run and hide now 















 

[Manky Monkey]

You just know the owner of that trike's going to pitch up here one day & be very, very upset.  (I'll send him your way when he does Shaun  ).
I'm not keen on acres of bodywork either & agree, mechanics can be beautiful. There's a place for bodywork in the trikey world though.
Just not on mine.   

[BikerGran]

You just know the owner of that trike's going to pitch up here one day & be very, very upset. 

Actually that trike is currently for sale on the NABD forum.

I'm not keen on acres of bodywork either & agree, mechanics can be beautiful. There's a place for bodywork in the trikey world though.
Just not on mine.   

There's a firm up in the midlands building something along those lines commercially.  Wildcat trikes

I think they look quite good and I've tried very hard to like them but like you say there's just too much bodywork - I saw one at a rally and had a good look but it didn't do a lot for me.