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« Reply #255 on: November 29, 2009, 08:32:14 PM » |
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« Reply #257 on: November 30, 2009, 09:42:49 AM » |
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you ain't it, till you've "Bobbed" a Brit!!!
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« Reply #258 on: November 30, 2009, 05:30:27 PM » |
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Was good being asked to be the test pilot, just a pity rain stopped play really!
First time riding a Reliant trike and a bit different to a bike engined one but it seems to handle well and is quite comfy. You should be well pleased Rod, a job well done!
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« Reply #259 on: November 30, 2009, 06:32:42 PM » |
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Well done Rodney! Lookin' good. Does make a big difference just being to stand back & check out the lines of the thing from a distance. How did the handlebars feel to ride with? I find I have to angle mine down slightly or my wrists hurt after a few minutes. Can't make out your gearchange in the pics -did you go for TerrorTubby's A frame support design? How's that working? The gear shift's a bit of a weak point on mine -because of the bends in the stick it doesn't move back & forth but kinda twists instead. Also has a lot of slack between 2nd & 3rd because of the stick length. Yours looks much tidier. And I see you've gone with my swoopy exhaust design -but got yours finished before mine!  Looks great Rod. You should be rightly proud. Looking forward to riding alongside it on the MonkeyWorld run in April! |
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« Reply #260 on: November 30, 2009, 08:29:35 PM » |
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Thanx for the praise! Wont be going to monkey world on it ,even if I do get it finished by then! SWMBO and daughter want to go ,and seeing its my birthday outing etc!May stay down there for a couple of days ,no plan finalised yet!
The handle bars are fine (at the moment!) I have got some better pics of the gearchange on my site.Can take sizes for ya if you want? The exhaust is ok ,but I fitted the standard reliant silencer for now ,just for the test runs!
Pie s advice was invaluable. I had already rode it by the time he got there ,and he asked "how is it then?" I replied "Ah thats where you come in mate ,I aint got a clue if its ok or not!" To my delight he said it felt fine ! WHEW!
Im really looking forward to the next stage of the build,thats if I can get it back in the shed ! At the moment theres a HUGE lake covering the corner of the car park that I have to cross to get there!A soakaway isnt doing its job. Hey Ho!
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« Reply #261 on: November 30, 2009, 09:23:38 PM » |
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followed your build all the way rod,i think it looks really good you should be well proud,well done!
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« Reply #262 on: December 01, 2009, 01:30:56 PM » |
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cracking result Rod bet yer well chuffed |
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« Reply #263 on: December 01, 2009, 04:42:53 PM » |
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Thanx everyone ,all down to this site pulling me along sometimes! Its back in the shed after having the "lake" pumped at 7am this morning! Today I started looking around for rear mudguards.I guessed that any trailer guards I found wouldnt be wide enuf to enable me to try them over the wheel for fit. What I did was measured the diam of the tyre on the rim,plus enuf for clearance. I then cut a piece of scrap 4mm ply to the diameter,so it gave me a temp to go to the shop with which was the radius I wanted a mudguard to be . After a few strange looks in the trailer shop taking guards off the display and offering up to the template,I found a steel 'guard which fitted the bill,its too narrow ,but not a prob to widen etc. Great! another bit of time saved in building them! Alas they were out of stock so gotta wait a week or so for a fresh delivery. ! Bugger! I will do this for the front wheel as well,but obviously I will have to narrow that one,and also there will be a lot of cutting and shutting to get it to look right! |
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« Reply #264 on: December 01, 2009, 06:00:41 PM » |
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Nothing special and not already seen...just the fact its out in the open!! Very special...and now seen whole !!!!! Looks great  |
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« Reply #265 on: December 01, 2009, 08:03:21 PM » |
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Never thought of narrowing a trailer guard for the front. I'll eventually have to find something to cover the big fat tyre on the front of Taz's trike build, so that might be a handy option.
How did you mount your fuel tank Rod? Are they home made cradles it's sat in? Solid or boxed? Can't see any straps running around the tank -is it bolted in underneath? Just thinking about mounting the tank on my pick-up project & looking to steal a few ideas!
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« Reply #266 on: December 02, 2009, 09:44:08 AM » |
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Here ya go..........a bit blurry ,but.....  |
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« Reply #267 on: December 03, 2009, 12:01:44 AM » |
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Ahh. Thanks!
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« Reply #268 on: December 03, 2009, 09:16:13 AM » |
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love the trike mate,just had a look at the tank,how much fuel can ya get in the tank,will the two tubes that it sits on,be strong enough,to hold it .coz its a hardtail there is no bounce so all the shock will go through the trike.
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« Reply #269 on: December 03, 2009, 01:20:24 PM » |
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Someone else mentioned this! Never thought about it TBH! The tubes are very strongly welded ,but when I get round to the strip and rebuild I may brace the mounts.
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