RODS build........

[Manky Monkey]

Flap's orange Reliant trike melted the points a couple of times until we realised the problem, but only on long runs.
Hardtails -love 'em or hate 'em! The ride's a little, erm, interesting. More dumper truck than Rolls Royce. Get used to it kid 
I run standard pressure in the front tyre, (about 35psi), & just 15 in the rears. Any more & it tends to get skittery. That softens the ride a little bit, but it's kinda a series of small bumps.
The heaviness of the steering depends on the rake of the front end. My trikes are normally around 45 degrees -makes 'em quite stable at speed, but as you say, a little heavy at low speed.
It probably seems a little odd to start with, but you soon get used to it. Personally I like the basicness of hardtails & find they give more feedback of the road conditions. Rigid is more fun!

[RODeo]

Electronic from Simonbbc plus coil ,now ordered!

[RODeo]

Heres the rack /backrest Im building in progress...painted it first coat,then decided to add to it and alter it!..

[RODeo]

Designed and bent up a very small rack for a tool roll behind the number plate,and made a tool pouch from leather today. Amazing how much time it took to come up with something for a few tools,not to mention the amount of times I removed and replaced the b****y numberplate mount to get it right!.Pics soon.

[dobber]

becomes addictive fella, cant leave em alone.

[RODeo]

Went out today for a first proper ride. Was a bit apprehensive after breaking down 2 miles away from home,due to points ,a week or so ago,even took my AA card and a charged up phone with me just in case! But WOW! what a difference the elec ign has made! Runs nice. I could have stayed out for hours,just cruising around locally! A bit difficult to get used to the gearchanges,and a couple of times I held the traffic up ,cos I couldnt remember what gear it was in ,and stalled it as I pulled away.But I stayed calm and sorted it.Even stalled it right outside the local bike shop  .
 Something about this biking lark ya know..my local Heine Gericke shop was really helpful when I asked about probs with my crash helmet,not even a hint of "wot? you dont know how to dothat"  All bike people seem friendly.Looking forward to more riding out as the weather gets better.

[zakboy]

Think most folk are a bit apprehensive first few rides rod i think once you have confidence in the trikes reliability it will be plane sailing and you will get on her and not give braking down a second thought,i went for a good blast out yesterday it was cold on the old hands though

[RODeo]

I had gloves and loads of layers on,and didnt feel the cold. Maybe thats because I was concentrating so much on the riding! Now Im home ,we've got the heating on and Im b****y freezing! I agree about the reliability thing. When I build a car I take it out for a local 2 block run then back home to check it out,then a bit further,gradually increasing my radius as time goes on.

[steve brock]

How easy was it to replace the points? Thinking about that myself

[Manky Monkey]

Congratulations Rod -fun ain't it! 

[RODeo]

Replacing the points with elec ign was easy. I followed fifers write up. I didnt remove the dizzy (and therefore its basic position) to do it,so I think that made it easy.Theoretically it shouldnt take more than a couple of hours to do tops,but I routed the extra wire required ,which meant re-doing part of the loom,and also I fitted and made a clip on cap to protect the top of the new coil from water.  This took time. But skates on here has had probs.
        Rod

[fifer]

That would be one of the kits to convert the standard coil .
as per http://www.simonbbc.com/bundle-deals/ignition-kit-bundles/45d-electronic-ignition-kit-standard-coil-to-match

Easiest way is to get a complete new electronic distributor from Simonbbc rather than just the bits to convert .
This gives you the choice of either
http://www.simonbbc.com/distributors/4cyl-standard-electronic/45d-electronic-distributor-powermax-reliant
Or complete with coil
http://www.simonbbc.com/bundle-deals/standard-distributor-coil/45d-reliant-sports-electronic-distributor-and-lucas-coil-dlb105
Note that when I came to fit my new distributor that I had to file the bit off the distributor to get it to fit into the hole in the block 
The quality of the casting was not good and the cap was crap , but once I filed the dizzy body and replaced the cap with a Lucas brass insert one , then it ran Ok .

The best situation if it was in a standard Reliant car is to retain the original distributor because that is set up for the vehicle and fit the electronic bits to it .
However , having said that , if the original distributor is worn then your timing with the electronic bits added is also not going to be perfect due to the wear .
If you have enough carrying capacity then Buy a complete distributor kit and store your old coil and distributor on the trike . Then it is just a 2 minute job to drop in by removing the one bolt from the dizzy clamp to engine , disconnecting the wires from the dizzy , discnnecting the vauum tube and dropping the points dizzy back in , reconnect and check timing and Bob,s yer Uncle .
If you have tuned the engine and fitted a different exhaust system then the brand new dizzy route is the way I would go .
PS . I removed the electronic dizzy after a couple of weeks cos I was bored with it and refitted the points dizzy 
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[steve brock]

Thanks chaps urm I'm running cbr600 carbs and my own made stainless sort of flowed exhaust, runs ok but just thinking ahead .:-)

[ByzMax]

Glad it's all getting sorted Rod

Pleased for you. 

[RODeo]

Thanks Iain. Already thinking about the next one! This time a morganesque car type... 2 wheels at the front /single rear wheel drive from a bike engine .