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« Reply #825 on: June 24, 2012, 07:08:06 PM » |
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Thanx for that nabsim,still dont think the chassis is long enough though!.....and BTW I have no great solutions mate,just lots of trial and error and a very large pile of chopped up tube, flat, bar etc that made up the parts that were cock ups!  Sometimes you have to make it to realise it wont work,so Im always on the look out for bits of any metal that looks handy for a future b***s up Just had a look at those bodies on e bay. Not my sort of thing at all TBH. |
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« Reply #826 on: June 24, 2012, 11:03:06 PM » |
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Make SWMBO her own trike....sorted
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« Reply #827 on: June 25, 2012, 09:39:44 AM » |
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After I had posted I had a look and couldn't find them so you did better than me Rod, I am sure if you look at a few different types you will come up with something you like and does what you want |
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« Reply #828 on: June 25, 2012, 04:21:04 PM » |
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Want full bodied ,like a Beach B'stard or a c cab type body!
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« Reply #829 on: June 25, 2012, 04:37:41 PM » |
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i had a skoda rapide trike once, just cut the front off and put a bike front end on, left the rear body and roof on etc,
tripled the price of the skoda !!!!!
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« Reply #832 on: June 25, 2012, 07:31:10 PM » |
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Lots of half car bodied trikes about & some of them don't look too bad at all, though they're not my thing personally. There used to be a lot of matt black & chequer plate ones that were collectively known as Essex Trikes. I've seen everything from Fiat 126s to Minis to a Porsche & even a Ford Escort van.
I guess if your good lady's not a natural born biker, she's never going to feel completely secure until you've modified your trike into a Ford Fiesta. Being out in the open, instead of cooped up in a motorised biscuit tin's a big part of the attraction of biking/triking, but doesn't suit everyone.
Forum member ByzMax has built several "Beach Bastard" style VW Beetle trikes & is currently rebuilding an old one for a customer, (check Loony's workshop thread in General Tech). Might be worth having a word with him.
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« Reply #833 on: June 25, 2012, 07:47:04 PM » |
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« Reply #834 on: June 25, 2012, 07:55:02 PM » |
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Not putting 'em down Cabby, just saying they were a recognised style of build. When I used to belong to the Reading, Berkshire branch of the Motorcycle Action Group, the rep' had a matt black Volvo saloon trike.
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« Reply #835 on: June 25, 2012, 08:08:50 PM » |
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« Reply #836 on: June 25, 2012, 08:10:29 PM » |
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That's what my truck chassis's built from!
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« Reply #837 on: June 26, 2012, 01:57:32 AM » |
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chop one o' the front wheels off!
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I hate when people compare Lemmy with God, i know he is great but he is not gonna be Lemmy, ever If your Dad hasnt got a beard, you've got two Mums there's no point it lookin' pretty if we can't drive it.
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« Reply #838 on: June 26, 2012, 03:55:51 PM » |
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So after a lot of faffing about I made a frame of some old water pipe.... It didnt turn out exactly as I envisaged as a sort of exo skeleton cos there isnt enuf room to put diagonals between the arm and frame..   RODS build........ Added some extension pieces and diagonals,all curved to look arty. Made up some brackets so that it could be bolted on ...  RODS build........ The strips between the diagonal and arm were to hold some panneling in the triangular area,but have now chopped them off.  RODS build........  RODS build........  RODS build........ Still not happy that it sits too high and spoils the line of the trike generally,but it is the right height for the passengers arms,so Im gonna have to live with it. Maybe I'll rat look the whole trike cos thats what it looks like to me now! yeuk! A nice coat of satin black and a lump of aly chequer plate should do it!  RODS build........ Still filling and prepping it. I hate rubbing down filler and shaping stuff! |
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« Reply #839 on: June 26, 2012, 04:25:21 PM » |
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Hi Rod, maybe not my place to comment, but that is one very tasty trike, and in my humble opinion it certainly is not a ratter |
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