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Author Topic: Manky's new Reliant trike.  (Read 408554 times)
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« Reply #540 on: June 16, 2007, 11:13:37 PM »

lookin good fella does it steer by means of skate board underneath. Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #541 on: June 16, 2007, 11:20:12 PM »

At the moment, yes.  Smiley
Great in straight lines but not so hot round corners.
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« Reply #542 on: June 17, 2007, 07:36:58 AM »

Looking good, mate.  Smiley
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« Reply #543 on: June 17, 2007, 07:59:20 AM »

cant believe there wasnt a single hose that fitted out of the six million i dropped over,  Undecided
strange things reliants
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« Reply #544 on: June 17, 2007, 10:47:30 AM »

Whats that radiator off andy?
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« Reply #545 on: June 17, 2007, 05:44:00 PM »

It's off the deck by about 4 inches on a roller skate cos you haven't machined my yokes yet.  Tongue
Standard Reliant. I know cos it says "Reliant" on the top.  Smiley
The bottom outlet is right angled so I cut it off, turned it round & had a mate braze it back on to form a straight outlet.
Hoses are 1 inch bore. Top one needs to be S shaped to clear the down tube of the frame. Bottom one's wiggly shaped.
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« Reply #546 on: June 26, 2007, 10:52:16 PM »

Mr SaddleBags has sorted my yokes for me now, but they'll need re-coating. The rear edge of the top yoke's been shaved off to give more clearance for the fuel tank, but it's milled in a staight line, which looks wrong, so Tazet's been busy filing it to a nice curve to match the rest of the yoke design. The steering stops have been re-drilled to give slightly less lock, which will give more clearance between the tank & the handlebars. The steering stem's also been re-worked to remove the locking ring that sat above the top bearing. That'll lower the top yoke by an inch so it'll clear the tank as originally intended.
Does that lot make any sense? Probably not. I'll take some pics to explain it better.
In the meantime I've been re-working the heated carb manifold. On a standard Reliant the SU carb sits on a short manifold which is heated by water from the engine to help cold weather starting & running. That's never been a problem on any of our trikes, so I've hacksawed off the water chamber & filed the tube smooth, so there'll be a couple less water pipes cluttering up the engine.
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« Reply #547 on: June 26, 2007, 11:51:08 PM »

nice one looks loads better ,cant wait to see a piccy of it with tax an a number plate Wink
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« Reply #548 on: June 27, 2007, 06:50:17 AM »

It's getting there slowly but surely.  Grin

The alternator and the Radiator are fitted on the trike too.
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« Reply #549 on: June 27, 2007, 01:37:24 PM »

What she means is she fitted the alternator & re-fitted the radiator after I'd followed Spanner Fingers' advice & sprayed it with Smoothrite. He reckons it's heat-proof enough for rads, so if it all peels off it's his fault!
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« Reply #550 on: June 27, 2007, 01:39:46 PM »

 Grin Grin Grin I just wanted to let everyone know they were on too thats all  Cool  Grin
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« Reply #551 on: June 27, 2007, 07:29:16 PM »

Nice bit of polishin' MM
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« Reply #552 on: June 27, 2007, 09:18:07 PM »

Nice bit of polishin' MM

Obviously got too much time on his hands, needs another project to consume his time Wink Wink
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« Reply #553 on: June 27, 2007, 09:46:34 PM »

I don't think so!
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« Reply #554 on: June 28, 2007, 09:48:33 AM »

Went down to the centre of the the Trike universe (Basingstoke) on the Beach Bastard yesterday, Popped in and picked up saddlebags and went over to Mankys garage to see his Trike. Looking good and nearly finished  Grin

Come on Manky you could have it on the road by august!

Saw sadllebags trike build too and that is looking well tasty as well.

We ( Mr and Mrs Saddlebags and myself) then went to the Alton station meet and met up with Manky and Tazet too but not many others as the weather was a bit pants!

Nice to see you all Grin
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