Manky's new Reliant trike.

[saddlebags]

The beach bastard is the dogs nuts,the canines cluster,the poodles dangly bits, its sooooo much better in the flesh and to ride in as a passenger is superb,excellent work byz,nice to see Manky and Tazet where were all the fair weather Mankies?

[Manky Monkey]

Lack of pennies is the main stumbling block to finishing my trike. I'm working on a budget of literally a couple of quid a week, so it's a slow business. Not going to bodge stuff just to get it on the road cos I know once it's running I'll never unbodge it. It's getting there. At least now you know it's not just a figment of my imagination!
Nice to see you again Byz. I trust you got safely home to Windsor? So we gonna have a bigger trike contingent on next year's MonkeyWorld run then?
Mr Bags, I reckon at your current rate of progress, you'll be on the road before me!

[saddlebags]

You know it,front and rear footpegs machined up and ready for tacking,ally footrests made up,im using the same phosphur bronze bush set up on my front peddles as on yours but obviously CHUNKIER.Making the brackets to hold the master cylinders then captain spanner fingers is gonna come round and tack weld it all at once,he's also kindly offered to take the engine away and luvly it up for me,what a smashing fellow he is.

[Manky Monkey]

You know the rear pegs have to fold for the MSVA test? I think Ska Man's got my regulations manual at the moment if you want to peruse it. Not got much done on mine today but I've got an unscheduled day off tomorrow, thanks to the Post Office union, so will be in the garage all day. Hoping to get the powder coating scrubbed off the yokes so I can nip them back to Newbury for re-coating.

[saddlebags]

I spoke to byzmax this week and he said the rear pegs dont need to fold,that was only for motorbikes not trikes,clarification anyone before the welder gets fired up please.

[lunatic]

I have the sva book. Ill drop it round to manky tomorrow.

[Manky Monkey]

Fortunately my trike's a solo so no rear pegs needed. Means I've got to build another one for Mrs Manky though. 
Byz arrived at my lock up yesterday with Mr SaddleBags squeezed into the back of the V Dub. Great to see the trike out on the road at last. Hopefully I'll be joining them by the end of the Summer.

[Manky Monkey]

Captain Spanner Fingers views the ByzMobile with bemusement.

How does he see where he's going under that roof?!

[ByzMax]

Rear foot pegs don't need to fold on a Trike.  Have passed trike with solid pegs no problem. It does not lean so they will never come into contact with the floor and they will be behind the riders legs when they do they pointy bits test so they do not come affect the test.

[saddlebags]

Cheers Ian your up early,did you get wet wednesday?thanks for the run up to Alton mate ,speak to you soon.

[ByzMax]

Your welcome! Got a bit wet on the way back but just enjoyed the ride!

One oversight on my part though! If your riding after dark! take some clear or yellow glasses with ya  Sunglasses make it hard to see at night on the motorway 

[Manky Monkey]

Ska Man cut the solid rear pegs off my old trike frame when he got it & fitted folding ones cos he'd taken the manual as saying they had to. Some of the wording's a bit vague so it's handy to have someone here who's actually done the test.
Yup, Tazet & I remarked when you left Alton that dark shades might not be a good idea! I've got 2 pairs of goggles -Flap's borrowed one set & Ska Man's got the other, which both have interchangeable lenses. I also sometimes wear clear safety glasses. The local tool shop sells some nice sunglass shaped ones for about a tenner a pair.

[Manky Monkey]

As we had an unscheduled day off at the Post Office today I put the time to good use by sanding down the powdercoat on my yokes & handlebars. SaddleBags re-worked the yokes for me -shortening the steering stem, shaving a slice off the rear face of the top yoke, moving the steering stops etc, so now they need re-coating. The handlebars need re-doing too cos the coaters hung them on a wire to coat them & left a line of bare metal where the wire had been.
So now the yokes are at the welders in Newbury, Berks to have the old steering stop holes ally-welded up. Fortunately the welder just happens to be the powder-coater's Dad, so he'll pass them on when they're done.
When I got back to my garage I fitted the carb. I've spaced it out off the side of the engine by about 2 inches to clear the tank on a pair of home-made spacer tubes. Run out of stainless dome nuts to actually fit the tank so it's just propped in place to check the clearance.

[Manky Monkey]

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[captainspannerfingers]

hmmm call me picky but i still reckon forks would look better