Manky's new Reliant trike.

[Manky Monkey]

What were you doing on the roof for that first pic?
I've always wanted a trampoline in my workshop. 

[kustom]

lol m8 the trampoline is my lads i put it there so it doesnt get wet he goes in there to play on it and i wasnt on the roof i was looking out of my office window

[Manky Monkey]

Another grey tractor.

[Manky Monkey]

Remember my trike build?
Hardly touched it for several weeks now. Been busy trying to sell my flat among other things. To re-cap,, I've got a problem with a stripped cylinder head stud. Saddlebags has machined a replacement with an M12 thread on the bottom so all I had to do was take the head off, tap the casing to M12 & screw it in. Easy.
Except I've tried to bodge it together with Chemical Metal, which only succeeded in filling the original stud hole completely flush with rock hard Chemical Metal, which now has to be drilled out. In addition, I've made the frame such a tight fit around the engine that I couldn't get the damn head off.
So this afternoon I was in the garage & decided to bite the bullet & unbolt the motor again. I Knew I couldn't lower it enough in the frame to get the head off without scratching the paint -& I was right. Slowly wind out the engine bolts while trying to support the full weight of the motor on my own -careful, careful... thud.
Bugger. Several large gouges in the lovely green powder-coat. Quite suprised myself at how calm I managed to stay. I think I'm just resigned to damaging something somewhere before this damn thing's built. Hopefully it can be retouched without too many problems -I've got an aerosol of touch-in paint left over from the last green trike. Spraying some in to the can lid & dabbing it on with a paintbrush handle, before T Cutting it back seems to work fairly well.
So now I need Captain Spanner Fingers to call by with his right angled drill to drill out & re-tap the offending stud hole. Give me a ring if you read this please mate. The engine's balanced precariously in the frame for the time being.
Meanwhile, this morning I nipped over to Newbury & collected my yokes & handlebars from the powder coaters. The bars had to be re-done after they hung them from a wire to coat them & the wire left a stripe of uncoated bare metal. The yokes were re-worked a bit to give more yoke/tank clearance so also needed re-coating. Unfortunately the coaters were flooded out in the recent torrential downpours so have ended up several weeks behind with their orders. They do a good job but there's still a few bits that needed touching in so I've done that & will T Cut them back before fitting.
So sort of one step forward, one step back at the moment -again.
 

[lunatic]

If you need a right angle drill give me a bell. I have one at the workshop.

[Manky Monkey]

Yus please matey. Preferably a battery powered one. I've got a small generator that will run drills, grinders etc, but haven't used it for ages so no idea if it'll work. M12 thread so what's the drill size? 10mm?

[Manky Monkey]

Had some time on my hands after work this afternoon so jumped in the van & trundled over to MPS bike spares next to Fox's Diner, near Oxford.
Bought a couple of very tidy little billet ally in-line fuel filters, (one for Tazzie, one for me), plus a pair of these. Made by a local guy, they're tubular tax disc holders. The disc rolls up inside the perspex toob. I'm assured they're legal & they're much tidier than flat discs I think. They come in various colours but I got 2 polished ones.
A bit pricey at 30 quid each but I had some overtime money this week so treated myself -& Taz. I'd already welded a mounting tab on the trike frame with these in mind -so just as well I bought one I guess.

[ByzMax]

Yus please matey. Preferably a battery powered one. I've got a small generator that will run drills, grinders etc, but haven't used it for ages so no idea if it'll work. M12 thread so what's the drill size? 10mm?

Depends on the pitch! 10.5 - 10.8 I would think.

[Manky Monkey]

M12 x 1.75  Only going into aluminium & ally that's already had one buggered thread in it, so will start with 10mm & see how it goes I think.

[brock]

   dia. minus pitch will get you close, I can't remember the standard and my Zeus is in the shed, but down to 60% odd engagement is acceptable so 10.5 will make life easy.
   Put this somewhere handy,
http://bobmay.astronomy.net/misc/drillchart.htm

[Manky Monkey]

Okey doke. Thanks. 

[Ziggy]

That tax disk holder is stunning Manky dude....

[Manky Monkey]

A bit extravagant but, for once, I had a little bit of spare cash so what the hell. I don't normally do blingy billet bits, but it tucks away behind the radiator very unobtrusively. The guy who makes them had a stall at the 3Bs rally in Bordon, Hants a couple of months ago. Would've bought one then but couldn't afford it.

[Firery Fred]

Yo MM got a phone no,address, web site for the guy who makes em? cheers Fred

[Manky Monkey]

Not for the actual guy who makes 'em, but I bought mine from MPS bike accessories shop, next to Fox's Diner, (a well known bikers cafe), at Dorchester, about 5 miles outside Oxford, on the A4074, heading towards Reading. As far as I know they're the only supplier.
The shop number's 01865-343534.
They come either polished or in half a dozen anodised colours with either domed or bullet shaped ends. 6" overal length by 1" diameter. Double O ring sealed on both ends to keep 'em watertight. Nicely made bit of kit.