Manky's new Reliant trike.

[mrgiant]

 I named my new Trike project today, its a tease for 2008 when I hope to find a local lock up to lay out the bits I,m collecting and start the job properly.

It's going to be the " LAKESTER T32"
 Looking forward to picking up a great BIG chunk of it in 2 weeks.
I know - take photos 

[Manky Monkey]

I'm suitably teased -can't wait to see what you've got planned!

[Manky Monkey]

No photos today, (forgot to take the camera to the garage & it was getting dark by the time I left).
First day back pounding the streets on my Postal delivery after a month off due to illness, so I fell asleep as soon as I got home. Woke up at tea time & walked the 25 minute journey to my garage. Had time to finish bolting the engine back in, sorted the front wheel spindle alignment out & poured some oil into the forks. Then Taz arrived & between us we wrestled with the fork top nuts. The forks are Suzuki Savage -a fairly soft riding 600 cruiser. They're big diameter tubes but the springs are very weak, so I swapped them for Harley progressive ones with a 4" slug on top of them to preload them a bit. I also use normal engine oil rather than fork oil. Between that lot I end up with a nice firm ride, rather than nose-diving every time I brake. Makes it a bugger to screw the top nuts into place though. Sorted now after a little cursing & bruised hands.
The trike's now back down on it's 3 wheels & actually rolling around the garage -no brakes yet! 

[Manky Monkey]

Put the handlebars back on today, plus the rocker assembly & carb, although it may have to come back off again when I make up the exhaust system. Also messed about, connecting a couple of water hoses up.
So very much to do. It's gonna take months & months to get it finished. 
Tried the speedo cable in place & realised I should've drilled a hole through the bottom yoke for it to pass through. Bugger. It'll hopefully be hidden behind the headlight but still annoying.
5 inches of ground clearance under the sump.

[Manky Monkey]

Standard length Superdream speedo cable will fit, but I've also got a slightly longer one from an unknown model, just in case.
Noticed today that the steering stops on the bottom yoke are moving. Will have to look at beefing them up somehow.

[Manky Monkey]

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[Manky Monkey]

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[Nomad]

Looks great.
Havnt read the whole thread, is it Porsch peppermint green.
Sprayed my '53 Chevy Stepside that colour (and a number of bikes with the leftover).....like it a lot.

[tazet]

Try page 29 of this thread. Thats where the bit about the powder coaters is when we took the frame in. 

[VALLEYSBOY]

thats looking very smart,clean lines like the frames minimal look about it

[critch]

that manifold looks the biz manky

is it nice n snug with the tank on?

[tazet]

Everything is nice and snug on it. Just a bit too snug in some places though. 

[Manky Monkey]

Yeah, "snug" would be a good description!
Everything's on the limits of snugness. Any snuggerer & it wouldn't fit together at all.
The carb does indeed clear the tank -just. The inlet manifold sits on 2 1/2 inch extensions that space it out from the side of the engine just enough. I've routed the water pump to cylinder head water hose under the carb, so hopefully there'll be no problems with carb icing.
As stated elsewhere in the thread, the colour's an industrial powder-coat colour, most often used on children's playground fittings. 

[Ziggy]

It's gonna be a real show piece is that, and it's a total credit to your skills Andy, it's bloody gorgeous !  ........

[critch]

im using a stock manifold with a much buggered around with mustang

i really sould borrow a digi cam to post some photies

im trying to emulate the quality of the other monkey trikes........

i likes it sticking out the side ...........


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