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« Reply #1170 on: January 08, 2009, 10:37:49 PM » |
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The trike lives in a lock-up in Hampshire, chained to a steel ring concreted into the floor.
Can't wait till the day when I can ride it back home to Surrey. It'll save me a fortune in garage rent.
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BikerGran
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« Reply #1171 on: January 08, 2009, 10:40:23 PM » |
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Why worry about little details - just get it on the road and tested, then you can concentrate on the Pop and get that on the road? You can adjust stuff later - you trike building peeps are never satisfied anyway, look at Doc - 'Twisted Patience' is a continual 'work in progress'.
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You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
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« Reply #1172 on: January 08, 2009, 11:09:55 PM » |
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Tis true Bobbi, but once those guards are powder-coated, (gloss black), I'm not gonna chop 'em up & do them again believe me.
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« Reply #1173 on: January 08, 2009, 11:57:31 PM » |
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dear mr manky that looks very well put togeth and a machine to be proud of the feeling from other post is dont give up it will be worth it in the end best of luck and well done
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it looks bigger in water ! !
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« Reply #1174 on: January 09, 2009, 09:32:35 AM » |
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MM for what its worth in my humble oppinion i agree with BG. if someone spots your guards are of by 2 or 3 mm and points this out to you then tell them to frik off as you say you are probably going to rework them anyways , the only person who will know is yourself as no one will see the slight differance at 90 mph .
if your that close then forget your other projects and finish this one off then get tazets done then the pop ( sorry tazet )
as my bro says " just get on with it "
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InsolentMinx
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« Reply #1175 on: January 09, 2009, 11:44:30 AM » |
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oooh, what a lovely piece of kit! bet it rides like a dream... least you've no fear of dropping it like a bike in these road conditions!  |
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« Reply #1176 on: January 09, 2009, 12:03:51 PM » |
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if you are doing a build it has to be done rite.im being very fickle about my build ,down to blending all the welds in by hand with a file,thet have to have the same radious ,im using a piece of wood that has been rounded off and all my welds have to be the same.
its the difference between 1st and 2nd at a show.
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« Reply #1177 on: January 09, 2009, 12:28:31 PM » |
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im quite a pernikity Bugger myself and theres a few things i would have done better to my chop and have since changed but missing another summer for the sake of 2-3 mm that can easilly be changed out before the show season begins i would rather it passes all tests and was road legal so i could go to shows with it and do the changes and fettling then , just my opinion
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« Reply #1178 on: January 09, 2009, 12:58:50 PM » |
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why not take it to where you live ?
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« Reply #1179 on: January 09, 2009, 03:44:47 PM » |
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Hey Peeps, this is Mr. M's machine,and you only have to check out his previous offerings to get the picture of what will suffice, when it comes to his builds!, more power to yer elbow Mr. M, Morrag
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« Reply #1180 on: January 09, 2009, 04:47:03 PM » |
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here here.
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« Reply #1181 on: January 09, 2009, 06:54:43 PM » |
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 There there! So many replies! Sorry chaps, I think I was having an off day last time I wrote. I am getting on with it -honest. It's just agonisingly slow progress. Fiddly little details. Really appreciate the pep talk though! I'll pull me finger out & get the guards done, then I can move on to the exhaust. Mr Minx- I built my first trike specifically so I could ride it 20 miles to work in all weathers without fear of falling off or ending up in a hedge. Billy of the Hills- got nowhere to put it if I bring it home. The shed's full of Taz's trike & seems to be constantly ankle deep in grinding dust & welding sparks, so no place for a shiny tricycle. Don't fancy shoving it in the garden under a tarpaulin & the barn that houses Taz's Dodge Charger has still got her Charger in it. I'll push on & get it done I promise!
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« Reply #1182 on: January 09, 2009, 07:32:11 PM » |
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You need to throw a "get me over the hump" party!
A weekend and a couple kegs of beer (or ale over there?) and about a dozen friends! All come over to help get a big push on all the projects, get all the grunt work out of the way, and gets you (and them) back into the groove!
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« Reply #1183 on: January 09, 2009, 08:05:21 PM » |
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When are you coming over then Shriva? A lot of the trike build, (my own trike anyway), is just one person stuff -slow, fiddly jobs that would actually be more awkward if you tried to job share. I need someone to wire it up, which again, would probably go better with just one person making the decisions -probably not me as I'm hopeless at 'leccy stuff. Taz's trike might move on a bit with some help cutting & bending tubes -got a pretty clear idea of where we're going with it, but just need more time to get it sorted. The one that would probably most benefit from mass mechanicking is Taz's Charger. We've spent the last 8 months trying to find someone with the skills & facilities to straighten the twisted front chassis leg. Many have looked at it but all have decided it's too much work to be worth their while. Not an impossible job at all, just a time consuming one that most businesses don't want to bother with. Occasional forum member "Goforest" works for a restoration company & thinks he could do it without a jig. We've got all the necessary new body panels now, so if we can organise a few days & some helping hands & straighten things out, it would be a huge leap forward.
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« Reply #1184 on: January 09, 2009, 08:44:14 PM » |
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I can feel another ride to Manky Mansion in the summer then! But you'll have to sweep the shed out for me Only 4 months till Monkey world too |
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