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« Reply #1485 on: February 10, 2010, 07:33:10 PM » |
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« Reply #1486 on: February 10, 2010, 07:42:17 PM » |
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you ain't it, till you've "Bobbed" a Brit!!!
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« Reply #1487 on: February 10, 2010, 07:51:00 PM » |
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Looking great,
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« Reply #1488 on: February 10, 2010, 10:54:53 PM » |
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Now that looks a bit good.
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« Reply #1489 on: February 10, 2010, 11:28:45 PM » |
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Oh yes that's really the biz!
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« Reply #1490 on: February 10, 2010, 11:39:28 PM » |
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Majority decision then -polished stainless it is.
Haggis' kindly donated perforated sheet won't go to waste though -might use it on Taz's trike instead.
Cheers guys.
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« Reply #1491 on: February 10, 2010, 11:47:14 PM » |
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ya that better when you get it chromed or painted. then ad the sleeve it looks smooth flowing. as tho it was ment to be like that all along
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I always know what I'm doing. Can you help me
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« Reply #1492 on: February 10, 2010, 11:54:20 PM » |
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Nice one Andy
ps can you show me your rear brake set up at pedal end thanks
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« Reply #1493 on: February 11, 2010, 10:21:10 AM » |
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Very simple Alan -the trike, not you!
Pushrod from the brake pedal into the master cylinder. Then two brake lines from the cylinder, (via banjo fittings & a double length banjo bolt). One goes forward, inside the frame tube, up to the front end, (dangling out of the frame, just above the radiator here). The other goes backwards, again inside the frame tube, to the right rear brake. Another double length banjo bolt & a brake line across the back of the trike to the left brake, (same routing standard Reliants use).
I haven't got a brake compensating valve. The last trike I built this way worked fine without one. I've deliberately used a fairly inefficient single 1970s Honda Superdream caliper on the front, so the rear VW calipers should haul the trike to a halt before the front locks up, (don't want that or I'll have no steering, which is a bad thing). If it turns out I still need a bias valve, I'll fit one inline somewhere.
The pedals & linkages should all be covered in more detail when they were fitted further back in this thread.
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« Reply #1494 on: February 11, 2010, 12:46:28 PM » |
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The pedals & linkages should all be covered in more detail when they were fitted further back in this thread.
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« Reply #1495 on: February 11, 2010, 12:49:33 PM » |
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Ten years ago? Certainly feels like it! I look at this trike & I've actually forgotten what I was planning for some parts of it. Gotta get it finished soon.
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« Reply #1496 on: February 11, 2010, 01:07:47 PM » |
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« Reply #1497 on: February 11, 2010, 07:52:42 PM » |
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 Close ups of the brake pedal for you Alan. The oil filter's actually going rusty & some of the rubber hoses need replacing cos they've cracked, it's taken so long.
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« Reply #1498 on: February 11, 2010, 07:53:18 PM » |
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« Reply #1499 on: February 11, 2010, 08:17:39 PM » |
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Went to see Mr SaddleBags this afternoon, precision CNC machinist & forum member of old Basingstoke town. Haven't seen him for a-g-e-s. Nice to see you again Scott.  As always, I was there to blag a favour. I took along the top bearing cup for the trike frame & the VIN number scribbled on a scrap of paper, (more room for the number on the top cup than the bottom cos that one's got the steering stop mount on it). As usual, he did that sucking through his teeth thing & told me how busy he was -then texted me as I was driving back home again to say it was done. I think I love you matey.  I'll collect it tomorrow. Thanks Scott. Mr SaddleBags recently machined a set of 3 inch thick aluminium yokes for a bike featured on the centre spread of Street Fighters magazine. They're not cheap, but if you're in the market for a set of custom made yokes, he's your man. |
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