dobbers trike

[dobber]

forced my self to do a bit on the trike today, put the new axle clamp on the other side then made a bracket to keep the handbrake cable in line .

the first attemp was a mile out of line n a bit bulky so made another  from flat bar

[dobber]

while i was at it i drained the water and took out the rotton coreplug. bit gunged up inside

[dobber]

cleaned it up but didnt put the new one in as im going to jet wash the system out while i can.............unless there is a reason we shouldnt.

[Manky Monkey]

I had that core plug blow out on one of my trikes. I was just approaching a roundabout & was suddenly enveloped in steam.

[dobber]

went to do a bit on the trike but the sun was out so off to tax the criuser. had a ride over to the squires coffee bar. now moved to a old pub. was packed

[dobber]

mounted the fan and rad properly. wire brushed with a brass colored cup in the cordless gave it a smooth enough surface to black up.. used drilled out tap washers to stop vibration. hard enough to not crush but soft enough to help with the vibration.

[Chevy Rick]

Just a thought of mine, is that fan going to do any good so far from the radiator

[Olds]

  PM sent.

[dobber]

its a lot tighter than it looks chevy rick but also hoping to make a stainless surround to pretty it up and direct the air flow. as O N says the air needs to be funneld to the rad. think the gap from the fan to the rad is about a inch n half.

[the coppersmith]

I had over heat trouble with my kit car, basically same as your set up. Old guy came by and forced cardboard down the side between grill and rad so all air was forced through rad instead of around rad. Now perfect, have made up aluminum panels, hardly ever runs to hot and fan is now only kicking in in traffic.

[dobber]

thats what im hoping to do.  doing it with card will make it easy to experiment then when i have it sussed get down to my mates stainless shop.

[dobber]

while I'm too busy to do work on the trike i thought i may get a start on the registration. any advice on my first step,

[twisted]

start by ordering both the v55/5, v55/4 and their guides from here
https://forms.dft.gov.uk/order-dvla-forms/

and a built up form from here
http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/@motor/documents/digitalasset/dg_065268.pdf

and a msva form from here
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/motorcycle-single-vehicle-approval-msva-1

get all your receipts together and keep them you will need them to send with your completed stuff to dvla

thats a start mate

[dobber]

wow, cheers for that twisted.
ordered the first two [apx 10 days] and printing the others.
whats the process?  you seem clued up with it.

[saex69]

I had that core plug blow out on one of my trikes. I was just approaching a roundabout & was suddenly enveloped in steam.

Happened to me once after hauling a ford engine from a scrap yard for my brother lucky for me i had a jubilee coin laying around on the floor of my robin van put it in with a little tap of a hammer filled the rad with some water from a stream at the side of the road and off i went on my merry way.