Manky Monkey Motors

I'm still amazed at how many people quote this machine as the one that inspired them to build thier first trike, or their idea of the perfect Reliant trike etc. Seems to have found it's way into the conciousness of a sizeable chunk of the 3 wheeled population. It's the one most often described as being built in the "Manky" style.
"Flap", (my old workmate Darren), & I put this together quite a few years ago now. He'd never ridden a bike or trike before but enjoyed tinkering with vehicles &, after riding pillion on my own trike a few times, decided he must have one of his own. Since then it's gone on to be a Back Street Heroes magazine feature bike & multiple trophy winner.
Darren changed jobs & joined the Territorial Army & found he had less & less time for riding. Eventually the Flapster came to Lunatic's workshop, where I'm building my truck project, for a bit of a tidy up & some new mudguards. It's been there ever since.
Probably hasn't been ridden for 2 years now. It needs a damn good spruce up, the brakes unseizing & a fresh MOT & it's ready to roll.
Darren's recently taken a big drop in wages at work, plus his wife's just been made redundant, so, sadly, the ol' girl's gotta go -the trike, not Mrs Flap. I think.
Flap hasn't got a computer at the moment, so if you'd like to give the orange 'un a new, loving home, talk to him on 07747-021642, or PM/email myself or Lunatic. Loony may be able to respray the paintwork or undertake MOT work for a sensible price.
850cc Reliant engine, gearbox & rear axle.
One off rigid frame.
Kawasaki forks.
Wide bars with Honda switchgear.
Custom aluminium yokes.
"QuickBob" fuel tank.
Solo seat.
Luggage rack.
Rear disc brake conversion.
Very orange powdercoat.

Sensible offers only please, around £2,500

it,s one hell off a shame that  ,she, needs re-homing


but its about 8 or 10 weeks to soon for me to take her on and love her  :'( :'( :'( :'(

we he take installments ??  ;D

an absolute shame this. as MM stated, this trike is what got me hooked on 3 wheels. really do hope Darren gets a fair price for it........

now, what can i sell to fund buying it??!!??!!??!!   lol

Just what I was thinking!!! Would LOVE this!! :) :)

i,m selling allready...

Form an orderly queue guys -or maybe you could buy it between you?!

and as i live the closest i say it should live in my garage ! lol  ;D

if he can ship it to australia i'll see it sell for 5k. just add gaurds

 ;D Probably cost the extra 3 thousand to ship it!
He made a start on some rear mudguards, but never finished them. The part-made brackets & rolled aluminium guards will be included.

can this be ridden with one leg!!! is it a foot clutch??

Yeah, foot clutch, but everything's adaptable with a bit of lateral thinking, as the gentlemen here are constantly proving.

You could probably fit a hydraulic clutch lever on the handle bars.but the gear lever and changing gear then would be a problem

is it disc or drum on rear ? do you surpose the back break could go  on bars and clutch on right foot

All 3 brakes are linked to the right pedal at the moment with clutch pedal on the left. No levers on the bars.
I've used a master cylinder/slave cylinder set-up on my own trike build to give a softer, smoother pedal action. The pedal pushes into a Girling master cylinder with a short hydraulic hose connected to a Leyland Mini type slave cylinder mounted behind the Reliant clutch arm -when you press the pedal the fluid travels down the hose to push the slave cylinder piston, which pushes the clutch arm forward. No reason why that couldn't be mounted on the right side.
I'm guessing there must be a way of cable operating a master cylinder for the back brakes, (they're discs), so you could mount a lever on the bars. Check the kit car parts suppliers -they sell all sorts of useful linkages, cylinders etc. Could keep all 3 brakes linked together or use another lever on the other side of the bars for the front brake, normal bike style.

I rode my reliant with one leg Stumpy. I had left leg for clutc h though just had no back brakes until I got it home and changed stuff :)

It is originally a cable clutch so would be dead easy to change to right foot operation and then have front and back brake levers on bars. There are of course many ways of doing things but I would think this quickest and easiest ;)

ohhh well why did no one say this sooner cable clutch .......note to myself TWAT ....bleedin easy hand clutch on the gear stick
best i give the man a call

If you do this will you post plenty of info and pics. I have thought about this quite a few times but never got past the thinking stage. Not sure how heavy it would be on a hand lever via cable though

could try converting to hydraulic with remote resevoir fitted?????

you read my mind cab man .... all this lateral thinking and no one got the money to buy it lol
it will be long gone before i get the cash but still like the hand clutch may even build a suiside shifter with hand clutch on it for my trike build
and photos ohhhh yes you lot will be sick of seeing it

its bloody smart and is indeed the one that started it all in my opinion

its the one reliant trike that I think of.

is this one registered properly? my Dad wont be ina position to buy for 2-3 weeks, but thought I would ask the question anyway

Aye. Tis.