Reliant Rialto Trike - Near Completion - Advise Required

[poolmandan]

Right....MSVA doc printed (at work ) and checked everything I need.
2 issues at the moment.....one is that the bars / bar ends havent been machined in order to fit mirrors, so thats a job for the toolshop at work again lol! Unless anyone knows where i can get mirrors that dont fit into the bar ends??
Secondly, the radio suppresion? Havent a clue if this is fitted or not, does anyone know how i can check? I am also fully aware I may sound like an absolute newbie when asking these questions and am also aware you may be chuckling a little whilst reading this
Thanks again guys!
Danny

[thebigdogsix]

Cant help you with the mirrors mine screw into the switchgear but in my experience the radio suppression was never mentioned if you have modern silicone type ht leads i think they assume they are suppressed 

[one arm bandit]

for the mirrors (i made my own bars) i drilled 8.5mm holes where i wanted to mount them then rounded 2xm8 nuts so they didnt have the spanner edge on them and welded them over the 8.5mm holes. you can get mirrors of ebay that have a clamp at the bottom to go around 7/8 or 1" bars may be a simpler quicker route to take just to get through the test,

[one arm bandit]

ebay item number 310389399495

[poolmandan]

Thanks again - The HT leads are brand spanking, so no issues there then, and i'll get some of them clamps ordered to get it through test ! I like it on here I do!! haha!

[andyrennison]

There are a lot of very experienced builders on here, you wont go wrong if you listen to them, its working for me

[Manky Monkey]

Yup, lots of clever gits -& me.
As mentioned by Mister Bandit, plenty of clamp-on mirrors available. You could try someone like Custom Fasteners, (they sell chrome nuts & bolts but also do a range of commonly fitted custom/cruiser parts that you might find useful for your build:

https://secure.hosts.co.uk/~custom-fasteners.co.uk/acatalog/Custom_Parts.html

When I put my truck through the SVA test recently it had to have plugs & leads marked "radio suppressed", though I'm not sure they actually checked them. Mine have the words "Radio Suppressed" actually printed along the HT leads & I took along a print-out of the spark plug manufacturer's website page, listing them as suppressed.

[poolmandan]

More awesomeness from the land of trike building elite - shall check plugs and leads at home later
And ive found a few sites which do some nice mirrors and clamps for decent money too

[steven brock]

Sharing is caring..

[one arm bandit]

There are a lot of very experienced builders on here, you wont go wrong if you listen to them, its working for me

ive got the builders bum and thats it  


yes merv ile get some pics

[merv]

 

[thebigdogsix]

My leads have nothing printed on them but maybe the tester i had was not that bothered with that i guess they will all have there thing that they want to check/ make sure is to the letter. To be honest the bloke from VOSA seemed to me like he was there to help you pass rather than to fail you  

[Manky Monkey]

Same with the guy who did my test. As I said, I'm not sure he actually checked, but you are supposed to be able to prove they're suppressed, so up to you if you want to risk failing for something so minor.