Baddons Trike

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Baddons Trike

Baddons Trike

This is a June 06 B & I Engineering 3 seater 1600VW. It has been heavily modified since I got it with an all new FAT front end (180mm tire and 48mm forks;D) New longer light bar including speakers in light shells. 480W stereo system (2 speakers on front light bar and 2 in rear body work) with waterproof Remote RF controller on a bracket on bars (clips of for security) and a Cd stereo mounted under riders seat in a steel waterproof box. The top box was to my own design, as were the higher than stock seat backs and 3 point rear belts. I latter added the centre race harness for my two year old who loves nothing better then to be collected from nursery on the trike. Add in a show plate with my nickname and a few other bits and pieces.

I'm having gearbox changed next week while in England on business to a higher ratio one as currently I'm all out at 72, so on MW I use a lot of expensive stuff...

[VALLEYSBOY]

nice looking ride there

[SteveRedd]

tidy lil trike 

[Manky Monkey]

Expensive stuff? -you run it on champagne?
Probably cheaper actually.
Very tidy machine Baddon. It might be a factory build but you've put enough graft into it to make it your own. If you want to email us a slightly longer write up & some more pics, (including close ups of interesting details & a shot of you with it), we'll happily bung it in the Motors, 3 Wheels section of the site. Having recently taken over the reins a little more from Professor Yoda, creator & janitor of the site, we need all the practice we can get!

[Two Showers]

Baddon, how long you in our neck of the woods for? And what dates?

We jet off to Spain (wife's 40th) but brother in law is house sitting, so you could crash here?

Pm, email or give me a shout.  I know we'll be away but 'ma maison est votre maison' old chap.

My Sleeper is in the back yard.  You could take it on your way and sleep over at B & I if it helps.  Get in touch.

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Baddon, how long you in our neck of the woods for? And what dates?

We jet off to Spain (wife's 40th) but brother in law is house sitting, so you could crash here?

Pm, email or give me a shout.  I know we'll be away but 'ma maison est votre maison' old chap.

My Sleeper is in the back yard.  You could take it on your way and sleep over at B & I if it helps.  Get in touch.

Cheers mate jsut dropping trike then staying in Bristol. Have fun in the sun

[baddon]

Expensive stuff? -you run it on champagne?
Probably cheaper actually.
Very tidy machine Baddon. It might be a factory build but you've put enough graft into it to make it your own. If you want to email us a slightly longer write up & some more pics, (including close ups of interesting details & a shot of you with it), we'll happily bung it in the Motors, 3 Wheels section of the site. Having recently taken over the reins a little more from Professor Yoda, creator & janitor of the site, we need all the practice we can get!

Some recent phots of my trike, first with my son Jay

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Then naked (the trike not me you be glad to hear/see)

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And the body with tob rack removed

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Trike as original

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New risers on handlebars to bring them nearer to me by 2" (myarms were being pulled out and on corners I could Only pull one side so was always sore in sholders after a decent ride)  DONE and its like someone fitted power steering while I was not looking

New longer light bar with additional mounts for two more headlights.

New stero system including the following:-
1 Sony Head unit with single CD with MP3 input and capable of playing MP-Cd's (more storage up to 10 Cd worth)
4 Waterpfoof Marine AV speakers suposedly 5" but barely fitting inside a 6" bates headlight some modification (read butchering) needed to get to fit.
1 aireal for boats (no sticky out ariel stalk)
1 waterproof RF remote for stero designed for Jetskies so no wiring and no line of sight required and no problem with wet, rain etc.
2 Nr 6" bates head lights to match the ones on my front light bar to house two of the new speakers.
1 Can of black multi surface pait to paint speakers as they are boat fiberglass cream at moment but are designed to be painted.

2 New rear mudguards as original ones had damage when the fiberglass broke and light unit fell out and swung around to mark the fiberglass.

New gear linkage bushings to see if I can get 2nd gear without ending up in Reverse or 4th by mistake.

I will post photos as I go so you can all see how I get on botching it up and having to do it again and again

Photos of 1st set of mods:-
New risers in situe

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Trike with the shell of and the fuel tank removed

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Removed body parts, including fuel tank.

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Reversing buzzer installed so if gear linkage mods dont help at least I'll know when I;m in reverse

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Latest Update:-

The first attempt to do the reversing buzzer was shabby but showed me it would w*rk
So buzzer mounted properly and wiring tied up:-

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Gear selection has been aproblem so all bushing on gear shaft to be replaced, phot from old on with new parts beside to new parts on and finally the finished article installed in trike.

Old parts gearbox end:-

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Old parts gearlever end:-

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New risers on handlebars to bring them nearer to me by 2" (myarms were being pulled out and on corners I could Only pull one side so was always sore in sholders after a decent ride)  DONE and its like someone fitted power steering while I was not looking

New longer light bar with additional mounts for two more headlights.

New stero system including the following:-
1 Sony Head unit with single CD with MP3 input and capable of playing MP-Cd's (more storage up to 10 Cd worth)
4 Waterpfoof Marine AV speakers suposedly 5" but barely fitting inside a 6" bates headlight some modification (read butchering) needed to get to fit.
1 aireal for boats (no sticky out ariel stalk)
1 waterproof RF remote for stero designed for Jetskies so no wiring and no line of sight required and no problem with wet, rain etc.
2 Nr 6" bates head lights to match the ones on my front light bar to house two of the new speakers.
1 Can of black multi surface pait to paint speakers as they are boat fiberglass cream at moment but are designed to be painted.

2 New rear mudguards as original ones had damage when the fiberglass broke and light unit fell out and swung around to mark the fiberglass.

New gear linkage bushings to see if I can get 2nd gear without ending up in Reverse or 4th by mistake.

I will post photos as I go so you can all see how I get on botching it up and having to do it again and again

Photos of 1st set of mods:-
New risers in situe

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Trike with the shell of and the fuel tank removed

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Removed body parts, including fuel tank.

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Reversing buzzer installed so if gear linkage mods dont help at least I'll know when I;m in reverse

Baddons Trike

Latest Update:-

The first attempt to do the reversing buzzer was shabby but showed me it would w*rk
So buzzer mounted properly and wiring tied up:-

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Gear selection has been aproblem so all bushing on gear shaft to be replaced, phot from old on with new parts beside to new parts on and finally the finished article installed in trike.

Old parts gearbox end:-

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Old parts gearlever end:-

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Modifying speakers to get them to fit into Headlamps

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New headlamp with guts removed to show the empth shell

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As you can see the speaker just does not fit inside the shell, so a little modification is required!!

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This shows in true Blue Peter Style one I prepared earlier to show how much shoulder had to be removed to allow the speaker to slip inside the shell most of the way so the lid can close and leave the speaker held firmly in place.
 

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This is how I did the butchering, I turned the speaker against the grinder disc to remove the shoulder.

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Speakers painted as below

Paint that I used, a multi surface paint

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Speakers partly painted

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Finished speaker

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Speakers installed in the body of the trike

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I have also drained the gearbox oil and will replace it tomorrow night.

I have also painted the BTW-flag pole so its no longer white.

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Latest installment:-

Right hand speaker and housing in place and wired up

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From rear

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Most of wiring ready for stero connector block and also shoeing new rails for stero box to be mounted on. On right hand side you can also see the sealed reciever for the remote control that is now mounted on the handlebars.

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front speakers finished also showing controler on left handelbar

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from front

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From another view

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All wiring ready at trike end and wiring block ready to install onto stero

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Stero box now mostly made and ready for locating for drilling mounting holes and welding bolts to inside of box.

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Stero in box and with front panel down to allow CD to be changed

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Stero in box with front panel up as in normal mode

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Box in position with lid in place

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Stero wired up and checked to see if it w*rks ( IT ALL DOES  )

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Cable gromits that will seal up waterproof but only come in grey so ou with the multi surface paint again and they are ready to install

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So now need side holes drilled to allow wires in, bottom bolts welded after holes drilled, top tapped and mounted, front trap door made, hinge installed and magnet closser installed, powder coated then instlled in trike, cable grommits fitted and cabels installed, top mounted.

Tall order.

Tomorrow night we bleed the breaks with a mechanic friend.