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« Reply #45 on: August 23, 2011, 03:54:30 PM »

Found the link to Casarva

http://www.casarva.co.uk/
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« Reply #46 on: August 23, 2011, 08:09:03 PM »

casarva are great. i was going use one of them kits but couldnt afford it and in the end i built my own
but they are helpful and i wouldnt hesitate to recomend them
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« Reply #47 on: August 23, 2011, 08:20:32 PM »

am I being dumb? but what are cycle wings?Huh??
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« Reply #48 on: August 23, 2011, 09:36:48 PM »

am I being dumb? but what are cycle wings?Huh??

wings for cycle,s  pmsl  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
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the style that andy has had made for his pop pick up  Wink Wink
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« Reply #49 on: August 23, 2011, 11:34:40 PM »

am I being dumb? but what are cycle wings?Huh??

Are they something like the bingo wings we hear so much about ?
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« Reply #50 on: August 24, 2011, 08:37:34 AM »

LOL at least it didnt say fenders!!

oh and on most trikes I see, they do flap like bingo wings LOL

I dont bother, mudguards are for people that like to Huh actually I dont know why would you fit mudguards??,
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« Reply #51 on: August 24, 2011, 09:55:30 AM »

so it dont fling rooster tails in the wet?
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« Reply #52 on: August 24, 2011, 10:24:26 AM »

whats the problem with that??

not like on my chop where it all rains down my neck, they out to the side, nah I will stick with no muddies thanks Smiley
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« Reply #53 on: August 25, 2011, 08:06:46 PM »

so it dont fling rooster tails in the wet?

ahha so it does rain down there then chewie  Grin Wink Roll Eyes
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« Reply #54 on: August 25, 2011, 10:35:39 PM »

The Flapster trike used to throw a plume of rain up off the front wheel & straight into your face.  Tongue
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« Reply #55 on: August 26, 2011, 07:35:09 PM »

hmm front muddy is going to be fitted LOL rode to the MOT today in the heaviest rain for ages, was even heavier when it stopped, huge cascade of water raining down on me LOL

them big fat rears aquaplane like buggery when you hit huge patches of standing water LOL
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« Reply #56 on: August 26, 2011, 08:02:56 PM »

So -did it pass? and more importantly, was it fun to ride?
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« Reply #57 on: August 26, 2011, 09:53:27 PM »

Yup sailed thru. Only issue was numberplate.
Well happy with the brakes perfectly balanced on the back end. Fronts worked fine but pads are contaminated and creating some drag.
Been up to 70 not a single shake of the bars. Only thing is that it feels a little twitchy. Any input into the bars results in instant turn in at a corner. Think that stiffening the rear dampers will help.
Only one issue to look at ands thats propshaft related. Need to look at the way i have it attached to the engine end.
Overall im over the moon. It went well. Test ride was in the rain. Heavy heavy rain and hailstones.
But im still smiling lol
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« Reply #58 on: August 26, 2011, 10:07:17 PM »

Can't ask for more than that. Congratulations!
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« Reply #59 on: July 19, 2012, 10:25:49 AM »

well its an oldy, but a record for me LOL its almost a year on and I still own it Smiley

just had the tax reminder thru so I know its a year

 over 4000 miles later its evolved and changed a little since the first version of it, mainly through my need to be doing something, diff was removed, mounts cut off and the diff swapped for a smaller unit and relocated to one side by about 3" this meant making new shafts, but gave much better run for the propshaft

front wheel got changed to a 180 tyred rear, then I found that the handling wasnt all that, mainly as I had to drop the rear end and this ruined the ride height setup from original design, front forks were too short and too soft

so hey presto, about £80 later I built some leading links, all my own work, just waiting on finding some money to buy a bit of alloy to make an adaptor for fitting front disc to rear disc bolt pcd, then I have a large 4 pot brembo caliper I bought off ebay when it was only £5 as the seller listed in on wrong section and spelt it wrong Smiley

over winter I will be stripping and tidying it up, ready for powdercoating and some hydrographics work, modify the bars to be narrower and further back, and either move the forwards, or just fit some pegs back in a normal riding position, forwards are fine and comfy round town, but my legs dont like them on long runs 100miles + on the motorway and Im in agony

I do have a 250 rear tyre, and will be trying to fit it to a car rim and might fit that in the front instead, it will just squeeze in,

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My budget build


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My budget build


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My budget build
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