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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2014 10:37:14 GMT
Anyway, you are the customizer, you need to design and build a rear wing that turns into a chair?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2014 15:56:53 GMT
To my fellow TR1KER's I have this advice... Yesterday I needed to remove the wheels from my trike because I needed to fit them onto my caravan, whilst removing the wheels I found the hub carrier bolts were not as tight as they had been on build. I had not thread locked them in place, although they were fitted with spring washers (I know, a blonde moment) This meant that all but two of the bolts were really quite loose. I decided to remove them, replace some of them with longer ones, and thread lock the lot of them. I also replaced what were now starting to look like old black rusty lower and upper shocker bolts with shiny new plated ones. Just a word of warning, check these plates and make sure the bolts are nice and tight. Because at 15MPH its no terrible incident, but at 100 MPH you might as well have the phone number of the local coroner on the roll bar. All the best Nick  |
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Post by vtR1k on Sept 25, 2014 19:13:25 GMT
Trough the eye of a needle...
I used thread locker and high strenght bolts (12.9 in stead of 8.8) on all suspension parts and fastened them on the correct torque.
Another word of advice: remove all paint and coating between hub and upright. If not, these parts will heat up during driving and the coating inbetween will get soft. And then the parts will work themself loose. Trust me: this will happen. I have seen this happen with powder coated rims also...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 20:38:57 GMT
Cheers for the advice on the powder coating. Never heard of that before, that doesn't mean it's not true though buddy. Hope you have recovered.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 21:06:29 GMT
Good lord, what a mental day It started when I collected my caravan this morning to take it back home to shorten the axle width.  A simple job turned into an epic task, after removing the axle I lost grip on it and it slammed into my head almost knocking me out, it took me a while to compose myself to carry on, blood gushing and all.  I then spent the next 8 hrs making the axles two piece, shorter and bolted to the existing shafts, a task that sounds easy, but when drilling with very little space and physical strength it was a mammoth task for me, some welding to add square section bolt supports to stop the section crushing. Finally at 9.30pm I get the wheels back on and all looks well. Caravan ready to go back to the lockup.    It rides much much higher off the ground and not ideally the look I had created, it looks nice with the wheels, and had I more time and more money I would invest in a pair of 4 x 108 hub carriers to mount the wheels lower, but in order to securely fit those it would need the body off so I could weld it all to the chassis...... The plus side is that I no longer have to remove my hugger when towing. Sent from my Nexus 5 using proboards |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2014 20:02:11 GMT
So just heading back to my lockup. Caravan tows very nice, and towed back very stable. Sound on phone makes my TR1KE sound like a Harley. ![]() R1 TR1KE towing my caravan: Sent from my Nexus 5 using proboards |
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Post by slugshot on Sept 30, 2014 21:41:23 GMT
I reckon you've swapped the r1 motor for a big V8  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2014 19:39:19 GMT
My trike is now for sale on eBay :-(
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Post by andy7b on Oct 16, 2014 20:58:01 GMT
Eh I thought you had decided to keep it as the caravan (that we will still take the pith of) is so nearly done :-(
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2014 21:02:07 GMT
Can't afford to drive it mate, and won't be able to as new job pays less money
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Post by andy7b on Oct 16, 2014 21:48:19 GMT
Well that's poo :-((((
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Post by vtR1k on Oct 18, 2014 11:11:57 GMT
Not nice...
Well, at least you have built a really nice vehicle... Hope you will sell it soon with a lot of profit!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2014 22:34:21 GMT
TR1KE now sold, thankfully to a buyer wanting a TR1KE on MEV forum.
Look forward to seeing you next week.
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Post by martinw on Oct 19, 2014 22:53:05 GMT
T'is a sad day Nick  Hope you'll still be around on here and in person. I think we'll all know it as Venom's tr1ke whenever we see it again anyway  Martin |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2014 23:02:36 GMT
Hey Martin,
You are not getting rid of me that easy, see you next year at Stoneleigh, albeit in my tin top, and at Curborough. Will be saving like crazy for next one, but this time, purchase by cash :-)
It's like a family in the kit car owners club, and I've made some really nice friends.
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