5th October 2008 — First test drive Yesterday was a glorious day — I managed to get the trike into a drivable state and couldn’t help myself but take it for a quick spin. I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. The brakes need a little fine tuning and the front suspension needs some […]
At long last the trike is %98 finished. The %2 left is small things like upholster the arm rest’s and make engine cover and get it complied, get a VIN number and register it. The Engine cover i probably won’t do till summer time, for now the goal is getting it on the road. I […]
2.5 litres of Honda 5 cylinder, fuel injected power hehe Think i might change that cross bar over the top of the engine yet, havent made my mind up on that one yet though. Not convinced i like the speedo surround but it functional so for now it will do, Above the speedo surround i […]
%95 of the fabrication is done now and just waiting on certification so i can pull it all down and tidy everything up then paint it. I had previously made up a bonnet for it but it just looks wrong so for now im not having a bonnet and maybe later i will make a […]
I took the trike for a spin with a new tyre on the front and it flicks stones etc everywhere so i had to extend the front guard. Here is a picture of the mould of the front guard after i modified it. Heres another view of the mould of the front guard this is […]
Ok so it’s been like moons since i got around to adding to the web page but i’m finally adding some more pics now. I bought two trailer guards and cut them down the middle then TIG’d them together so that i end up with a extra wide rear guard to fit over my 295-60-15’s […]
I’ve now made up a metal dash unit and made a start on panelbeating the harley tank. Yes im getting sick of sanding but sadly when i wake up in the morning the pixies havent sanded things for me so i guess i’ll just keep at it. . Starting to take some shape now Can’t […]
I know this page shows various views of the same panel but i couldn’t help adding them cause i was quite happy with how it turned out considering this is my first attempt at making a real fibreglass panel from scratch. Here i have all the edges trimmed up and it’s looking fairly good. Now […]
At last I’m finally starting to make a actual part from a mould. This is the front panel just freshly fiberglassed with 3 layers of 450GSM matt and here is the side view just coz i can 🙂 Here is the plug of the L/H side panel all glassed up, as soon as this dries […]
I should of documented a bit better the process of making this mould but i wasn’t sure how it would turn out so hopefully i will document the process better on the next panel. So anyway this mould ended up turning out pretty good for a first attempt so now it is ready for the […]