Tricati project 2 - Update

[gary tompkins]

Worked my bollox off for 2 days this weekend, and managed to finish welding rear subframe supports. Rear monoshock and linkage has now been removed, so all the suspension is taken care of by the twin horizontal shocks and wishbones. Also offered up the high level pipes (on lone from a bumble) to get a feel for the finished look, and ensure nothing was welded on in the wrong place.

Raided a Mk4 escort for it's handbrake lever this morning, and have now gotta work out where to position it. It's going to be a nightmare finding room as the trike's so compact there aren't many options TBH

Latest photo's show upper 'A' frame mount to rocker arm pivot, lower brace to rear of engine, and a couple of shots of the pipes. Not sure about the belly pan as yet - waddya think? The sun even decided to make a brief appearance....

[Paranoid Dave]

gary, great work on that so far, cant wait to have a go as for the belly pan, don't do it. The nakedness of the back of the bike does work with the tubular frame and blends into the bike quite well but adding that pan seems to make it look more like two ends stuck together. I'm not trying to say my belly pan is perfect but a smaller and less covering one like that would be better if you were set on using one. Maybe if you had it in silver or more engine matching you could get away with it?

just a thought.

I assume you having mudguards Gary? For the MOT?

It is looking ace! I can't wait to see it in the flesh (so to speak...)

Gary you are a lovely man etc and up there with the UKMOC top ten but I'm sorry?! this is a shoddy car attached to a lovely bike!! (IMO) still, if it makes you happy, maybe take the stabilisers off in a few years yes?

A Verbosity.

Hi gary
It looks like you have bean busy of late looking go mate.
keep the belly pan

see you soon
Gully :twisted:

Hey Gary...it looks good mate. Certainly very different.

Maybe i should trike my Hardly Rideable!

[gary tompkins]

Thanks for the feedback & opinions guys, it is appreciated - even yours Alex I guess we'll have to agree to differ, after all if it really bothered me that others may not approve, I wouldn't have attacked it with the angle grinder and mig in the first place?

PD, get where your coming from on the belly pan. Walked round the bike for ages on Sunday looking at it from different angles, and still think the naked look works better. The only minus point is the downpipes are really crappy and will need polishing - not a job I fancy being a lazy toad where Solvol is concerned Maybe a monza pan would be a better compromise?

Mand, yes it will have to have guards to pass Mot, and to give me somewhere to mount lights. See photo...

Plum, go for it mate - surely a HD couldn't handle any worse? :lol: