V8 trike build.

[Morrisman]

Little bit of playing in the shed, with ally bar off ebay.


I fully expected the old lathe to be chattering like hell when I put the grooves in, but it surprised me, smooth as silk.



The brake pedal will be pretty much upright when it's all hooked up, not laying flat.

 

[Armin]

Hello, are you looking at Harley Springer forks
there you can see how the brake should be mounted. Harley brake discs are available in 10 and 11.5 inches

 

[Morrisman]

Hello, are you looking at Harley Springer forks
there you can see how the brake should be mounted. Harley brake discs are available in 10 and 11.5 inches
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That's the plan, caliper bracket that floats round the spindle, with a tie rod to the rear fork leg. I just need to sort out the disc itself so I can make the rest to match. I don't think a Harley disc would be man enough for this, I'll get one made the biggest diameter I can squeeze in.

 

[Ruffian]

This arrived today, it's bigger than it looks, just hope it's worth the effort and cost, plus I need to get the disc made..... just to see if it even works..... I can squeeze a 350mm dia disc in there.

God, why do we do this to ourselves?

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Nice door stop. (About all these are good for)

Shame I didn't see this sooner as have a complete setup from a 2001 zx636 a1p sat on the shelf. (Put fresh seals and polished the pistons up and was still cack) so binned them off for the nissins. But they are still sat on the shelf.

Interesting project though and looking forward to seeing more.

 

[Morrisman]

Nice door stop. (About all these are good for)

Shame I didn't see this sooner as have a complete setup from a 2001 zx636 a1p sat on the shelf. (Put fresh seals and polished the pistons up and was still cack) so binned them off for the nissins. But they are still sat on the shelf.

Interesting project though and looking forward to seeing more.

I've ground to a halt for now. I can't seem to find out unequivocally if I can run a bike rear tyre on the front. A couple of people on an MSVA trike group say yes, it is allowed, but others say no, it can't be done. I don't want to do all the work and expense to run this wheel if it fails at the first step.

Maybe it's the crappy cold weather but I don't feel any urge to go out in the shed at the moment.

After the holidays I'll see if I can find a number to call for a proper MSVA tester. I can't find anything in the web pages about it.

 

[8ob]

I've ground to a halt for now. I can't seem to find out unequivocally if I can run a bike rear tyre on the front. A couple of people on an MSVA trike group say yes, it is allowed, but others say no, it can't be done. I don't want to do all the work and expense to run this wheel if it fails at the first step.

Maybe it's the crappy cold weather but I don't feel any urge to go out in the shed at the moment.

After the holidays I'll see if I can find a number to call for a proper MSVA tester. I can't find anything in the web pages about it.

I can't see what the problem is, unlike truck tyres all car tyres are rated/suitable for a steering axle

Bob

 

[Morrisman]

I can't see what the problem is, unlike truck tyres all car tyres are rated/suitable for a steering axle

Bob

This is a motorcycle rear wheel and tyre. They have rotation and placement markings. If it says 'rear' on it and I put it in the front....
And I can't find a suitable front tyre to go on the rim.
Total lack of planning on my part.

 

[minimutly]

This is a motorcycle rear wheel and tyre. They have rotation and placement markings. If it says 'rear' on it and I put it in the front....
And I can't find a suitable front tyre to go on the rim.
Total lack of planning on my part.

This is correct. You turn the rear tyre the other way so it stops better. Then you get a dremmel or angle grinder with a flap wheel and gently rub the direction indicator off....
It’s there so the tyre monkeys don’t get it wrong, and the sva guys to get off on....

 

[stuvy]

This is a motorcycle rear wheel and tyre. They have rotation and placement markings. If it says 'rear' on it and I put it in the front....
And I can't find a suitable front tyre to go on the rim.
Total lack of planning on my part.

Car tyre?

 

[Morrisman]

Car tyre?

With the rake on the forks a car tyre would lift up on one edge when turning, which probably wouldn't do the handling any good. Plus, I'm not sure if car tyres fit bike rim profiles properly.

 

[stuvy]

What size is it?

 

[Morrisman]

What size is it?

190/50 17"

 

[Migmac]

I’ve just googled this. No seems to be the answer, due to the way the tyres are constructed and what they are built to do.

 

[stuvy]

https://www.eurobikes.uk/front-rear-hypersport-tire-dunlop-190-50zr17-73w-tl-qualifier-core-motorcycle-sportsmart-road-637804-16414

 

[Morrisman]

https://www.eurobikes.uk/front-rear-hypersport-tire-dunlop-190-50zr17-73w-tl-qualifier-core-motorcycle-sportsmart-road-637804-16414

Bloody hell, I spent hours going through tyre pages trying to find something that would fit, not sure where I went wrong. Thanks.

 

[Migmac]

https://www.eurobikes.uk/front-rear-hypersport-tire-dunlop-190-50zr17-73w-tl-qualifier-core-motorcycle-sportsmart-road-637804-16414

Nice one stuvy

 

[stuvy]

Bloody hell, I spent hours going through tyre pages trying to find something that would fit, not sure where I went wrong. Thanks.

I can find almost anything online

 

[Ruffian]

Harley Davidson would also run balloner front tyres which could be an option.

 

[addjunkie]

I've ground to a halt for now. I can't seem to find out unequivocally if I can run a bike rear tyre on the front. A couple of people on an MSVA trike group say yes, it is allowed, but others say no, it can't be done.

After the holidays I'll see if I can find a number to call for a proper MSVA tester. I can't find anything in the web pages about it.

Ive put two trike through MSVA, and a bike. There are lots of “experts” who quite frankly dont have a scooby do, and are still in the just stamp a frame with a reliant number mentality.

There used to be a guy on the 100%biker forum who answered msva questions s as he-wrote the book, was really helpful, dare say thats no more now. The other one who will know is Sooze on the Brit Chooper group. She will probably know how to get in touch with him I suspect

 

[Morrisman]

Ive put two trike through MSVA, and a bike. There are lots of “experts” who quite frankly dont have a scooby do, and are still in the just stamp a frame with a reliant number mentality.

There used to be a guy on the 100%biker forum who answered msva questions s as he-wrote the book, was really helpful, dare say thats no more now. The other one who will know is Sooze on the Brit Chooper group. She will probably know how to get in touch with him I suspect

Yes, Sooze, good idea, she has always been pretty clued up on it.

Looks like the tyre Stuvy found would satisfy the rubber side of things.