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mangogrooveworkshop

posted on 30/1/05 at 06:32 PM Reply With Quote
The shrike wicked wedge design

http://pages.zoom.co.uk/elvis/shrike.html
http://www.maxmatic.com/shrike.htm


[Edited on 30-1-05 by mangogrooveworkshop]

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Hellfire

posted on 30/1/05 at 06:45 PM Reply With Quote
O my dear god - has he never heard of design?






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Lawnmower

posted on 30/1/05 at 07:57 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Hellfire
O my dear god - has he never heard of design?

or speed bumps!

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JoelP

posted on 30/1/05 at 08:09 PM Reply With Quote
you can see where he's coming from though, simple lines makes it easy to triangulate.






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Cita

posted on 30/1/05 at 08:10 PM Reply With Quote
That guy has driven his trike long before uncle Ron wrote the book
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Hellfire

posted on 30/1/05 at 08:31 PM Reply With Quote
There's no wonder why scaffolding is so expensive!!! That guy is obviously using it!






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dblissett

posted on 30/1/05 at 08:57 PM Reply With Quote
list

can you imagine the length of the list he would get for that after its first sva
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Rorty

posted on 1/2/05 at 04:17 AM Reply With Quote
Is Shrike short for Shite and Crikey?





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Peteff

posted on 1/2/05 at 10:33 AM Reply With Quote
You can see where he got his inspiration from though. Rescued attachment cheesecar.jpg
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yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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krlthms

posted on 4/2/05 at 05:15 AM Reply With Quote
I don't know. It looks not too bad from some quarters; pretty Sevenesque Rescued attachment shrike.JPG
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Rorty

posted on 4/2/05 at 05:30 AM Reply With Quote
The Style Council have issued a fatwa on the designer!





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krlthms

posted on 4/2/05 at 05:42 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Rorty
The Style Council have issued a fatwa on the designer!


Allah be praised.
sincerely
Abdul

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kb58

posted on 8/9/05 at 03:02 PM Reply With Quote
Bringing this back from the dead.

I know the designer and yes he's an engineer, not an artist! To be fair, the design is pure function; in the case of an accident, it will dive under the car ahead, and is strong enough to support it.

And finely, regardless what we think, he's driving something he designed and build 20 years ago. How many of us can say the same?

No I wouldn't build something looking quite like it, but I respect the fact he designed it, built it, and is driving it. That's more then I've accomplished.

As I keep being drawn back to the idea of a 3-wheeler, he's offered to let me drive it. That'll be pretty interesting me thinks.


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Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html

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sgraber

posted on 9/9/05 at 09:25 PM Reply With Quote
I met the Shrike designer/builder last spring at a kit car show in California. Great guy, and you know what, it's prototypical 70's styling. But I tell you what, the guy paid attention to detail and you can really tell when you look at it in person.

Super-lightweight too. The epitome of lowcost.





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http://www.grabercars.com/

"Quickness through lightness"

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Triton

posted on 10/10/05 at 09:33 PM Reply With Quote
Cat amongst the pigeons but i rather like that.....because it dares to be different





My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.

www.tritonraceseats.com

www.hairyhedgehog.com

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Rorty

posted on 10/10/05 at 09:45 PM Reply With Quote
I just love the sharp corners of the "roll" bar. Just imagine how that thing would flick around if one of those corners ever made contact with the ground. It could make a simple roll over into a horror ride akin to being inside a high-speed cement mixer.
I've seen dozens of roll overs and there's none as spectacular as one where something solid on the vehicle digs into the ground.
One of those corners gouging into the tarmac at 60mph or more could be the end of the occupant.





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Triton

posted on 10/10/05 at 09:50 PM Reply With Quote
Rather be in that upside down than a 7 with a bolted on roll bar.





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Rorty

posted on 10/10/05 at 10:00 PM Reply With Quote
Asuming the Se7en's roll bar was properly attached with the correct fasteners (whose isn't?), then I would prefer to be upside down in the Se7en as the "corners" of the roll bars are normally radiused.





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Spyderman

posted on 11/10/05 at 01:33 PM Reply With Quote
Must admit I quite like when it is clothed!
Not all angles look right, but overall it is neat!

It reminds me of the Stealth Fighter/bomber.
Paint it in flat black or airforce green with a gloss black chassis and it would be ultra cool!

Terry





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Cita

posted on 11/10/05 at 01:52 PM Reply With Quote
He's driving it around in dayli use for the last 20 years and the corners of that roll bar are looking quite undamaged to me,must be a pretty damn good car then hé
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Rorty

posted on 11/10/05 at 09:33 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Cita
He's driving it around in dayli use for the last 20 years and the corners of that roll bar are looking quite undamaged to me,must be a pretty damn good car then hé

True, but some accidents only happen once.
I drove a car for four years without incident and tossed it the day I was selling it!





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Rorty

posted on 11/10/05 at 09:34 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Cita
He's driving it around in dayli use for the last 20 years and the corners of that roll bar are looking quite undamaged to me,must be a pretty damn good car then hé

True, but some accidents only happen once.
I drove a car for four years without incident and tossed it the day I was selling it!
I must admit, it would have more appeal as a stealth trike.





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Cita

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