Hi All,

I have stuck together a bit of a web page with some notes and a few pics of the progress so far.

Address is http://www.ozht.com/trike/

Constructive and unconstructive critisism welcome, Andrew.

nice! i may build something like that sometime.. until that time, i'll check your progress, and awaiting your feedback on suspension

Looking good !
It certainly has the makings.
Look wild with a 10" wide rear tyre.
I shall watch with interest.

Great project and something I would like to build myself.

Wish you the best with your project and will follow your build.

very cool, unfortunately i have too many project i want to do after the locost, although i would like to add that to the list- teardrop caravan for the locost, land rover tomcat (wildcat style), offroad caravan for the tomcat etc etc....

Just what I was thinking of doing this winter. Looks good and like the rear tire. I wonder if you could post some dimesions?

Thanks all for your interest and kind words.

The dimensions of the wheel/tyre?

Its a 205/40ZR14 on a 17" x 5.5" honda VTR1000 rim. A tight squeeze but it seems okay.

I have nutted out the steering column uni's etc yesterday and today and have sent a few bits off to my machinist to cut some appropriate splines. Once thats done and fitted I'll get into the brake, pedals assy etc.

Might be driving this thing in a month!

Probably take six months after that though to get the body etc all done...

Updates in a couple of weeks, Andrew.

I was looking for the frame dimesions.

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Originally posted by Ahutchy
. . . Its a 205/40ZR14 on a 17" x 5.5" honda VTR1000 rim. A tight squeeze but it seems okay. . . . Andrew.

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Ergh, yeah, mmm, 14"? So maybe I meant 17" but I didn't know you could get K-Y in jars??

Must check that out.

Dimensions of the frame?

Its about 1200mm wide at the widest point.

700mm wide between the front wheels (exc width of wishbone brackets) and not very wide at the rear.

Not sure how long it is but I'll measure it soonish once I have finished the nosecone piece that I am working on at the moment.

Bye, Andrew

Looks very cool cant wait till Ive finished this project to start on a trike,got a GSXR1100 all ready and waiting.
Cheers,
Bob

Reading your build diary, are you saying that the ADR's, stress testing and all the other sh1t you have to comply with in Oz doesn't apply to trikes?
If so that's interesting and possibly finalises my next project (which will be in Queensland. Hopefully)

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Originally posted by Ahutchy
Ergh, yeah, mmm, 14"? So maybe I meant 17" but I didn't know you could get K-Y in jars??

Must check that out.

Dimensions of the frame?

Its about 1200mm wide at the widest point.

700mm wide between the front wheels (exc width of wishbone brackets) and not very wide at the rear.

Not sure how long it is but I'll measure it soonish once I have finished the nosecone piece that I am working on at the moment.

Bye, Andrew

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Any updates ?

time to bump it back up, its been a while and it looks interesting so far!
cant quite make out how the engine is bolted to the frame

[Edited on 13/12/07 by mic]

I like that matey....a trike the right way round.

Mark

Hi All, I'm back! Have been doing some work on the trike again having spent the last two years or so working on making a living.

I have it driving quite nicely. Further words and a few youtube vids at the website - www.ozht.com/trike

Body work designing and building starting now. I'll post further info soon.

Thanks, Andrew.

Ahutchy,
Maybe too late, but, regarding the rear chassis may be more rigid if you could add a couple of diagonals.
-one from the top of the shock mount forward to the uppermost of the frame (closest node)
-the other from this node backwards to the bottom rearmost node.
Does this make sense??
AA

Hi Angel,

Yeah a bit more reinforcing is required. Agreed.

What I have done so far is more about getting it driving okay and proving to myself that the project is worthy of the efforts to design and build bodywork etc and fully finish it so as it is registerable for road use.

I fitted a nice new soft rear tyre earlier in the week and wow what an improvement. It accelerates far better and is a very exciting drive now with much improved (read balanced) handling.

I am definitely going to fully finish it! Its a blast!

Thanks for your interest, Andrew.

Hi All,

Well I'm back on this thing again and have gotten stuck into the bodywork.

A successful mould has been pulled from the nosecone plug that I laboured over on and off for 15 months.

In reality probably only 150 - 200 hours was expended, although who knows.

Frankly the moulding process took a while too, although my fibreglassing skills are meagre and rusty.

Cleaning up the mould at the moment for a layup of the finished nosecone panel over the weekend.

A subtle redesign of the side pod has made for a more integrated look (pics soon).

The short term goal is to get all the body work sorted over the next few months and fit the new quick rack and re drive it somewhere semi legal, at speed and see how good the thing is.

Surely next year is the year for finishing the thing off?

Regards, Andrew.

I just noticed I started this thread in 2006!

Ee Gawds!

Anyway thought I would just paste a pic or two of where its up to.

Test drove it again recently with the quick rack installed, brakes now operating correctly, wheel alignment, tyre pressures right etc. Damn it drives allright. Hangs on quite well around corners and according to my GPS logging goes from 100Kph to 150Kph in 5.5 seconds.

Standing start times weren't flash due to a bit of traffic around and not wanting squeal too much etc but I did get a 50 Kph to 100Kph time of 2.5 seconds.

Regards, Andrew.

http://www.ozht.com/trike/

Good work.

Very cool.

Write it up into a book and distribute. I'll have the first copy please.

A few updates now exist at www.ozht.com/trike

Thanks all for the positives posts.

Damn these things take a long time to get done!

Andrew.

Looks great keep up the good work.

Dan

I'm still at it and getting closer.

I feel like today was a bit of a break through with painted panels being mounted.

Pics coming soon.

Thanks everyone for the kind words as other folks interest and positiviness (is that a word...) definitely helps keep one going on these things.

Regards, Andrew.

I just noticed its 6 years almost to the day since I started this thread......

I'm not sure how I feel about that...............

Anyway in more recent times I have thought that offering the bodywork relatively cheaply to other builders could speed up their build by a huge amount. It certainly slowed mine down!

An extension of that is to offer a few of the odd one off parts and I suppose the chassis.

And for that matter once the drawings are complete they will be downloadable too.

Details at http://www.tripodcars.com

Thanks again, Andrew.

Your website looks good.
As you can see, Iv got a trike.
How did/do you go about aligning the front wheels?

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Originally posted by maccmike
Your website looks good.
As you can see, Iv got a trike.
How did/do you go about aligning the front wheels?

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