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Sianelle
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Um.... this is my first post and I feel very nervous about it :???:
I'm not particularly keen on owning a car because it's simply too much vehicle for what I need. Besides a few months ago I sold my much loved 1950s Morris because I couldn't afford to run her anymore,
- so it would be downright stupid of me to buy myself another car.
I have my retro dark green Hercules electric tricycle for local shopping trips, 'go-and-get-it' jobs & etc around this small town where I live.......
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/5498/anniesherculestrike3iy0.jpg
........ and it works great for that. An upright trike with a ladies step-thru frame is brilliant for short stopping and starting type trips and with the high seating position it's easy to see over and past the tin-tops on mainstreet while their drivers are mucking about looking for parking spaces.
I've got no end of interesting elderly English bicycles - so I'm never stuck for a bicycle for quick 'nip-up-the-road' journeys. I've got various 1980's 10 speed roadies too if I'm feeling like I want to whizz about and prove how shallow my energy reserves are with this illness I live with. Sooooo it's not really a big priority for me to build a two wheeled motored bike or motor-bicycle.
What I really need is a trike that can take me further than my electric Hercules, but with a wee bit more seated comfort. Now as it happens I've got most of the makings of one of these hanging up in the garage......
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2194/lowridertrikemn0.jpg
............ Mine doesn't have so much chrome and has a lot of gold toned paint instead, but by and large this is what I've got. Wheels are 20 inch. As a conventional custom trike it's waaaay too small for me as I'm just a tad under 6ft tall in my socks, - BUT I'm sure I could rework it into a recumbent type custom. Decent seat at the back over the rear axle; shift the BB to a better position for pedalling; - I'm not lacking for spare bicycle parts so I can do all this without any trouble. Oh and I'm one of those horrible people who has a lathe, a gas welding set and a MIG welder. (Thanks for teaching me how to do all this Dad )
Engine would be one of these......
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4263/villiers98cchm8.jpg
.......A jolly old English Villiers two stroke engine with a lovely big brass flywheel. I have several of these engines, - they range from 98cc-63cc and nobody in a Police uniform really knows what size they are these days, so most folk who use them just say '50cc' when asked. They aren't revvers, they are stump pullers and I like them, - lots
I'm thinking in terms of a steampunk theme, - I'd like to use that Model 'T' steering wheel I've got hanging on the garage wall and drive to the stem through a long shaft and universal joint. Lots of brass and copper detail with rivets. Maybe just a touch of wicker bodywork too so it almost becomes a three wheeled cyclecar. I shall have to get my sketchpad out and firm up some ideas.
(sigh of relief) Well that's my first post all done, - Mr Moderator please be gentle with me.....
I'm not particularly keen on owning a car because it's simply too much vehicle for what I need. Besides a few months ago I sold my much loved 1950s Morris because I couldn't afford to run her anymore,
I have my retro dark green Hercules electric tricycle for local shopping trips, 'go-and-get-it' jobs & etc around this small town where I live.......
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/5498/anniesherculestrike3iy0.jpg
........ and it works great for that. An upright trike with a ladies step-thru frame is brilliant for short stopping and starting type trips and with the high seating position it's easy to see over and past the tin-tops on mainstreet while their drivers are mucking about looking for parking spaces.
I've got no end of interesting elderly English bicycles - so I'm never stuck for a bicycle for quick 'nip-up-the-road' journeys. I've got various 1980's 10 speed roadies too if I'm feeling like I want to whizz about and prove how shallow my energy reserves are with this illness I live with. Sooooo it's not really a big priority for me to build a two wheeled motored bike or motor-bicycle.
What I really need is a trike that can take me further than my electric Hercules, but with a wee bit more seated comfort. Now as it happens I've got most of the makings of one of these hanging up in the garage......
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2194/lowridertrikemn0.jpg
............ Mine doesn't have so much chrome and has a lot of gold toned paint instead, but by and large this is what I've got. Wheels are 20 inch. As a conventional custom trike it's waaaay too small for me as I'm just a tad under 6ft tall in my socks, - BUT I'm sure I could rework it into a recumbent type custom. Decent seat at the back over the rear axle; shift the BB to a better position for pedalling; - I'm not lacking for spare bicycle parts so I can do all this without any trouble. Oh and I'm one of those horrible people who has a lathe, a gas welding set and a MIG welder. (Thanks for teaching me how to do all this Dad )
Engine would be one of these......
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4263/villiers98cchm8.jpg
.......A jolly old English Villiers two stroke engine with a lovely big brass flywheel. I have several of these engines, - they range from 98cc-63cc and nobody in a Police uniform really knows what size they are these days, so most folk who use them just say '50cc' when asked. They aren't revvers, they are stump pullers and I like them, - lots
I'm thinking in terms of a steampunk theme, - I'd like to use that Model 'T' steering wheel I've got hanging on the garage wall and drive to the stem through a long shaft and universal joint. Lots of brass and copper detail with rivets. Maybe just a touch of wicker bodywork too so it almost becomes a three wheeled cyclecar. I shall have to get my sketchpad out and firm up some ideas.
(sigh of relief) Well that's my first post all done, - Mr Moderator please be gentle with me.....