matty h
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 10:49 PM |
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Reverse trikes on the market
I know of the mev R1trike and grinnall and also the malone skunk but are there any more reverse trikes on the market.
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Talon Motorsport
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 11:12 PM |
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www.rayvolutioncars.com
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Humbug
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 11:33 PM |
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BRA
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 15/3/11 at 11:48 PM |
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Quote
Did I hear someone say "if you want to look a tit get a BRA"?
JZR , TriKing - both Morgan Lookalikes
Have they just launched a real Morgan? ,probably not Locost though!
Pembleton ?
[Edited on 16/3/11 by Surrey Dave]
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smart51
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| posted on 16/3/11 at 06:38 AM |
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The Lomax is still available too.
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hughpinder
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| posted on 16/3/11 at 08:11 AM |
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pembleton?
Now they can take motoguzzi or bmw air cooled bike engines, the performance is pretty good!
http://www.pembleton.co.uk/
Regards
Hugh
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 16/3/11 at 09:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by hughpinder
pembleton?
Now they can take motoguzzi or bmw air cooled bike engines, the performance is pretty good!
http://www.pembleton.co.uk/
Regards
Hugh
I've got quite a soft spot for the Pembleton cars, they really look the part and the kit is very well priced. I'm not sure what
definition of "space frame" they are using though  I suppose it sounds better than
"Ladder frame with some lightweight tubes to support the body"
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matty h
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| posted on 16/3/11 at 06:00 PM |
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Not into the old school strange hat type trikes more into modern looking 2 seater reverse trikes.
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coozer
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| posted on 16/3/11 at 06:08 PM |
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B.R.A. seconded, they look the best IMO.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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scootz
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| posted on 16/3/11 at 06:22 PM |
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Not a UK design, but if it's just for inspiration you could do a lot worse than check out the 'Scorpion'...
Linky
It's Evolution Baby!
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welderman
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| posted on 16/3/11 at 09:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Not a UK design, but if it's just for inspiration you could do a lot worse than check out the 'Scorpion'...
Linky
i do like that 
Thank's, Joe 
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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vtecmike
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| posted on 16/3/11 at 09:51 PM |
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www.rayvolutioncars.com
ive met the bloke who builds these kits, and i can tell you its excellent, well thought out, well built and good looking.
i think these are so good, im thinking of selling these kits.
if your interested in these contact me for more info?
thanks mike
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The Venom Project
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 posted on 16/3/11 at 10:36 PM |
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Campagna T-Rex if you have £30K spare
It's not that i'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.....
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matty h
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| posted on 17/3/11 at 08:16 PM |
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Some of them are a bit pricey is there no one selling cheap and cheerful reverse trikes.
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designer
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| posted on 17/3/11 at 11:06 PM |
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I see no reason, but there are no cheap trikes, and I've talked to them all, included the US one. The best one, I think, is the T-Rod
http://www.t-rod.com/
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PSpirine
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| posted on 17/3/11 at 11:16 PM |
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Does anybody have some more info on the Pembleton? What's included in the bargain-priced kit?
I'd be well keen for one if they're so straightforward and single donor (i'd just use a 2cv). Definitely appeal to me as a cheapie
project
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chrsgrain
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| posted on 28/3/11 at 01:19 PM |
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Don't forget the blackjack zero.....
Chris
Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...
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scootz
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| posted on 28/3/11 at 02:45 PM |
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The only thing stalling me from diving further-in is the tipping issue.
The more I read - the more it worries me! Mind you - the internet is full of 'expert' accounts which are actually based on big-fat
nothings!
I knew it was possible to put it on edge if you were accelerating full-beans from into a corner, but I didn't realise that it could also tip if
you went into a corner at too hot a constant speed.
You could cater for this on a track, but I wouldn't fancy trying to ease off the throttle mid-corner in a three-wheeler that's on edge!
[Edited on 28/3/11 by scootz]
It's Evolution Baby!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/3/11 at 03:44 PM |
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I remember seeing Morgan 3-wheelers on TV, racing at some British circuit. Going like stink, and hanging the tail out on some corners - no sign of
tipping.
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scootz
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| posted on 29/3/11 at 06:32 AM |
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The Morgans are front-engined and front-wheel drive... they have completely different driving characteristics.
It's Evolution Baby!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 29/3/11 at 07:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
The Morgans are front-engined and front-wheel drive...
The original Morgan trikes were RWD with a chain to the rear wheel.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 29/3/11 at 08:05 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
The Morgans are front-engined and front-wheel drive...
The original Morgan trikes were RWD with a chain to the rear wheel.
Correct - those were the ones I was talking about... it was a Classics race, and the Morgans were beating everything else in their class by a mile.
You can see the chain under one of the cars in this photo:
Mind you, I thought they used to have drive-shafts - but looking at this page they had both
drive-shaft AND chain!
Plus a few videos...
Hill climb
Dyno!
[Edited on 29/3/11 by David Jenkins]
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scootz
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| posted on 29/3/11 at 08:59 AM |
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Bloomin eck David... I didn't realise you were going back to steam-powered trikes of the 1640's!
Those things will be lucky to have a single foal-power and would struggle to tip an unladen wheelbarrow onto one side!
I'm talking about fire-breathing modern sports-bike engines with 170+bhp riding on a set of sticky tyres (not wooden wagon-wheels)!
It's Evolution Baby!
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iank
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| posted on 29/3/11 at 09:30 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by hughpinder
pembleton?
Now they can take motoguzzi or bmw air cooled bike engines, the performance is pretty good!
http://www.pembleton.co.uk/
Regards
Hugh
I've got quite a soft spot for the Pembleton cars, they really look the part and the kit is very well priced. I'm not sure what
definition of "space frame" they are using though I suppose it sounds better than
"Ladder frame with some lightweight tubes to support the body"
Look even less strong in reality. I can only imagine the rivetted on aluminium is structural.
--
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 29/3/11 at 02:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Bloomin eck David... I didn't realise you were going back to steam-powered trikes of the 1640's!
Those things will be lucky to have a single foal-power and would struggle to tip an unladen wheelbarrow onto one side!
I'm talking about fire-breathing modern sports-bike engines with 170+bhp riding on a set of sticky tyres (not wooden wagon-wheels)!
If you look at the dyno video, you'll see one giving 56 BHP, capable of 100mph! They weigh three-fifths of very little (but I would want to be
in a crash while driving one... )
Afterthought: I should add that any driver who takes one of these onto a race track and drives it at 100mph (as I have seen) must have spheroids of
steel - they never had good brakes (drums all round), plus being wide and short they had an exciting habit of pulling to one side or the other
randomly whenever they tried to stop fast!
[Edited on 29/3/11 by David Jenkins]
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