Heres Aprillias rather similar conceptual take on reverse three wheelers the "Aprillia Magnet" Gotta say, looks like fun!!
So essentially what this is is a Ford model T chassis minus rear axle with an Indian 80 cubic inch motor & most of it's frame minus forks etc The guy in the pic made this out of junk for the then princely sum of $18 I'm not sure of the year but suspect 1920s This device was good for 63 mph! I'll be using a T bucket hot rod chassis & transverse leaf spring front end The back wheel will be using ...
WELL I've had an epiphany Have a look @ this period pic I AM LOVIN THIS!! The project has taken an unexpected turn......
Spent today working on the springer forks These are made from mostly spare bits & pieces of junk Started with a set of CB400 T teles minus sliders & added another triple clamp mounted backwards to form the spring holder then made a pair of front tubes & triple clamp from a Miele moped mated to a pair of cut off rear shock mounts. found a spring,spacers & nut & made up a pair of rockers from a cut down swingarm Sounds horrendous but I reckon looks the part & may even ...
Found a suitable vintage brass ammeter on TradeMe & spent a little time restoring/polishing it up. Came up nice, its soon to grace the side of my previously made battery box
Been setting about converting the original carbide gas headlite to a 12 volt system Disemboweled a small jappa quartz halogen unit off a GSX-R & modified the old shells internals to suit One of my sons works at Metro Glasstech & scored me some fluted obscure glass that will do very nicely for a period style lens Also found a brass windscreen washer bottle off an old Brit sportscar that, once polished up, will fit the overall theme rather well
As you'd expect, no self respecting Steampunk Adventurer & his trusty Velocipede would be without a gimball mounted brass compass/sundial combo.... Heres what I got of Tardme recently,looks like shit now but I expect this will polish up rather nicely! .....'TO THE MAN CAVE!!!'.....& several hours later emerge with the recreated treasure in the pic.......then its on to adapting the sundial to the now polished gimball mount for a truly quasi Victorian Satnav System
Its been a while since my last post, been diverted onto another of my bike projects Anyhoo, recently bought a veteran sidecar chassis, the bones of which will be reborn shortly Ive already got the 23" wheel,tyre & the axle etc so should be straightforward Im aiming to do a wickerwork sidecar body, so time to practice my weaving skills
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