Hughie came over during the christmas break on the pretence that it would be nice to get the families together (festive cheer, good will to .... blah blah blah) but it meant really that he could come and see progress so far and bring over the fuel tank that he had collected from Barry-you-cant-build-a-decent-trike-for-a-grand. Its a lovely new 3.3 gal single filler mustang style tank, the ideal thing for a chopper looking custom; and i got it for a good price at £70.
I sat down in the plastic patio chair come makeshift saddle, straddled the engine and held the tank in position..... and Im not so sure i liked the feeling.
It seems such a shame to obscure my view of the engine. As you can see from the picture TVOR also came over for a supposed christmas family thing, but it didnt take him long to get sitting in the saddle (actually he looks pretty cool there! ;-) and as you can see, the thing does have an appeal with the engine all exposed. Perhaps i should have a tank on the back of the beast and leave the engine exposed? I need to do some thinking
On the subject of TVOR; he keeps talking of 50x25 box section. I keep talking 25 dia tube. whilst i fully accept his arguement that a 50 deep box would be very strong and rigid, Im not so sure it would look great without a huge amount of work in cutting and shutting detailed areas. I cant disagree that a single spine across the top of the engine wouldnt look fab, but if i was going to do that I'd want it curved by an industrial section bender. check out the efforts this guy goes to to create a box section spine http://www.vwtrike.net/june.htm impressive no doubt, but i niether have the time, money or motivation. And so my thinking is still for bent tube.... many sketches to come i think
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