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Rear discs on a VW trike
I fitted these a couple of years ago and they are great, however after this winter period layup i rolled the trike out and ran it up, no problem, till i went to ride it into the garage. The rear disks were locked on. when i got the trike out i did pull the hand brake on quite hard as it got near...- hawkeyefxr
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Rev counter
I want to fit a tacho to my trike, i bought one from Ebay but could not get it to work, there were only three wire live & ground plus a green one that i thought would go to the electronic ignition to pick up the pulses......but no. I want a small one not a big thing stuck up front....any...- hawkeyefxr
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Full flow oil filters
What are the thought on these full flow oil filter, it bolts on the end of the oil pump and takes a standard screw on cartridge. Is there any loss of pressure through resistance of the cartridge?- hawkeyefxr
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Ace Cafe London
6/3/16 this is our day at the Ace Cafe........just trikes- hawkeyefxr
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Another question this time about distributors.
You may well have read my posts on the carb adjustments and the like. Now i have it all up and running i have notice a slight hesitation at initial pick up on the throttle. I have read post about dizzys and different types and have not found an answer yet. My dizzy has just just the auto...- hawkeyefxr
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Another carb question
I have a solex 34 pict 3 carb can someone tell how to setup the choke. At the moment when starting from cold the choke is fully closed as you would expect, as the engine runs it quickly get bogged down with to much fuel as the butterfly is closed. I have to manually hold the butterfly open...- hawkeyefxr
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Need to pick some brains regarding forks
My trike has normal telescopic forks from a F650gs BMW the spindle is slightly forward of the fork leg. My steering has a very slightly nervous feel to it and sometime gets in to a wobble if both hands are not on the bars. Now i dont understand to full aspect of Rake and Trail, i obviously...- hawkeyefxr
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Stencils for visio for wiring vehicles
Does anyone know of aset of stencils for Visio for vehicle wiring, showing batteries, coils, headlighs, generators, that kind of thing. I will be rewiring my VW trike this winter and would like to draw it up on the PC first. I have downloaded a diagram done by Jim Sickler from here and have...- hawkeyefxr
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VW Wiring diagram
Can anyone help me out please, i am after a wiring diagram for a VW Trike. I know it will be based on a VW beetle but i'm wondering if there is a dedicated diagram for a trike. Either way i have neither and desperately need one. My wiring not only has all the colours of the rainbow for wires...- hawkeyefxr
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Hi from the other side of the pond
I have a twin port vw engine trike with what i assume is the normal amount of rake, the trike is about ten feet long. I want to fit a steering damper but with the rake the is a lot of travel from lock to lock going through a wide range of angles.I have an ohlin steering damper that was fitted to...- hawkeyefxr
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Rear suspension info needed
I have had my VW trike since February this year, i have been working my way through various things to get it as i want it. I have just replaced the rear motorcycle shock mounting bushes, these are normal motorcycle shocks with springs. While doing this i noticed that the eye to eye...- hawkeyefxr
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Hi All
From the UK and just got into Trikes after having harley's for the past few years. Bad knees put a stop to harley riding :-(..........but now have a Trike :-))- hawkeyefxr
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