Recent content by jakejake416

Alright guys, I've finally had a little time to "tweak and peak" this thing. No more leaks and everything runs like it should. I have about 200 miles on it and on one trip averaged about 22mpg believe it or not. Anyway, it's off to Thunder Beach in Panama City Beach, Fl on Friday and it...

To be honest I don't even notice the exhaust heat. The only heat issue is with the upper cooling hose that wraps right around the valve cover. My knee kinda rests on it and I can feel that if I idle too long. Once I get moving again the water temp falls back down to about 135 and it's not a...

I'm in the process of uploading another video for anyone who is interested. I have to apologize in advance you're gonna wind up looking at my face for most of it. Sorry. http://youtu.be/N04cFP2RJDg Also a few more pics of the build that I never posted. The first two are of the platform that...

Pretty cool car man. I like how you've done it and thanks soooo much for the big pics!

This one would likely do the same thing but the valve body is entirely manual and must be shifted by hand into each gear. I'm thinking about a solenoid to activate 2nd but it's really kinda pointless. It takes off like a bat outta hell from a dead stop in 2nd so who needs first?

To totally come clean the first ride is a bit of a blur. I "think" I was in first and I "think" it was about 45-50 at 1500rpm but I had a bit of sensory overload and I don't remember all the details to be honest. The short ride I took this morning was for sure in second gear and I was creeping...

Was talking to a guy this morning about the transmission modification and realized that when it became a shorty PG the governor went away and a reverse valve body was used. What I'm getting at is that all the test rides were in first gear only! As soon as the guy left I put on a helmet and...

Obviously, there is no speedometer (who needs 'em?) but I would imagine that I was probably doing about 45-50 in high gear (2nd) at around 1500rpm ish. To be totally honest I really wasn't paying attention to speed as much as oil pressure and temp. When you not "in" the vehicle every little...

I just came back from my first ride about a half an hour ago and for some reason I cant get my hands to stop shaking. That never happens to me :D All I can tell you is that it is very fast and I never saw anything above 3200 RPM. Ha ha. Anyway, it's just about done. Still a little tweaking...

It's done. Wiring is finished and it turns over. I'm need to find some zink additive tomorrow to break in the cam and flip the ignition switch. Hopefully I'll have video tomorrow afternoon for all interested.

I filled it yesterday level up to the top of the cap and then removed the upper rad hose and topped the rest of it off. Very little air in there if any. Progress today is shut down a bit. Since the trike is almost finished I'm off to collect the next project.

I got a little done over the weekend but today was one of those days where nothing goes right. Planned on wiring and starting it up today but I have to have brakes before it runs cause I know myself and as soon as it starts I'm gonna cruise around the block. Leaking flares, missing caliper...

Hey thanks for all the compliments, great motivation!! I'm thinking it'll be running Wednesday.

I'm definitely going with stiffer springs at some point just cause the forks have enough travel to theoretically allow the oil pan to rub. Aren't progressively wound springs usually softer at first and then progressively stiffer? I think I'll need the entire stroke to be pretty stiff. On the...

I'm not really sure what you mean by "engineered" but my mechanical engineering degree kinda means that my prints are "engineered" as well. I agree that the forks I'm using are not common to what most trikes use but this isn't like most trikes. I expect this things total weight to be right...