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ForeverThreeWheels
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I have wanted to post up a thread of the build up of my trike that me and Dad have done for a while now but a lot of the earlier pics were in photo form, not digital, so i had them scanned yesterday to post on another forum and i thought that you guys might enjoy seeing it too. I have heaps and heaps of pics of this build but there is far too many to post so i'll just put up the main ones where the work done is most noticable. 99% of the work on this was done by me and Dad as Dad is really good at anything he turns his hand to and to keep the cost down. It was a good learning experience too. Dont pay any attention to the dates on any of these pics either as it is usually wrong. Cheers.
6th of July '06
This is it the night i bought it after spending hours cleaning it. This is what i got for $850. An '83 ATC 250R with an '82 ATC 250R engine. It was rough and broken in every way and nothing really worked but it went.......sort of! 
After spending a few more hundred on it i mounted later model fenders as it had none, new grips, handlebar pad etc and Dad made the lighting for it. It was quite ridable and reliable.
There is a long stretch of farm road near my place so i decided it was time to see what it could do. In top gear at full throttle the piston let go. Thats whats left of the skirt on top of the piston.
It was only going to be a top end rebuild but me and Dad just kept pulling it apart as there was just so much that needed fixing properly.
Trying to get the rear sprocket off was nearly as hard as taking the swingarm bolt out.
The exhaust me and a mate welded.
The frame i sprayed in undercoat from an aerosol can.
I painted the frame Nissan Pulsar Fiji Blue that i had mixed into an aerosol can for me.
The new piston in and the engine awaiting paint.
The engine i painted from a can.
All the little bits and pieces were hung on Mums clothes line and painted.
The front end coming together.
Rear guards and seat all cleaned up. The seat and mounts are from an '83 but the guard is 85/86.
Engine mounted in frame.
She's a roller. This is the worst shed ever to work in. That was all the room there is. It was full of junk.
How sweet is it!!!  
A dune i just had to do.
It was a lot steeper than it looks. Not bad for a stock airfooler!
Cooling down after heat nip seizing it.
To overcome the heat seizing we had the bore honed a little and an oil seal installed in the bottom end. To do this the cases had to be split. We had the cases split and this job done professionally as we had never split an engine before.
The bike stripped down AGAIN!!! 
The engine split and in pieces AGAIN!!!
All back together AGAIN, this time with new tyres too. 
I dont have any photos of it but it was around this time i sunk my trike in a river. Yes, sunk it in a river. I tried water skipping and i forgot the river bed had just been dredged and it was deeper than i thought. I had to ring Dad on my mates mobile as mine was water logged to come and tow it out. Dad was real proud of me that day!  Incase you were wondering, the back wheels float, nothing else does though. Me and Dad spent the next few days flushing the tank, fuel lines, carby and engine to get all the water out.
Here it is at the beach.
It needed a clutch cable and some new fork boots but the more i thought about pulling it apart the more i thought about all the upgrades i wanted for it and i had the $ at the time so Dad went and saw Ric at ATC Heaven http://www.atcheaven.com/ and these are the parts i ended up getting.
A full caliper kit for the rear.
Front and rear brake pad set.
Universal fork boots.
DG grab bar.
Safety flag with mount.
DG expansion chamber.
DG rear silencer.
Clutch cable.
Carb kit.
Clutch lever.
Left lever perch.
Wheel spacers.
They arrived 2 days before Christmas '08.
The DG grab bar mounted.
The old fork boots.
New fork boots with the old exhaust.
The old standard exhaust and the new DG exhaust.
The new DG pipe and silencer fitted.
How it sits today. Waiting for our Australia Day Ride!!!
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Aussieduner
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Nice build up Ben, she's looking sweet !
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Nice Build Up - Great Story - Thanks for posting!
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Nice work Ben.
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HondaGrant
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Top job on the rebuild  should be good for another 25 years..........
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ForeverThreeWheels
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Thanks for all the nice comments guys, i appreciate them. I added some 1.5' axle spacers the other day. I originally wanted to go with 2.5' spacers but i had these on hand and ready to go so i fiitted them up. I'll see how these go and if need be i'll buy 2.5' ones later down the track.
Front view showing standard width.
When i went to fit the spacers, the inner circumferance of the spacer just quite didnt fit over the 4 little knobs on the hub so a little grinding of the 4 knobs on the hub face was required.
These are the knobs on the hub that needed a little grinding.
The spacer fitted.
Front view showing new width of +3'.
Finished.........for now. 
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I thought its been a little while and i had some pics so i thought id update my thread a little. My carrier desintergrated.
To fix my carrier i went straight out and bought..... 2 sets of wheels and tyres? 
10' ITP wheels, these will be wrapped in motard tyres as im keen to try a little flattracking. Thanx Jamie.
N.O.S 10' Douglas wheels and Duneslider tyres. These are horny looking wheels. Thanx BC. 
My new carrier and the old one. Thanx Ric.
Well after a lot of fighting with it i "convinced" my carrier to fit.
Here i am "convincing" it.
The new carrier fitted.
The space that has somehow come between the caliper mount and the caliper when the caliper is sitting on the disk. It was an easy fix though.....i just removed the disk.
HERE IT IS.... FINISHED!!! At the moment theres nothing else i want to do to it. Hopefully the next time i put a spanner to it will be to re-do it a differant colour but for now im happy with it, it looks awesome and goes even better. Now i just want to enjoy it!
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ForeverThreeWheels
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| Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:10 am Post subject: Re: Chain slider |
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| Oldrodder wrote: | | I love that rubber tyre chain slider, and no rear brakes that should be fun. |
Yeah that chain sliders pretty custom isnt it , as for rear brakes, they've never really worked anyway so i wont be missing them. Ive got a rebuild kit for them and new pads but i just havent got around to putting them in. I'll do that when i make up some spacers and get longer bolts for the caliper.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: Chain slider |
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| ForeverThreeWheels wrote: | | Oldrodder wrote: | | I love that rubber tyre chain slider, and no rear brakes that should be fun. |
Yeah that chain sliders pretty custom isnt it , as for rear brakes, they've never really worked anyway so i wont be missing them. Ive got a rebuild kit for them and new pads but i just havent got around to putting them in. I'll do that when i make up some spacers and get longer bolts for the caliper. |
still got front brakes dont you?
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Looks good ben! Why the hell were you not out there today?
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ForeverThreeWheels
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| stu j wrote: | | ForeverThreeWheels wrote: | | Oldrodder wrote: | | I love that rubber tyre chain slider, and no rear brakes that should be fun. |
Yeah that chain sliders pretty custom isnt it , as for rear brakes, they've never really worked anyway so i wont be missing them. Ive got a rebuild kit for them and new pads but i just havent got around to putting them in. I'll do that when i make up some spacers and get longer bolts for the caliper. |
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Yeah still got the front brakes Stu, they're not 100% but ive got pads for them too. I think the pads in it are fine its just that when i first bought the trike the brakes were completely seized, front and rear. I think thats as good as they're going to get. To get the rear ones to work when i first built it i used an RZ 250 rear master cylinder but then the seals in the caliper went after about a dozen rides, there was fluid squirting out the caliper when i applied the brake pedal so i just stopped using them. Just before i put the carrier in i thought id see if they still lost fluid when i applied the brake pedal and werent clogged and believe it or not, they worked but i was only rocking it back and forth. I planned to install the rebuild kit once i was done putting in the new carrier but the disk hub wont slide far enough to the right using this carrier so the disk doesnt line up with the caliper so i gave up on them. Thats a rainy day job. A very very rainy day job.
Thanks Matt, because i spend all my money on my trike ($4500 in receipts ) and rego is due on it next week, another $145 , i havent got around to getting a car or re-sitting my licence test yet and thats why Dad drives me to the beach. I asked him if he would take me Easter Sunday and he said yes so i didnt want to push my luck. Hope to see you there Easter though.
There is a few bits and pieces on this trike that are not OEM or are a little worn etc but thats because i ride it as often as i can and when i do, i ride it hard and thats what its all about i reckon.
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cool, sounds like ur good to go c u on the dunes soon .
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You wont need brakes with the dune sliders mate...... Turn the bars before the corner..... slide sideways up to the corner....... and hit it to leave the corner.........wooo hoooooo.
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ForeverThreeWheels
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I wanted to change the look of the front end and get a few bits and pieces so i just recently spent another $700 on this money pit and im planning a few more hundred in the next couple of weeks on some go fast engine mods. Im thinking it looks pretty good now so i might start spending some $$$ on making it go better. I think i have some serious issues.
 Beeeeeeeen, Stooooooooop buuuuuuuuuuuyin' triiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike stuuuuuuuuuff!
And i honestly thought it was finished!
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Welcome to the club Ben at least we are proping up the economy, i think i could have bought a second house with the $ ive spent over the years
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:35 pm Post subject: Parts |
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| Have a look at the parts Aussieduner, some manufactured by you and some manufactured by me. |
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ForeverThreeWheels
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| Oldrodder wrote: | | Have a look at the parts Aussieduner, some manufactured by you and some manufactured by me. |
I was hoping you'd see that Glen. 
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Looking the goods ben,i wanna see some photos of it with the new gear on....Do you have a girlfriend? Mine takes my wallet and slaps me with everytime i look at ricks shelves!!
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| 250RBen wrote: | | Looking the goods ben,i wanna see some photos of it with the new gear on....Do you have a girlfriend? Mine takes my wallet and slaps me with everytime i look at ricks shelves!! |
Ive got a trike..... I cant afford a girlfriend!
When i go to Ric's i only take what im prepared to spend... Im not happy till its all gone. I know im not leaving there with money!
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great write up!
glad you painted the dg black, looks the goods!
i might have to buy one of these big sized trikes one day.
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ForeverThreeWheels
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| millsi wrote: | great write up!
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Cheers dude but i didnt paint the Pipe, thanx for noticing though...... It just goes that colour after "heat setting".
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really? thats interesting, ive owned a few new pipes (not dg) and they havent down that, unless by heat setting you mean overheating?? lol
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ForeverThreeWheels
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| millsi wrote: | | really? thats interesting, ive owned a few new pipes (not dg) and they havent down that, unless by heat setting you mean overheating?? lol |
Well this is what happened to mine,
Bought... NEW
Fitted but not fired.
Notice the exhaust...before the expansion chamber..fired a little.
In this pic i'd riden it more...nearly had the jets dialed in.
Darker, not yet completely changed though.
How it looks now.
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