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sticker_sääp
08-23-2015, 07:49 AM
Hello Guys,

after a few requests Loizl forced me to reactivate my old 3WW account, to show you my 250R project, wich was built in parallel to his Tecate 125.


Link to the Tecate 125 Threat:

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/169883-The-Tecate-125-build?highlight=Tecate+125

I always wanted a badass two stroke trike like the ATC250R, but they are hard to find and to expensive over here in europe. So i desided to built my own.

The design of the trike began during the abroad year in england of my engineering studies. I bought a cheap Honda CR250 engine on ebay uk in great conditon as you can see.:rolleyes:

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coolpool
08-23-2015, 11:53 AM
Is your intent to buy it piece by piece then? I seen a post where someone did just that and it was somewhere around 2/3rds more money than buying one and starting from there. I applaud your efforts and can understand your issues sourcing parts in Europe. Good luck!

sticker_sääp
08-23-2015, 12:30 PM
The project is already finished and the total costs were far below 1000€.

I will now post part by part the complete manifacturing... It just takes some time to upload all the pics and write a few words to every step.

sticker_sääp
08-23-2015, 12:35 PM
After a bus ride across europe the engine arrived save in my workshop:

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sticker_sääp
08-23-2015, 12:44 PM
The engine case was cracked by the pre owner, so it was necessary to TIG weld the cracks and after the paintjob it looked like that:
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sticker_sääp
08-23-2015, 12:51 PM
The clutch cover and the generator cover was to damaged to weld it and therefore new covers were cnc milled:

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sticker_sääp
08-23-2015, 01:00 PM
A jig was weld around a tecate frame to get the position of all the holes and tubes:

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Here is the finished frame compared to a tecate 3 frame:

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sticker_sääp
08-23-2015, 01:02 PM
First testfit of the engine into the frame:

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sticker_sääp
08-23-2015, 01:24 PM
I had a CR250 fork laying around from another project which was combined with a 250R tripple clamp from ebay.
The tank is from a Honda MTX 125 that i cannibalized a few years before:
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Here are some pics of the original magnesium clutchcover that was burned:Bounce

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sticker_sääp
08-23-2015, 01:40 PM
Some picture of the plasma cutted engine mounts and of the engine fitting in which was a PITA:
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Design of the aluminum subframe...

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sticker_sääp
08-23-2015, 01:52 PM
Safety first, therefore i bought nerfbars for a yamaha blaster that fitted on my frame with some minor cutting and welding action...
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A red fender of a chinese trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro quad won on ebay and the 4 snows of my former built the "Mocate 250" completed the first mock up:

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Later this week i will go on with my report but for the moment this should be enough... see you

phantomtracer
08-23-2015, 08:51 PM
Wow! Nice work!
When you said from scratch you weren't kidding.

onformula1
08-24-2015, 12:16 AM
What is the paint on the power valve covers? It's a interesting color/look.

Nice trike, Thank You

loizl
08-24-2015, 04:17 AM
The powervalve covers were anodized and were expected to be red but honda used a lot of different alloys for different parts so they came out some kind of Bordeaux color.

onformula1
08-24-2015, 04:22 AM
The powervalve covers were anodized and were expected to be red but honda used a lot of different alloys for different parts so they came out some kind of Bordeaux color.

Thank You, with casted aluminum it's tough to anodize any color other than clear or black.

I like them they look like a exotic works coating.

sticker_sääp
08-24-2015, 11:30 AM
Thanks!

So i fixed some invalid links, now all my pics should be shown...

Today i found some more pictures of the first mockup:

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sticker_sääp
08-24-2015, 11:37 AM
The next step was to construct the swingarm. In oder to safe weight (and because i own a TIG welder:w00t:) it was built entirely from aluminum.

My swingarm was the prototype of Loizls...

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sticker_sääp
08-24-2015, 11:43 AM
The clutchcover came back from hard anodizing:

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That´s now my favorite coating for aluminim parts...

To weld the swingarm straight an improvised jig was weld, (which was bullshit because parts of the jig got stuck in my bearring holes) :mad:

For the nexts projects we will built an adjustable swingarm jig which is a lot more stable!

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sticker_sääp
08-24-2015, 11:45 AM
Thats all for today i have to go to my shop and design the stainless steel muffler for my bigred...

Tomorrow i will post more.

onformula1
08-24-2015, 03:49 PM
What is a Mocate 250?

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sticker_sääp
08-24-2015, 04:20 PM
Its a modified kawasaki mojave with a KX 250 engine... Here are some pics:
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onformula1
08-24-2015, 04:22 PM
Cool, thanks for sharing.

That trike must scoot right along.

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sticker_sääp
08-24-2015, 04:29 PM
If you are interested i can do a report about that thing too after the 250r

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onformula1
08-24-2015, 05:14 PM
If you are interested i can do a report about that thing too after the 250r

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That would be cool, we all are interested in builds especially builds outside the USA the different styles, parts and scenery are cool and interesting.

Thanks

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fieldy
08-24-2015, 06:07 PM
I wonder if there's anything you guys can't make? Making billet engine covers for lateTecate 3's could be very profitable with your abilities.It would be nice to dress up the kxt a little, like they do the 250r's. I am not sure how long it takes to make one though. Maybe not lucrative.
Are you using the kx primary gearing? Or a better way for me to ask is anything different on the kx motor in the Mocate? Have you ever converted a 6 speed 250 kdx motor to anything? Thanks, looking great!

Red Rider
08-24-2015, 07:00 PM
Sticker_sääp, excellent work so far! Please keep the info & pics on the build coming. What year CR motor did you use? Based on the cylinder's color, it appears to be of 1988-90 vintage to me. How do you like the power output?


The powervalve covers were anodized and were expected to be red but honda used a lot of different alloys for different parts so they came out some kind of Bordeaux color.


...with casted aluminum it's tough to anodize any color other than clear or black.I knew that's what happened to the color. I was told the very same thing a long time ago, about anodizing cast aluminum, but wasn't thinking about it when I gathered up a few parts to be anodized red. All of the billet aluminum pieces came out great, but the lone, cast aluminum, engine plug came out the same color. The color wasn't too attrocious, so I went ahead and installed it. I just recently ordered a proper, red anodized, replacement.

onformula1
08-24-2015, 07:08 PM
Sticker_sääp, excellent work so far! Please keep the info & pics on the build coming. What year CR motor did you use? Based on the cylinder's color, it appears to be of 1988-90 vintage to me. How do you like the power output?



I knew that's what happened to the color. I was told the very same thing a long time ago, about anodizing cast aluminum, but wasn't thinking about it when I gathered up a few parts to be anodized red. All of the billet aluminum pieces came out great, but the lone, cast aluminum, engine plug came out the same color. The color wasn't too attrocious, so I went ahead and installed it. I just recently ordered a proper, red anodized, replacement.
I took a casted part and sanded it down and polished it up before anodizing and difference is amazing

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sticker_sääp
08-25-2015, 12:25 AM
Thank you all for appreciating our work!

Best way to anodize cast aluminum is either just do it in black or you cnc mill a replacement and anodize that... But i also like this bourdeaux red so i kept it.

@ Red Rider: its a 88 CR Engine. I wanted this one because than i can interchange parts from my dirtbike which is a 86 model and basically the same engine

@ fieldy: Thank you. We are thinking about building billet parts in the future if there is some demand. But the problem is that in germany there is not much of an vintage dirtbike/atc/atv scene and it will cost a shitload of money on shipping and tax costs...

Its an original gearing, i optimized a bit with the sproket, the first gear is still to short... But thats nothing you can't fix with enough power :-D

I will update you this evening.




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sticker_sääp
08-25-2015, 01:32 AM
@ onformula: have you got a picture of a polished and then anodized part? Maybe thats an option to try next time...



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onformula1
08-25-2015, 01:44 AM
Only in black at this time.

I did two one polished and one not, here is the polished part the other had to be sprayed in clear gloss because it came out flat and looked like ashe and not uniform, I don't have a picture of it because its not finishedhttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/24/ead7674e884cf2cb53303a80d932a230.jpg

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Joseph Farrow
08-25-2015, 10:08 AM
Nice Work!

sticker_sääp
08-25-2015, 11:46 AM
@ onformula1: what part is that? A pice of a suspension? I will try that in one of the next projects.

sticker_sääp
08-25-2015, 11:53 AM
Some more pics of the swingarm:

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sticker_sääp
08-25-2015, 12:08 PM
The U profiles were closed to built stable boxes:

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Cutting of the excenter on my milling machine, that was quite dangerous with this saw...

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Here is the first test of the swingarm on the trike:

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PS: the axle is from a 200X its a little bit underdimensioned but i bought it from ebay a few years ago so i had to use that thing...

First time standing on his own tires secured by a rope... :lol::

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sticker_sääp
08-25-2015, 12:23 PM
Loizl in action:

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Assembling of the nerfbars and the footpegs:

The angle of rearfender is still to steep (subframe needed to be cutt)

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sticker_sääp
08-25-2015, 12:29 PM
Test of the rearsuspension, now with both suspension mounts:

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Its an upside down rearshock concept... :Bounce

sticker_sääp
08-25-2015, 12:33 PM
My engine had no intake so an aluminium one was milled:

I am to poor to buy one...:D

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sticker_sääp
08-25-2015, 12:40 PM
Improvising of the aluminum seatpan:

It looks realy uggly as trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro in this stage but be patient later it will come out great...

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sticker_sääp
08-25-2015, 12:56 PM
Now the crazy trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro beginns:

Christmastime Engineeringtime...

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During my studies i read a lot of books about two stroke tuning and i programmed an excelsheet that can calculate you cones of two stroke pipes.

The formulas are based on the two stroke tuners handbook.

Last christmas i had time to verify the theory...

just one CAD screenshot as a teaser for tomorrow:

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strykerlover
08-25-2015, 02:14 PM
WOW! Your work is impressive! That will be an awesome machine when you are complete. It inspires me for when I retire from working 50 hr's per week! LOL :)

sticker_sääp
08-25-2015, 02:29 PM
Thanks buddy

onformula1
08-25-2015, 10:11 PM
@ onformula1: what part is that? A pice of a suspension? I will try that in one of the next projects.

1983-1987 Honda 200X shock reservoir

YTZ drew
08-25-2015, 10:23 PM
Your work is amazing, thanks for sharing!

onformula1
08-25-2015, 10:44 PM
Who is Loizl to you, family, brother, friend?

Who's shop is that? Is it at your home?

Both of you are very talented!, keep up the great work.

sticker_sääp
08-26-2015, 02:22 PM
Loizl is my friend and neighbor. The shop is my shop, it is built into an old cow barn on my farm...

sticker_sääp
08-26-2015, 02:44 PM
Update for today...

The cones that came out from my excle spreadsheet were drawn in my CAD programm to get different measurements for the fitting of the final pipe which will be bent in different dimensions.

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That information was used to design the pipe around my trike. A small steel tube with some styrphor circles was bent around the frame to find a way through the trike with enough clearance:

Sorry i dont have a picture with this dummy pipe on my trike...

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We improvised a 3d scanner with 3 rulers for X Y and Z axis and imported the form of the steel tube into the CAD by measuring 30 points.

This will be the the base for the CAD model:

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sticker_sääp
08-26-2015, 02:48 PM
Now some computer magic from me:

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sticker_sääp
08-26-2015, 02:56 PM
Finished CAD model:

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sticker_sääp
08-26-2015, 03:05 PM
Computermagic part 2:

Draw off the cones fur :naughty:

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That was done 32 times and all cones were printed for a test fit:

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The result was a catastrophy i am better with sheet metal than with paper :lol:

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Netxt try with stronger paper:

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sticker_sääp
08-26-2015, 03:11 PM
The data was sent to my employer for the laser cutting and the waiting time was used to disasamble the trike for the final welding and the paintjob:

Last picture of the naket trike without paint:

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Final welding job:

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sticker_sääp
08-26-2015, 03:18 PM
All the levers for brake gearshifter and so on were blacksmithed in my stove:

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For the next few steps this baby machined by Loizl (props to him at this point) will be used:

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But that is another story i will post within the next days... thats all for today

onformula1
08-26-2015, 09:09 PM
^ nice custom slip roll.

sticker_sääp
08-27-2015, 01:52 PM
Yeah it worked great and this weekend it will be used to roll the next exhaust...

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sticker_sääp
08-27-2015, 01:53 PM
Question to all the shock and suspension freaks: has anyone ever used a rearshock with a reservoir upside down?

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sticker_sääp
08-27-2015, 01:54 PM
I did it on this built and it works great till now. But i think there must be a reason why the reservoir is allways on top

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AhM1127
08-27-2015, 05:03 PM
Wow, what an awesome project! Nothing like building it yourself

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onformula1
08-27-2015, 08:48 PM
Question to all the shock and suspension freaks: has anyone ever used a rearshock with a reservoir upside down?

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If the shock is in good shape, doesn't leak, was bleed correctly and charged correctly you can run it in any position you want.

What is the issue?

C.J
08-28-2015, 01:42 PM
The Suzuki quads use the shock "upside down" having the reservoir hose mounting at the "bottom" of the shock.

Amazing build!!! I'm EXTREMELY envious of what you have to work with! "Oh I couldn't afford to just go out and buy an intake so I made one while I was sipping coffee and reading the newspaper one morning" lmao


92 JP Outlaw hybrid (in progress)

87 LT265R (not much left stock)

sticker_sääp
08-28-2015, 02:47 PM
Ok, cause i got that statment from you two, i will go on with this setup and stop looking for a replacement shock.

sticker_sääp
08-28-2015, 02:54 PM
The Suzuki quads use the shock "upside down" having the reservoir hose mounting at the "bottom" of the shock.

Amazing build!!! I'm EXTREMELY envious of what you have to work with! "Oh I couldn't afford to just go out and buy an intake so I made one while I was sipping coffee and reading the newspaper one morning" lmao

92 JP Outlaw hybrid (in progress)

87 LT265R (not much left stock)

Thank you :lol: It does not hapen while i am sipping coffe. That whole level of the shown engineering/building/machining skills that created this trike is the result of a great team of the best mechanics, welders and so on that supports me. We have some kind of skill network that helps out each other.

Ghostv2
08-28-2015, 03:01 PM
Thank you :lol: I does not hapen while i am sipping coffe. That whole level of the shown engineering/building/machining skills that created this trike is the result of a great team of the best mechanics, welders and so on that supports me. We have some kind of skill network that helps out each other.

It sounds like you sir, have a great job and work at a good place. I'm envious of that and the trike! Can't wait to see it completed. It would be cool if more people did these kind of projects.

sticker_sääp
08-28-2015, 03:12 PM
Update for today:

colour up your trike,

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Neopren condoms:

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sticker_sääp
08-28-2015, 03:33 PM
Box of Stainless scrap:

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First rolling test
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Quality check passed, lets do it with 96 others (some cones were tig weld together becaus off my impatiens):

We lasered 3 sets because my CR250 will be upgraded with that pipe to (after modifictions of course) and one set as sparepart.

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yield was about 3 rolled and welded cones per beer :beer:lol:

sticker_sääp
08-28-2015, 03:40 PM
We spot welded some cones togehter in groups of 3 or 4 to be flexible for the fitting on the trike:
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Everything came together:

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sticker_sääp
08-28-2015, 03:46 PM
Final welding,

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Last winter ended and the pipe was on the trike:

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Thats all folks...

poolieZerUK
08-28-2015, 04:00 PM
That is some nice work.
Nice machine shop too, any pic of completed trike or is that where its at now?

sticker_sääp
08-28-2015, 04:37 PM
Thank you! The trike is finished, but i will not post a picture of the complete trike to keep you guys excited till the report is finished. Sorry:lol:

sticker_sääp
09-06-2015, 06:06 AM
Next update from my side:

An selfmade pipe needs also a selfmade muffler so there it is:

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Before the trike was disasambled for the paintjob i found out that the swingarm was to floppy for the trike, because it was possible to bend it a littl bit when i stood on the outer edge of the nerfbars.

That was not acceptable so i reenforced them with a lot more aluminum :twisted:

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Its not as elegant as before but now it should be stable as trailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro.

The knowledge that was learnt form this first swingarm was directly used in the design and built of Loizls swinger.

sticker_sääp
09-06-2015, 06:13 AM
The swingarm on the trike:
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Some details for the handlebar
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It´s of course self made from a hydraulic pipe

sticker_sääp
09-06-2015, 06:19 AM
Next step was to connect the muffler to my pipe.

It was done within the frame:

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Some puzzeling and we were trough the frame:

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Final welded pipe costs 0€ :lol::

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joels
09-06-2015, 08:51 AM
I can appreciate all the effort and skill that you have put into this. Beautiful!! I love that it is a one of a kind. Its gonna be great when someone says " where can i get one of these!"

sticker_sääp
09-07-2015, 11:34 AM
Fixed some broken links...

Update for today:

Testfit of the excenter for the chain tightening:

It is milled from aluminum and hard anodized in order to harden the surface. Now wear should be no problem.

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sticker_sääp
09-07-2015, 11:37 AM
An old 350x Headlamp with some cuttings was fix with an anodized aluminium sheet

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sticker_sääp
09-07-2015, 11:43 AM
The design of the rear brake was a real problem because it needed 5 different calipers till a useable one was found:
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Design rule #2067 if you dont have enough space for two large screws use a bunch of tiny ones. (Till now it works fine :lol:)

After hard anodizing:

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Billy Golightly
09-07-2015, 01:43 PM
Wow, great project and custom at every corner and detail, awesome work!!

Love the pipe work also, been down that road myself, they are a pain in the ass to build but once its done and you look at it, its a damn good feeling!

sticker_sääp
09-08-2015, 11:26 AM
Wow, great project and custom at every corner and detail, awesome work!!

Love the pipe work also, been down that road myself, they are a pain in the ass to build but once its done and you look at it, its a damn good feeling!

Thank you very much, how did you calculate the cones? Did you draw them with cone layout?

sticker_sääp
09-08-2015, 11:33 AM
Some axles after chemical nickel coating,

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The Chainwheel was painted red like every detail on the trike:

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sticker_sääp
09-08-2015, 11:37 AM
A small walkaround the trike with mounted axle and wheels:

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Billy Golightly
09-08-2015, 03:29 PM
Thank you very much, how did you calculate the cones? Did you draw them with cone layout?

Yes. I used the 2 Stroke Pipe Wizard program (About $25 dollars) and cone layout. What took me FOREVER to understand was how to create each individual section in cone layout. Essentially, all it is, is figuring out the width (or length, as traveling down the pipe) of the section you want on average, and then dividing that into the length of the specific coned area you are dividing. Then you increase the inlet and outlet diameters of each one of those sections, that much. Its VERY easy once you understand the process, but I banged my head against the wall for weeks trying to speak to mathematicians and all sorts of people to figure out how to equally divide the cone chapes, and what the inlet and outlet diameters for each one of those sections would wind up being so I could plug the parameters into cone layout.

When I did mine, I actually created templates for each individual section of the pipe, versus making the entire thing straight and then band sawing pie cuts out of it which seems to be the more popular methodology. I had 54 pieces laser cut for me by German buddy Hagen, and then I hand rolled and tig welded everything together, each bend and section individually.

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sticker_sääp
09-08-2015, 04:12 PM
Yes. I used the 2 Stroke Pipe Wizard program (About $25 dollars) and cone layout. What took me FOREVER to understand was how to create each individual section in cone layout. Essentially, all it is, is figuring out the width (or length, as traveling down the pipe) of the section you want on average, and then dividing that into the length of the specific coned area you are dividing. Then you increase the inlet and outlet diameters of each one of those sections, that much. Its VERY easy once you understand the process, but I banged my head against the wall for weeks trying to speak to mathematicians and all sorts of people to figure out how to equally divide the cone chapes, and what the inlet and outlet diameters for each one of those sections would wind up being so I could plug the parameters into cone layout.

When I did mine, I actually created templates for each individual section of the pipe, versus making the entire thing straight and then band sawing pie cuts out of it which seems to be the more popular methodology. I had 54 pieces laser cut for me by German buddy Hagen, and then I hand rolled and tig welded everything together, each bend and section individually.


Thanks for sharing. You used a lot more sections then me. For my next pipe i will also built at least 40 sections. I think i used a complete new method by designing that thing in CAD. It is basicaly the "saw a straight pipe" method but it was entirely done on the pc. It was also quite puzzeling till i found a solution to devide the angles between every segment. Now this is done within an houre when the "3D scan" of the route through the trike is finished.

Did you polish the welded lines on the insied? On the pic it looks like you just welded it together. When i did that i had a lot of weld spatters on the inside...

Billy Golightly
09-08-2015, 07:21 PM
Mine were all fairly clean on the inside. I did have a few a little rough but overall I was happy with it. As you mentioned, for me also, the challenge was dividing the angles for each section and knowing with exactness what their dimensions were. On the smaller diameter areas I didn't do more than a 5 degree angle on each end. On the larger pieces I went up to 15 I think, in the middle.

I really like your cad method - it is a little beyond my realm of expertise but I can definitely appreciate the modeling process and work it took to put that together in that way. Here is one more picture of mine finished as well as a link to my build thread and then you can have your thread back from me :)

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/161287-Putting-things-in-places-they-ought-not-to-be-(250R-Hybrid-Motor-build)?highlight=rotax

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sticker_sääp
09-11-2015, 03:29 PM
Mine were all fairly clean on the inside. I did have a few a little rough but overall I was happy with it. As you mentioned, for me also, the challenge was dividing the angles for each section and knowing with exactness what their dimensions were. On the smaller diameter areas I didn't do more than a 5 degree angle on each end. On the larger pieces I went up to 15 I think, in the middle.

I really like your cad method - it is a little beyond my realm of expertise but I can definitely appreciate the modeling process and work it took to put that together in that way. Here is one more picture of mine finished as well as a link to my build thread and then you can have your thread back from me :)

http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/161287-Putting-things-in-places-they-ought-not-to-be-(250R-Hybrid-Motor-build)?highlight=rotax

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Great built from you, that trike looks awesome.

Dont worry about the threat, i realy like to corespond with someone who is gone that way too...

What steel and plate thicknes did you use?

Billy Golightly
09-12-2015, 04:15 PM
I had two sets of everything made. One in mild steel, 1mm thick that I built this pipe out of. And then another set out of stainless steel that had been annealed for easier forming/shaping.

I have not done anything with the stainless sets yet.

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jamve
09-13-2015, 08:05 PM
That's some patience you have there.

sticker_sääp
09-17-2015, 11:39 AM
Sorry for the delay of my upgrades... I am quit buisy with the building of my flat at the moment...

A pic from the zinc plated steel parts:
(They are not only for my trike)

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sticker_sääp
09-17-2015, 11:43 AM
The Carb and cooling hose was mounted:
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sticker_sääp
09-17-2015, 11:53 AM
The guards (I dont know how you guys call them!?) for my radiators were built from anodized aluminum sheets and aluminum pipes.

They hold the shrouds an protect the radiator from dirt:

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after welding and cleaning:
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finished:

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sticker_sääp
09-17-2015, 11:55 AM
That's some patience you have there.

Yes the whole built used to take about one year and three months...

sticker_sääp
10-06-2015, 10:52 AM
Sorry for letting you wait, i had to built an stainless exhaust for my 200es, attached is a pic as excuse:D

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A steel kickstarter was milled for the trike but then i found out that it will not clean my pipe and i had to think about a better concept for the kicker...


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(thats the part of the tricke that i am not realy proud of...:mad:)

Here is my solution, it is a bent steelrod wich was welded to the cut lower pice of the milled kicker...

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sticker_sääp
10-06-2015, 10:58 AM
First test of the engine...


https://goo.gl/photos/mYbbLjio5VQbDfJv7

And the first test ride...


https://goo.gl/photos/Ri1hUd2oikothCiv6

And here you can se a beautiful pic of my technical drawing skills:wondering:

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sticker_sääp
10-06-2015, 11:05 AM
I procastinated the next step the whole project but one day it needed to be started... the seat:

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sticker_sääp
10-06-2015, 11:12 AM
I had no aluminum tube with that large diameter to built the intake adapter for my carb so i rolled one:

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sticker_sääp
10-06-2015, 11:18 AM
I won some hubs on ebay:

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during my first test ride i burned my leg... thats somthing only carbon can fix:

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strykerlover
10-06-2015, 11:28 AM
WOW!!! Simply amazing, now put some in production and I will buy one!!!

sticker_sääp
10-06-2015, 04:29 PM
WOW!!! Simply amazing, now put some in production and I will buy one!!!

Just in case, how much would you pay? :D

strykerlover
10-08-2015, 03:57 PM
I'd pay $6000 but that's because I'm poor! LOL! If I had money I'd probably spend up to $8000 for that!!! I know it's worth more than that!

sticker_sääp
11-13-2015, 04:27 PM
Hi everyone,

sorry for letting you wait...

Some pics from the last days of manifacturing:

Time to give the seat some fur...

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That is some kind of rubber foam that straightens the surface and fills up some holes from the grinding of the base material.

sticker_sääp
11-13-2015, 04:35 PM
Preparation of the aluminum sheets which hold the leather:

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Time to put on the leather:

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It is partly riveted and the positions where it was not possible i glued it with kövulfix, a strange contact glue that is normaly used to glue shoes. You have to apply it, let it dry for 10 minutes and then you have to push everything together, the stronger you push the stronger it glues togehter.

Till now it works great.

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sticker_sääp
11-13-2015, 04:41 PM
Last remaining parts were painted red:

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The kickstarter is held by a HDD magnet:

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sticker_sääp
11-13-2015, 04:49 PM
Almost done, time for a new project:

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Cause engine came from a CR it is kicked backwards and i needed to cut the fender. That puzzeld me for a week to find a solution that is not to ugly:

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sticker_sääp
11-13-2015, 04:56 PM
everything was stiched together with cable ties:

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Result after the first debug run:

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One of the brake bolts vibrated itself loose and the brakedisc cutted trough the bolts of the caliper, that was fixed and some loctite should now do the job...

sticker_sääp
11-13-2015, 05:10 PM
some footage of the finished trike:

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Everything works now great, it hawls asses and has an unusal power at low rpm but also a strong powerband when you speed it up.

The only disadvantage is the unusual position of the right leg because of the large pipe, but this is a point that i can accept :naughty:

It now needs a bigger chainwheel to use the last two gears too...


Next i will write report of my Kawasaki Mocate built if you are interested ?!

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ironchop
11-14-2015, 12:40 PM
Great build!!

Yes, I would like to hear about the Mocate build too.

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brau46
11-16-2015, 10:59 AM
Sticker_saap, what size, and kind are those tires on your three wheeler.

onformula1
11-16-2015, 12:35 PM
Mocate, please

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Red Rider
11-16-2015, 03:05 PM
Nice job. You've got some impressive machining/fabrication skills.

atc12
11-22-2015, 07:53 PM
Very nice build!

sticker_sääp
11-29-2015, 04:55 AM
Sticker_saap, what size, and kind are those tires on your three wheeler.

Hi,

that are shredder 20x11-10 X-Tires on powder coated steel rims.

sticker_sääp
11-29-2015, 05:17 AM
Great build!!

Yes, I would like to hear about the Mocate build too.

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Here you are:

Mocate 250r Report


http://www.3wheelerworld.com/showthread.php/176838-Kawasaki-Mocate-Built?p=1390741#post1390741

Kyleiniowa
12-02-2015, 06:54 PM
some footage of the finished trike:

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Everything works now great, it hawls asses and has an unusal power at low rpm but also a strong powerband when you speed it up.

The only disadvantage is the unusual position of the right leg because of the large pipe, but this is a point that i can accept :naughty:

It now needs a bigger chainwheel to use the last two gears too...


Next i will write report of my Kawasaki Mocate built if you are interested ?!

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Could you post some detail pics of how you mounted your nerf bars? I'm trying to fabricate some of my own and love your design! Did you build or buy those that you used?

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sticker_sääp
12-13-2015, 06:07 AM
Could you post some detail pics of how you mounted your nerf bars? I'm trying to fabricate some of my own and love your design! Did you build or buy those that you used?

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That are Goldspeed Raptor nerfbars!

Bought them on ebay... They were a bit to long so i cutted out about 10cm and welded it back together... I think somwhere in my threat are pics of the cutting/welding.

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I turned a rod with a threat inside and welded it into my footpegs. The aluminum sheet which connects the footpegs with the bars is custom...

Because i had a lot of space in my lower frame, i integrated the holder for the nefbars into the frame...

I welded the holder together from stainles U-profile that was laying in my shop. I used 3 tubes, two to connect the frame to the holder. Into the ends of the pipes i welded a rod with a threat, and the third pipe is just a stainless tube that slides into the aluminum nerfbar after some minor turning work...

The holders on the frame are plasma cutted from 6mm steel sheet metal

If you need any more help just post it here or write me a pm...

Kyleiniowa
12-13-2015, 01:58 PM
That are Goldspeed Raptor nerfbars!
If you need any more help just post it here or write me a pm...

Thank you so much!! That is very helpful! Love this build too. Will PM you if I have more questions.

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bad to the bone
05-24-2016, 04:49 PM
Nice fabrication work u do.Post some videos of these homemade 3 wheelers in action.