My 110 Nicholson diversion

[trizilla]

looking good! cant wait for more progress..

[zeeker1]

Okay boys and girls.....Part two. I got side tracked the last few days fixing my favorite bar ladies kid's ancient Manco go cart. She's gonna foot the parts bill but she says I'm in for a NICE SUPRISE for the labor! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOh Yeah. Well, now to the business at hand. Something I didn't notice until I assembled these trees is that they were bored at about a five degree angle. When I installed a set on my old 185s thirty years ago, they were not and it steered like a kids tricycle so I cut a slot in the top tree and pulled it back, then made a filler piece to drop in the hole. That method's probably not good on those tiny ball bearings but it's always worked so far. When I bought the trees they came with this complete 185 front brake setup so I figured I'd use it on this. I just had to be sure to buy the proper wheel for it. So, I assembled the whole damn front end and three days later as I was sitting in the garage looking at it......WTF......It's on BACKWARDS. What a moron! Bearings being prepared. Man, that freezer looks pretty scurvy. Maybe I ought to clean that thing! Anyway, the rear is pretty straightforward 110 stuff. Somewhere I read that you could only use a 79 to 82 bearing carrier but I compared my 79 to the 83 and they look the same to me. So that's what I used! I've also noticed most guys don't use the brake drum cover. The frame is a hell of a lot thicker than stock and when you tighten up the axle nuts the drum rubs the inside cover. Used creative grinding on the humpty frame welds and on the inner edge of the brake drum. Problem solved.I also wanted to use all the bolts in the cover so I put a notch in the proper spot and drilled and taped a hole in another.

If a pile of go cart parts don't fall in my mailbox, part three will be forthcoming!

[thestud25]

Looking real good! I love the aftermarket builds.

[shortline10]

You must of had a couple in ya on the first tripple tree install
The drum cover turned out nice !!!!

[zeeker1]

Are not you supposed to have a adult beverage when your sitting on your stool in the garage looking at your NONCENSE????? Believe me, I put it together properly when I was measuring for the steering stops, I'm just OLD!!!!

[zeeker1]

Okay, Part three, four and five........Sorry I've been a slacker. I'm still screwing with that Manco Go Kart. I need some kind of governor linkage that's kind of beyond me. Hopefully one of these forums I joined will tell me!!!
Let's talk PLASTIC. Rear fender plastic. If I would have bought it from Meier direct would it have come pre drilled? I did not and it WAS NOT.. I have drilled this stuff before and It's not easy to put all these holes in it without screwing it up. With these tools I managed to make it fit on the frame. More about that later!!!

[zeeker1]

We shall now talk about a hand brake cable......Because this frame is about three inches longer than stock, I had my doubts that a stock 110 rear brake cable was going to be long enough. I always wanted to use one because I got used to it riding my 185s (I never rode anything else). So I bought a brand spanking new one and sure enough, it was too short. I asked a ebay seller how long a 125m cable was and he said they were the same length. WTF am I gonna do now????? BACKGROUND...............About a year or so ago I bought a bolt on rear suspension for a 185s for a spare and asked the seller if it came with the two longer cables that were included in the original kit. He said, Hell, he didn't know but he had a pile of cables and he would send them along. Neither one was the right cable. BUTTTTTTT, One of those cables had a 110 rear hook up and was 12 inches longer. SUPER......Just need shortened a tad.

Cut cable to length and make new ball end. (somebody probably makes these)
I didn't wanna trust just the setscrews so I decided to silver solder it on.

[zeeker1]

Bracket making 101. I swear I've already put this on here but it's disappeared. I needed a coil bracket because this frame is made for the early style motor and the coils are different, therefore different mounting. I drilled out the spot-welds and came up with this. After some cutting and bending we have this. So I PM'd shortline and asked him just where this brake spring was supposed to hook. He says there is a hole down there. Ain't no hole in this frame! Drill out more spot-welds and we have this... More cutting and feeling and walla...

[zeeker1]

Well, I'm on a roll today. I didn't much care how the seat latched. The original rod was bent and shaky so I decided to use the '83 style and that required more bracket making. I also felt it needed some more spring tension so just one more Do-Dad.

[zeeker1]

We shall now talk about mufflers and pipes. First off, in my neighborhood, QUIET is the word of the day. Your not allowed to drive these things around on the streets and I don't want to give any of my nut-case neighbors a "reason"....You know what I mean! I was having a tough time finding a down and under pipe so a message was dispatched to my favorite parts provider Shortline and lo and behold this fine example found its way to my mailbox. Since quiet was the need, off I went in search of the perfect muffler. I also wanted something with a spark arrestor just in case it needed to go in the woods. (Especially this summer.DRY) Some nice ebay seller laid this 125M unit on me for a nice tidy sum and sawed off what I needed....................QUIET..................

[shortline10]

She should be quiet with that !!!! Coming along nicely .

[zeeker1]

I know, I know......this build is taking WAY too long. Old guys like me don't do much of anything very fast (except maybe run to the bathroom), Anyway, this is the end of the mock-up. Since I'm not building a hot rod, I figured the stock air-box would work for my purposes.

So I bought these wheels from Summit Racing ,see, and Stevie Wonder could see that one of them was a tad different. Fortunately their store is just up the road from me AND fortunately I took one of the proper ones with me, so after a long conversation with a couple of morons in the return goods department, I pointed out that the part numbers weren't even close. Three weeks later they dropped shipped the right wheel!

So now we're in the tear-down mode and off to powder coat and ceramic for the pipe and muffler.
By the way, I'm in need of a choke lever if anybody might have an extra. It will look a LOT different......next time.....zeeker

[Kickstand 1]

Keep it going! Looking like a Trike now. Just in time for SNOW!!!!!

[jb2wheels]

This is cool.

Please don't list the total $$ at the end. I know the answer but if I close my eyes I can pretend I don't know. If you list it, I lose my deniability...

And seat pans? Try finding the early 90 parts in decent shape. What a pain...I had help from the forum for that for sure!

[thestud25]

Making good progress! I am anxiously awaiting the finished product!