Mailman delivered my new 200x “motor” today

[Shep1970]

Not much to add, just been busy but think I found a working solution for my seat clips. I’ve already lost some skin trying to remove the clips so $6 bucks for some luggage tag embroidered things and I’m good to go.
Chop I see in your post you’re looking for a solution if u find a better one please share



Very Nice job on that 250r ironchop!!!!I’d hate to get it dirty... especially with Indiana mud....

Shep

[ironchop]

Not much to add, just been busy but think I found a working solution for my seat clips. I’ve already lost some skin trying to remove the clips so $6 bucks for some luggage tag embroidered things and I’m good to go.
Chop I see in your post you’re looking for a solution if u find a better one please share

Shep

I like your solution WAY better. I just cut some string from my construction string level kit and tied them to the grab bar

Very Nice job on that 250r ironchop!!!!I’d hate to get it dirty... especially with Indiana mud....
Shep

Hey thanks Shep, I'm flattered!

Yeah me too.

It's coming with me, but I'm not sure if it will see mud yet. I got it very dusty from riding it in the yard since we haven't had rain in a month and that was "stressful"

I'm working on an 84 Big Red to bring as a trail and creek machine

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[ps2fixer]

That clay you guys have down there is some nasty stuff, my 99 warrior's exhaust is still coated with that stuff, it just doesn't come off and that was only one vacation down there. Luckily the Honda 3 wheelers cover up the exhaust manifold pretty well from the front tire so my Honda's don't have the red clay coating from trikefest =). We don't have the same type of clay up here in michigan, most is sand/dirt/mud and once in a while a gray clay if the hole is deep enough.

Good luck keeping the machine clean, I know that's not an easy thing xD.

[Shep1970]

A little wiring/pouring this wk.
As I mentioned in a couple posts back the motor controller has a cut off switch that’ll hook up to a two wire master cylinder and I didn’t like that at all. So now it’s wired through the off/on/off headlight switch.(much better) Took a couple hours of thought but all set now, I had to separate the off/on/off portion of the switch from the light high/low off/on part (same ground wouldn’t work) Now the lights work directly from the battery passing through the regulator. The power cut off switch (off/on/off) is routed directly to the motor controller. Well it’s working correctly on my bench anyway...I didn’t take a pic of my finished switch wiring job but will when mounting it.

Next is a orange headlight shell, mixing orange colors is “no fun at all” but I think I’m pretty close. I poured at 7:30pm and at about 10pm was drilling the holes for the glass. The little circled 350x molded grommet is the color I was aiming for (yes the grommet is plastic not rubber it was just the easiest mold I had on hand to pour into). iPhone pics at night mess with colors for some reason... but yup it’s orange, well close to the bike frame orange anyway.

Thnx for looking

Shep

[ironchop]

Great stuff in here!

Electric powered trike build where the builder even casts his own plastics. This is some next level stuff, Shep!

I tip muh hat to you, sir

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[Shep1970]

Well, spent a few hours Sunday and I have the tail light wired, headlight mounted/wired re-did a couple bad butt splices.
Just need another breaker/switch and I “should” have lights....

The real reason I’m posting is my son (AJ) made the news, and they had a nice banquet in his honor (just him) it was a great feeling state and many other school afficials and future job opportunities were there. He had some major (girl) issues last yr... luckily she moved away!!!!
Just a proud dad here hope u don’t mind. I know a few of u have seen or met him.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tel...emplate=ampart



Shep

[Dirtcrasher]

Douche bags do that all the time... Looks great Shep!

[ironchop]

That's awesome news about Aidan! Sounds like everyone who meets that kid is impressed. Congrats!

So this is the Shep Crew? ....

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[Shep1970]

Oh ya I forgot they took that picture. Yup that’d be us, Jake (15) and the cat (razz) missed out on that picture though.
Damn cat caught a mouse a couple days ago ate the whole thing then proceeded to puke half back out at 3am on our bed.....

Shep
Thanks guys, so far the boys are doing great they just need to watch out for them wacky head games girls...I suppose we all went through it in high school though.


Edit: I’ve got working head and tail lights, yay
The fenders are ordered and should be here Monday.


Oh and I didn’t forget that a couple of you are patiently waiting for headlight shells, I’ll pour them this week and drill ‘em next wk end.

Shep

[Shep1970]

Been re-doing my braking system, left front bar cable activated rear brakes hooked up to the rear e-brake bracket worked ok but a really wanted an option to still have an e-brake.
Luckily the casino last wk end paid out.... . I picked up a can am front left master cylinder w/ebrake lock and a pricey little billet alum piece that goes into the rear master that deletes the rear resi. That enables me to run the front hose into the rear master and have front left bar and rear activated rear brakes on one caliper. Both foot and front left bar lever use the same master and share the front resi. Hope that makes sense..
I picked up a 06 CBR 1000 bike rear master (which is a bolt on for the 86/87 200x) using the 200x push rod. (A lot cheaper too)
So all that work to mount a rear resi and I won’t be using it.... still waiting on brake lines. Oh and my fenders are here just to cold in garage to work in there. Friggan chilly here....
A couple pics coming.


So hopefully it’ll work. Guess I’ll find out/a little reading says it works great. I couldn’t just use a t-fitting cuz it would pressurize one of the two reservoirs.
Bleeding the system should be fun (not)
Shep

[jb2wheels]

Excellent project!

[Shep1970]

Thanks JB- it has definetly been a learning experience for sure.

Edit: just waiting for a decent temperature day to install the brake-lines.
No snow here yet but there’s a skim of ice on the smaller ponds.

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Well it looks like winter has paused this project for a bit, probably 3-months-ish. Hmmm it gives me time to go fender decal/sticker shopping.
Shep

[Shep1970]

65* in mass today, I ran brake lines/ and bled them. I was thinking it was going to be a nightmare bleeding the dual rear brake set up, actually only took 15mins and they bled real easy for some reason. The brakes seem to be working as planned yay although the rear line is about an inch too long, that’ll probably drive me nutz seeing it that way but it works for now.
The bikes winter hibernation spot (shed) the doorway is about 1”- 1/2 too narrow so on went some trx200sx hubs. Now it fits by a 1/4 inch. If you’ve ever tried to fit an atc in a doorway that was too small it’s a pain in the *** lifting/tilting while the front wheel goes which ever direction (not fun) and it fits now.
There’s no snow here but the top 2 inches of soil are soft wet mucky- not complaining. I may put the new Maier fenders on later today I just don’t like the fact they don’t come drilled and it’s always a big job to make it all line up right but o’well.
Guess that’s it, finally over my head cold I’ve had the last two wks.
Thanks for listening to me vent...a couple pics coming but you’ve seen brake lines before so it’s nothin’ special.



Edit: tanks done, decals next
Gps speedo-in tank filler, also used the oem tank cap rubber under it (was going to use an o-ring but figured this looks better.



Before I added rubber

I always wondered if the stock gas caps came apart.... they do but it gets destroyed doing so.

Edit once more:
I needed a on/off switch for the speedo-
I clayed up a petcock (larger center part) molded, poured, drilled....painted




Thanks for looking
Shep

[Shep1970]

Just about finished with the worlds largest chain cover, I’m not sold on the trx200sx cover plate that I used but it’s what I had and is offset outward a 1/4 inch so it covers the sprocket shaft end. Still some finishing touches on it but close enough to post some pics-

No “good” Honda parts were used just junk parts were cut up for this






Gotta say this was a pain in the butt.....
Shep


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[MrConcdid]

Wow, Outstanding build, Thank you for sharing it.

Q. How long run time do you get on a charge?
Q. do you have a reserve programmed in to get you back to camp?

Its the future, not that I want to admit it.
MrC.