Beautiful polishing, Nico! The frontend looks great!
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Beautiful polishing, Nico! The frontend looks great!
Wires, Hoses, & Digital Wizardry.
Got the holeshot
Yeah I’m surprised how bad they looked in your last pics, but at least it was all cosmetic flaws, and they look awesome now after you massaged them a bit. Good work.
Red Rider's Sand Machine Updated 07/23/14
Got The Holeshot
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I recognize some of those "cosmetic" flaws.
That one on the chamfer is from having cutter comp on the wrong side.
Those bite marks on the end are from the part coming out of the fixture/vice.
Some of the other ones are from using dull end mills.
How were the bores and the threads ?.
I was considering machining up a few sets of triples but I was afraid that after charging so much for them people would be un happy if they were not absolutely perfect. I may have to re-visit that thought.
YAMAHA 450 HYBRID
85 350X- RED
85 350x -BLACK
86 350x-WHITE (with Goki)
85 250r
83 atc 70
84 atc 70
84 atc 110
09 yfz 450
2006 Arctic Cat Prowler
RZR XP 900
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Bores and threads are good, fits like a glove. Maybe we talk about a Tri-Z triple after this?Originally Posted by BOB MARLIN
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Any thoughts on frame and/or swing-arm colors?
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Maybe some white and black with appropriate graphics.
You know your doing such a fine job that some may think that KTM is getting into the 3 wheeler market!!
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I'll be calling Decal Works at some point, so sky's the limit on what the decals can look like.
If I could have gotten white plastic I'd have gone with an orange frame and swinger withange hubs, polished rims and orange hubs, but that's not going to be possible, so I'm stuck with orange plastic.
I think the factory gold used in 2003 sucks, so that leaves me with silver, black, white or maybe dark gray. I think orange might be a little much. I had a bike with a white frame and orange plastic which I thought looked good, but a few people that saw it in person thought it looked better in the stock silver of that year. I need to get some white on it even if it's just the decal outlines. Maybe orange frame and white swinger?
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Wires, Hoses, & Digital Wizardry.
Got the holeshot
As much orange as possible, minus any General Lee graphics. I vote orange frame & silver swingarm. Looking good so far.
Red Rider's Sand Machine Updated 07/23/14
Got The Holeshot
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I like the orange frame idea also. Maybe gold on the swing arm to match the forks to have a balanced look.
YAMAHA 450 HYBRID
85 350X- RED
85 350x -BLACK
86 350x-WHITE (with Goki)
85 250r
83 atc 70
84 atc 70
84 atc 110
09 yfz 450
2006 Arctic Cat Prowler
RZR XP 900
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My vote is for a dark grey frame and maybe a white swing arm depending on how much white will be in the decals.
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looks great, don't forget the most important part...PRM 6 pack rack!
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I to think an orange frame would look good. Looks good
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Thanks guys.
The plan is to anodize the fork tubes black, so the total elimination of gold is the plan.
I have an orange frame in the attic, so a mock-up wouldn’t be hard, but I don’t think it will look good with an orange frame as I’ve tried it with a bike before and I didn’t like it. Besides that it’s already 2003 KTM orange, 2009 KTM orange, Trail Tech orange, Maiers orange, UFO orange and Acerbis orange. Powder coating would add Mirror orange and I could justify calling the trike “50 shades of orange” as they all have a slightly different tone.
Leaning towards orange swinger and sub frame with a black frame and cast iron grey engine.
Last edited by El Camexican; 11-30-2018 at 12:16 AM.
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Some fun FACTS
FACT: This Tusk axle in the Banshee hub has almost 1” of offset to the left. Fortunately the axle came with a bunch of hub spacers. Not that I had other options on the position of the hub sleeve, but I had no idea to now that it was offset.
FACT: The rod to adjust the chain tension needs to be exactly where the sprocket goes.I guess I’ll heat it and try to bend an offset into it.
FACT: It took way too long to build this thing.
Last edited by El Camexican; 12-01-2018 at 11:46 PM.
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That is gonna be sick when finished. Good job.Any thoughts on frame and/or swing-arm colors?
Trikes owned:
83 Honda 200x "Liquid X"
81 DG 250r : Sold
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