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Title: I've been playing in my shed....
Post by: squirrelciv on July 07, 2008, 08:36:51 PM: .....and guess what I've made. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: I've been playing in my shed....
Post by: guest18 on July 07, 2008, 08:56:12 PM: a mess? ;) ;D
Title: Re: I've been playing in my shed....
Post by: 002 on July 07, 2008, 09:44:27 PM: Quote from: squirrelciv on July 07, 2008, 08:36:51 PM
.....and guess what I've made. ;D ;D ;D

I've been making a Sidecar for my Beemer.........!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D

Jethro
Title: Re: I've been playing in my shed....
Post by: squirrelciv on July 08, 2008, 05:16:59 PM: Quote from: Smudge on July 07, 2008, 08:56:12 PM
a mess? ;) ;D

Yes, but not the answer I was looking for.

First clue - It's not made of metal
Title: Re: I've been playing in my shed....
Post by: guest18 on July 08, 2008, 05:18:28 PM: A Singapore Sling? 8)
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Post by: guest27 on July 09, 2008, 08:24:50 AM: A plywood bike frame.

Ooops that was me

R
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Post by: pigafetta on July 09, 2008, 08:27:36 AM: an omelette
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Post by: andy230 on July 09, 2008, 08:52:54 AM: amazonian woman-motorcycle hybrid mutant :o
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Post by: Bill Rutter on July 09, 2008, 10:11:50 AM: Something beige?
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Post by: guest27 on July 09, 2008, 12:28:36 PM: A beige amazonian-motorcycle mutant with an omelette?

BTW what is an Ome, if a small one is an omellete?

R
Title: Re: I've been playing in my shed....
Post by: guest40 on July 09, 2008, 01:28:01 PM: Whatever you do... dont use the black powder!!! not mixed in with the red sauce or the purple stuff from the pile on the left or , or KABOOM KABOOM KABOOM
Title: Re: I've been playing in my shed....
Post by: squirrelciv on July 11, 2008, 07:14:51 PM: All wrong, except for Bill cos it is kinda beige ???

Nope, I've made a fibreglass fuel tank!

Well at least I've made two halves of a tank and now I've got to create fixings for the fuel tap and fit the filler cap flange Mr Stringer made me before I stick them together.
Also made the side panels and the front mud guard too.

Chuffed to beans me. ;D Once that little lot gets fitted I can start on the seat hump and tail piece and then I can sit on Abigail and pretend she actually works ;D ;D ;D

Little things please the simplest minds.
Title: Re: I've been playing in my shed....
Post by: Bill Rutter on July 11, 2008, 10:49:18 PM: "Little things please the simplest minds"

SteveD must be positively ecstatic then....where is the old duffer?
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Post by: squirrelciv on July 12, 2008, 08:32:29 AM: Quote from: Bill Rutter on July 11, 2008, 10:49:18 PM
"Little things please the simplest minds"

SteveD must be positively ecstatic then....where is the old duffer?

Think he's off sailing for a couple of weeks. Always scares me to hear of SteveD sailing, what with his water fixation. He did tell me at the Annual he once just walked off the end of the boat pissed!
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Post by: SRXer on July 17, 2008, 03:18:50 PM: Quote from: squirrelciv on July 11, 2008, 07:14:51 PM
and then I can sit on Abigail and pretend she actually works ;D ;D ;D

Little things please the simplest minds.

We've all been there. like when I lay down on the tank of my RD and pretend in drag racing.

*Drag the magic Puffin*
Title: Re: I've been playing in my shed....
Post by: 002 on July 18, 2008, 10:49:00 PM: Quote from: squirrelciv on July 11, 2008, 07:14:51 PM

Nope, I've made a fibreglass fuel tank!

Fiberglass fuel tanks were banned at one time due to the fact they disintergrate ! Due to vibration and when falling off and they burn quite nicely.
I'd be inclined to look into construction and use to see what might be said there.

Plastic tanks werent allowed for road use for a good while because of this.
On the whole I think plastic is better than steel or alloy.

Dont want to see SquirrelCV with petrol soaked nuts do we

Jethro
Title: Re: I've been playing in my shed....
Post by: squirrelciv on July 19, 2008, 12:50:39 PM: Thanks for your concern about my nuts matey ;)

You've given me the nod on fibreglass before and I've used your pointers in my design.
1) I've used a high grade, chemical & heat resistant resin (at considerable expence I might add. 4x standard price :o)
2) I've used 2 layers of woven glassfibre cloth sandwiched between 3 layers of 450gsm Chopped strand matting. The woven cloth has the tensile strength of steel.
3) The seam is designed to have 15mm surface to surface contact area and will be overlaid by glassfibre tape.
4) All tank to frame contact areas are rubber and there are no fixings being used to hold the tank to the bike. That is being done be a strip of Nurse Gladys Emanuel's knicker elastic (or something similar ;D)

Add to that this is going to be a toy bike for sunny days only then hopefully my nuts should be safe ;D

What do you lot reckon??
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Post by: Steffan on July 20, 2008, 06:50:55 AM: pics?
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Post by: squirrelciv on July 20, 2008, 08:20:29 AM: Soon matey ;) Just want to get the finished item shot which is awaiting the fixing of the fuel tap and fuel cap bits.