Egli/Vincent

[aaxiss]

I have some bad memories of getting my pinkie finger mashed while using one about 25 years ago, the finger nail still grows with a fault line down the center LOL. At least it wasn't a planishing hammer that could have turned my finger to hamburger really fast. I had a RD 400 Daytona special and added a small oil tank (basically a 2" tube ) inside the gas tank with a second lid for the oil. Held enough 2 cycle Pre-mix oil for 3 fill-ups plus a little bit in a pinch and a pre-measured dipper on the inside of the cap. fill the tank half way lower the dipper full of oil into the gas tank and slosh it around a bit then top off the tank. No carrying a bottle of oil everywhere I went.

Well some years later I had an incident involving a plumbing truck with a pipe vise that was left in the deployed position and it caught me from behind, broke 4 ribs and my bike landed perfectly on the ball hitch of the car in front of me right on the tank. So I made a new tank with cleaner shape and slightly bigger capacity and revised Oil tank . Got my finger mashed working on the saddle part of the tanks underside, cleaning up the marks from the stretcher to clean up some little gaps.

Oh Btw Glen I decided on power for my Can-Am spider style trike..... Electric Gonna use a 7.5kw Brushless on 48vdc. should be good for about 55 mph and oodles of torque. Going with a Titanium Frame with Red Powder coated aluminum Levers, and any bolt on Hardware. Gotta start sourcing some aluminum wheel blanks now. Pops gave me free run of the water jet at the warehouse when I need to do them. wish they would let me do them in Mag but after the sister company burned to the ground about 10 years ago,they only let one guy there process magnesium ( Cut, mill etc ). Found the old news story but no pictures or video. Basically all that was left was a 10' deep crater.


http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oGd...magnesium-fire

anyhow know anyone that deals in Forged aluminum wheel blanks? Probably have to buy one at a time due to my budget but One wheel will allow me to do set-up measurements on the front end. May Just take a trip to Ebay and see if I can find a F/R set and another single front of the same type and make em work. ~shrug

At the speed your work I figured I'd be seeing you doing a road test by now LOL, keep them pictures coming .... Following this thread with lots of interest and borrowing any ideas I can in the form of notes with the pictures

[worntorn]

gotta love electric power- maximum torque at zero RPM, I've heard that it can be quite the sensation when there is enough of it.

I'm still hoping to get this bike on the road for this summer, but that will be with the more or less standard Rapide engine you see in the photos. It has been hotrodded some and sits just between Black Shadow and Black Lightning spec. It's a nice running ,easy starting motor.

funds are not available to build the other motor right now, although I am slowly gathering parts. A wooden box with a Stroker Bob weight 9000 rpm Race Crank from Terry Prince in Australia showed up yesterday. The bank account will need a couple of months or more to recover from that!

Glen

[aaxiss]

Yea I know about the funds thing fo sure,I must have "wish lists " on about 20 different sites LOL. I trying to talk my pops into making a Vincent Tile Mosaic for you he normally gets like $225 for them but if I can get him to do it Ill get it to ya >

Here is one he did for a buddy of mine that's into Norton's.

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could do something similar to this but with this vincent logo on it for your shop. may send some hubs to ya to turn for me at some time in the future . think of this as a bribe LOL.

can also do them round and you could make it into a small table for the patio or even use it as a stepping stone what-ever

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[dirtyfarmer]

Aaxiss, That "Norton" mosaic is really sharp, tell your pops, very nice! What are the dimensions?

[worntorn]

I have tried adjusting the position of the fender quite a lot and it probably looks best a little shorter as you say. With the end of the fender moved forward though, I'm pretty sure there will be a rooster tail of water coming off the tire and showering me in a waterfall when riding in the rain, which I will do (wet coast), so the position you see is a compromise. Also, I need a place to mount the plate and maybe a 39 ford tail light , new LED version. The tailight is 5.5 inches long.

On the tank shape, this was provided to me by a friend from Norway. I guess what is right here is in the eye of the beholder.
This shape is his and his artist friend's take on the traditional Egli banana tank. The curve on the bottom is similar to an original Vincent tank, one of the prettiest shapes there is IMO. The Vincent shape won't hold enough fuel for a thirsty 1360 tho, especially when it gets a 5" section cut out of the centre for the top spine. Standard Vincent tanks fit around a rectangular top spine and the cutout is 3.5". With that cutout they only hold 3 &3/4 IMP gallons, so may 3 gallons if one were made in alloy to fit over an Egli spine.

Here is the Egli tank that my friend tried to copy with this styrofoam shape http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=h...PIyosAOKh7X5DA

and you can get a good look at a Vincent tank here http://www.myridz.com/images/bikes/25.jpg

The curve on the bottom of the Vincent tank is less, but it's there and I think really adds to the shape. It follows the shape of the top of the vtwin motor somewhat, although the Egli tank mimics that a bit closer.

Glen

[aaxiss]

ok I do have to agree on the tank after seeing one done . looks good and I guess if you ride in the wet you don't want that crap all over your back or worse right in the neck. I had no problem racing in the rain on rain tires but here in socal too many leaky oil drippers an it comes right to the surface and the roads are slick as snot when it's wet. got the legal low-down today on my buggy, No registration or insurance required just can got on the highways or freeways and have to have working head lamps and taillights and brake lights ( no biggie ) Here is the pre- requisite I have to be able to attain 20 mph in a 1 mile distance and not exceed 25 mph got both covered by leaps and bounds hahaha. I just gotta tray and stay outta the radar traps and off the cameras. Probsbly get to the roller stage pretty quick, it's gonna be the motor and batteries that are gonna hold me up big time . bout 3k < soon as my power tig gets here I got a few money makers in the works.

Damn I like both tanks but I think with all the modern attributed you bike already has that banana tank is the way to go . good luck on that , that;s how I mashed my finger on a wheel making a spine saddle for the bottom of a tank

[Wookie]

very nice build you have some serious talent looking forward to more of you build threads

[worntorn]

thanks wookie.

I'm at a standstill on this project for a couple of weeks. I've got to earn some $ to carry on with it so, off to work I go.
A customer of mine operates a hotrod shop. He tacks the SS exhausts together and when he has 2 or three complete systems to weld up, off I go. In addition to the exhaust work, he says he has a few days of welding/fabbing for me to do, mostly on an old 3 ton White (1951?)Cabover that he is hotrodding for himself.

I've been using his Lincoln PT 185, it works fine for this, but I've gotten so used to my little Everlast that I prefer it. I think it is just a little smoother at low amps. That is probably the invertor VS the transformer. I might take it over there tomorrow. I'll take a few photos and post them in the appropriate category. He has some interesting cars in his shop.

Glen

[worntorn]

I printed off a photo then sketched in the shape of the rear cowl in whiteout. After that the print got scanned and save so I guess the quality diminished some with each step/
You get the idea tho!

So far this has been a Summer of paying work with very little time leftover for this project. The flip side is that all of the work has allowed me to order more engine components.

How are things with you?

Glen

[aaxiss]

Good now My pressure sore got infected and I ended up in the hosp for a few weeks and only checked in now and then on my phone. Didn't feel like trying to keep up with my posts on my phone ( my eyes are starting to go ) and the medicaton I am on blurs my vision a bit anyway. Got out of the hospital and went right to work on my water cooler and a welding table. Oh I lucked out last week and picked up an almost brand new Milwaukee mag drill at a garage sale for $50 had a ton of annular cutters and a twist drill adapter 3/4" motor looks to be a $1400 unit from what I can tell and Probably $600 in cutters . I gave the lady the cash and motored away from there as fast as my wheelchair would go LOL

Will come in handy for drilling the holes in the top of the strong hand clone welding table I am building. That's about it really... been practicing my tig welding aluminum I think I got the machine settings down now and can lay a quite decent bead. Will be all the nicer when my table is done

Ah now I understand why that picture looked so weird but it the point across

Cheers

[aaxiss]

So how's the bike coming along Glen?...

I'm all healed up now and been staying busy as Hell. I come home most nights, drag my self into the shower and crash. I got a new Cushion for my chair and I can now sit for extended periods without worry. I'm Buildind a welding table now, and will start in on my tubing bender as soon as I get the Top Drilled and mounted ( 6 5/8 x 6" x 48" plates (I'm copying the Strong hand Table) . Once the Table and bender are done I will Start in on my Reverse Trike Project.

I got to ride a Can-Am Spyder about a week ago and now I really want to convert one of my bikes. Most Likely I will Do the old Ducati Paso. I'm missing the Lowers from the fairing and I sold the wheels and forks to buy my argon. and Helium mix bottles LOL.

Post some more Pictures If you have made any progress

Cheers

[worntorn]

Found a seat for the bike. This is a New old stock Triumph seat made for the 97- 01 Triumph Daytonas. It looks OK on there and is quite comfy, which is rare with sport bike seats.

Not much other progress to report other than ordering items for the big motor. Crankcases are ordered from England, race cams & followers from Australia and a Bob Newby Racing belt drive with clutch, also from England. Bob makes a setup just for oversized Vincent engines. This has a 7 plate clutch instead of the usual 4 or, his old heavy duty version, 5 plates.

Now that I have got the PP256 I hope to get some things happening on this project again.


Glen

[aaxiss]

Wow looking pretty sweet Glen. Terrible picture, you take that with your phone or something

Hows the summer been treating you?

Cheers