{"id":458,"date":"2011-07-26T12:58:12","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T12:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=458"},"modified":"2011-07-26T13:01:03","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T13:01:03","slug":"trike-a-labour-of-love-and-20-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/2011\/trike-a-labour-of-love-and-20-bet\/","title":{"rendered":"Trike  a Labour of Love and \u00a320 Bet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s getting close to being ready for the MSVA . This has been occupying my evenings for some time know. Ever since I finished the woodworking on the widows, maybe to the detriment of everything on the to do list. However it&#8217;s been keeping me sane and is my relaxation of an evening so I can&#8217;t knock it.<\/p>\n<p>And besides I will win that \u00a320 bet.<\/p>\n<p>I will be covering the design and build of this cx500 motorcycle trike, not in great detail but hopefully answering a lot of questions I&#8217;ve had to grapple with along the way. Frame, tube bending, suspension, making mud guards, modify seat bases, re wiring, exhaust baffles, MSVA requirements etc.<\/p>\n<p>For now a picture or two will have to do.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_468\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_3080.jpg');\"  href=\"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_3080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-468\" class=\"size-full wp-image-468\" title=\"DSC_3080\" src=\"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_3080.jpg\" alt=\"Trike build CX500 with suspension nearing completion\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_3080.jpg 500w, https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_3080-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trike with all the main components made ready (almost) for the first trials<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_467\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_3081.jpg');\"  href=\"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_3081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-467\" class=\"size-full wp-image-467\" title=\"DSC_3081\" src=\"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_3081.jpg\" alt=\"Trike with suspension, rear view\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_3081.jpg 500w, https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSC_3081-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trike with suspension, rear view<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s getting close to being ready for the MSVA . 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