Ian

It's good to see a self propelled mower with very easy to change drive belts rather than the normal hidden away under the deck or plastic covers.. Me likes

As far as I know Raiders were never fitted with a Kohler Magnum engine from the factory, so I'd say it's a Raider 10 with a good upgrade.. The Magnum 12's are good strong engines

Looks like you have your work cut out there Mark! That's a hell of a big space, will all of it be used for your workshop or will some turn into a garage?

You don't like them?? What's up with you all? They are great for keep ears warm Don't worry guys, those pipes were only put on like that for some experimentation.. I just posted the photo's to raise a few eyebrows The old exhaust system certainly caught a few people eye, but for me it did have a few problems. The shape of the down pipes didn't look that good where I had to extend them, the end cans made it look like someone had just bolted on a bike exhaust in the only place iit would fit, and the cans are far to restrictive in the flow department! Oh, and it sounded a bit tame! So yesterday out came the grinder and welder for operation "cut n shut" on the old exhuast sytem that came from the CX trike that Nigel and I broke up many months ago.. For me the shape of the downpipes make it look almost like a "factory" system.. Well, as factory as you can get for a bike engine stuffed in a Wheel Horse Both pipes need to be fully welded and cleaned up, then on with the black high heat paint all over.. Heat wrap for the down pipes and I have some honeycombe ally sheet to make some covers for the cans, put a bit of bling back.. But most important the system is a lot more free flowing, which is just what I need for the next stage..

A turbo whistle would be nice Koen.. I quite like the wheels too Norm, it would be good to find a mini matching pair for the front.. Your have to wait and see Mark. No chance Yeah it is a heavy old lump of steel Max. It was twice the size when I found it years ago!

And yes, it does sound good

I'm sure your workshop will be filling up at the same rate Chris's is emptying

A job well done Norm. Fitting the strengthening bar was a good move

It's always good to see your Gutbrod being worked. Nice view too

Now, that's something different.. A very nice find you lucky so and so

Me likes that, a very nice find indeed The dash surround reminds me of a WH GT-14 which can't be a bad thing

Norm or Koen could be right.. Have you got any photo's you could post up of it?

Life is a funny old thing at times... I swapped WN's original Wh trans out with it's 5 bolt wheel fixings for a Reliant axle which is a 4 wheel bolt fitting.. Then spend loads of time converting 5 bolt wheels to 4 bolt fitting... And now I'm about to start converting the Reliant 4 bolt to fit 5 bolt wheels back on!! It's not as mad as it might sound you know.. Why??? Well it's a safety thing you see... Now WN has proved herself at going sideways (did anyone get any photo's of my BTF arena antics?), the time has come to starting thinking about something a bit faster and in a straight line.. After some careful thought the chances of going sideways at high speed is far more likely on a grass airstrip than tarmac, so with that in mind something more sticky on tarmac was found.. next door as it happens The tyres have a V speed raiting which means they are good up to 149mph!! I just need to find some better tyres for the front wheels now.. All of the above means I have some work to do to make the wheels fit, so this big old slab of steel was dug out to make a couple of wheel bolt convertors.. I see a lot of lathe work coming up in the very near future The shape eye'd of you will of noticed a something lurking in the background of the above photo.. Yep I have bought another CX/GL/silverwing engine for doing a bit of development on.. I won't give my plans away yet (those who know please keep quite if you would be so kind ) as I won't be doing anything with the engine for a long time yet, but I will say it should produce a bit more power than a standard CX/GL engine

Some great fabrication work going on there, keep the photo's coming

First off, a massive Thank You and a job well done to Kev and Ethan for you organizational skills and unlimited suply of rope A second big thank you to The Showman for having somewhere for us to shelter from the sun/rain and your fine kettle handling skills As always Tractorfest was a great show, plenty to see, plenty to do, lots of laughs, and some great company. Cheers guys and girls, roll on BTF 2016

Cool video Max, that looks like great fun. There's something about going sideways that always brings on a big grin The dog looked very tired at the end though, the poor fella could only run very slowly

A short update on Tractorfest.. A hugh amount of people, loads of machines, and it's bloody hot I must take some photo's tomorrow, I was too busy hiding in the shade today!

That looks a nice machine Paul, I look forward to seeing at Tractorfest tomorrow

Morning chaps, not much to report on the WN front as nothing has been happening.. But I did take her round the test track yesterday to get some on board video footage.. It's a shame the footage came out too shaky to use, I need to make a better camera mount! But I did push her harder than I have done with lot's of sideways action I'd best give her a bit of a clean up before BTF! Oh, one more think that I was suprised but happy to see... I had to turn WN around late yesterday to park her back in the workshop, so I climbed on and pottled down the carpark.. While turning I gave the loud pedal a little blip and the inside tyre chirped a little as it tends to do.. About 30 mins later I noticed a couple of marks on the tarmac! The little chirp was in fact both tyres breaking loose! Yes the carpark was a tad damp but it gives me great hope of some smokey dounuts in the future It's a bit hard to see but there are two strips of rubber left in the tarmac

I'm shocked you didn't use a WH for pulling the trailer Norm

Nice work George, the wheel makes a great backdrop to the fuchsia in the pot

Ouch, that's not good Alain... Wishing you a speedy recovery as it's rather hard to drive any of your machines lying on your stomach..

Roll on the weekend, I want to see the video

That's a rather nice 856, she looks ready to work Nice Moggie Neil, is the engine standard? The wheels are making me wonder

Ahhh, righto.. It was me that got confused about where it was going.. And pasted the confusion on..