Ian

just uploading 41 photo's

Working on it mate.. It's hard to work through the folders... some are dated, some say things like bodywork or drive train.. None of the photo's have been renamed!! I was lazy with my photo's back in those days Nice trike Nigel

It was indeed.. Yep she sure did chew the grass up a bit If your ever in this part of the world your more than welcome to take it for a drive Karl Thank you Nigel, very kind words there and I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.. How does it feel to be a YouTube star? Your translation cracked me up

Thanks Koen You ain't seen nothing yet I tend to use what I have kicking aboot the place and make it work Howdo Richard, I thought it might of been a sensible move to remove the cutting blades... So I did I will answer to either name Had the blade still of been on, they would of had a hard time reaching the grass anyway.. The Webb did like to bounce about a bit and not spend that much time still in contact with the ground So onto the conclusion.... The "Webasaki" was used through out the summer and lot's of fun was had.. But as you would expect by putting too much power and speed through something running on steel rollers it did over time shake it's self apart! Knowing it wouldn't hold together for much longer something had to be done... I did attempt to fit a Westwood trans and wheels to it, but the center of balance would of been way too high! Then one day Garry walked into the Shack.. Had one look at the Webb and said, "Why not turn it into a rear engined trike?".... Why not I thought, and the Webb was soon stripped down.. Pete turned up during the first mock-up, I think the grin says it all. The plan was to use the Webb seating trailer thingy frame as the main chassis for the trike... Out came the hacksaw and off came the rear suspension mounts.. And fresh steel added to widen the rear a little so I could bolt on the Westwood trans. Westwood (Peerless) trans used to get it's power in from a pulley at the top.. The top pulley thingy was soon ripped out of the trans.. And a sprocket was bolted to the trans brake disc to get the engine power back in, in the direction I needed. Rather than make new engine mount's I reused part of the Webb frame as it had the mounts already made, which the sharp eye'd of you will notice is actually part of the Z200 frame.. I like to recycle I remember welding the extra bracing on at 3 in the morning when I used to have the energy to do all night Workshack sessions!! And yes I was single back in those days The trike slowly coming together.. More to come later.. I need to sort out some more photo's.. And kick myself for not renaming them so they are in any kind of order!!!

With some chopping and changing a new slightly bigger engine was fitted into the Webb frame.. A Kawasaki Z200 engine with custom 1 into 2 exhaust that flowed into two Harley end cans which Garry turned up with one day A view from the back, Atco fuel tank and a pedal to take care of gear shifting.. A Webb with a 5 speed box don't you know As I had the rest of the bike the engine came from I thought I might as well fit the headlamp and indicators just for the laugh and to see the look on peoples faces The Z200 dash installed.. The rebuild after painting the frame. A new tow behind seat thingy was built. Here's the bare frame.. By this point in the build I had picked up a second Kawasaki Z200 for spares, which came in handy Wanting driver comfort a custom independent suspension was built. Here's Garry with a Z200 swing arm that was turned into a wishbone thingy. A view from underneath.. The nearly finished rear end... Independent suspension, Z200 front wheels with cable operated disc brakes, and a rear light cover I made from some computer case panels.. The Z200 speedo was relocated to next to the seat so I could connect it to the speedo drive on the right side wheel. The rear brakes were operated by this lever just in front of the seat.. The grass box getting a flame job.. Ta Daa..... I never did get round to fitting a good seat to it I still had hair back in those days Top speed was about 30mph which is as about as fast as you would want to go down a gravel track still on the Webb's original steel roller!! So how did it turn into a trike?? Your going to have to wait until later to see that part, got things I need to get done this morning.. To be Continued.... I'm sure the original engine was a Briggs of some sort.. All this happened a very long time ago, so the brain cell's are straining a bit to remember

The story starts many many years ago when I bought my first ride on, or should it be "ride behind" mower. This rather old Webb After a quick oil change and a clean of the spark plug it was soon put to work creating stripes across the lawn.. At some point I decided to pull the Webb apart for a repaint.. Parts everywhere At the time this was the size bench I had for "mower work"!!! The seat/roller thingy had some extra pipe welded on.. Painted and plated Engine work on a sunny day. For some reason I never did take any photo's of the finished repaint, these are the best I have. So once again the Webb was put back to work cutting the lawn, until I got a bit bored of it's slow speed and decided to do a bit of home tuning.. A more free flowing exhaust.. And a straight inlet manifold to replace the old "up draft" manifold which I thought was a very strange way of getting fuel into the engine!! So with the new home made high performance bolted on the engine, she was fired up, warmed up and driven gently to the straightest and longest bit of lawn I had... Full of hope of at least reaching 7mph I opened the throttle right up... 5 seconds later there was a loud bang from the engine and I saw something fly out the front!! Yep that's a busted con rod gone through the block!! I did replace the engine with a 4hp Briggs I had floating about, but it felt gutless with no power!! So a change had to be made

Welcome to MOM, great to have you aboard.. And yes your Dexta does belong here, it's a great looking machine

And they say that Nigel never smiles... Proof for everyone one to see, that not only was Nigel smiling, but also having a good time It was good to see you enjoy yourself Nigel

Yep folks, MOM has the world exclusive... Here's the video you have been waiting for... I hope you all enjoy it as much as I enjoyed watching Nigel and Rob enjoy themselves

Home engineering at it's finest.. Love it

Some nice potato shops Craig, I like them all but for me the best one is you sitting on a very big Wheel Horse... I think it's the angle the photo was taken at

That's a fantastic restoration Matt (Welcome to MOM by the way), it should last many many more years now.

I'm sure you have got that the wrong way around

Amazing work John, that engine looks good enough to eat your dinner off... If you don't mind getting food over it of course

Thanks Craig, I really should do some more computer artwork/chopping images about, it's just finding the time these days.. I did all the above work before a young lady who has been my wife for 6 years came into my life.. As it happens today is the 7 year anniversary of when we first met!

I've never seen one of those strange drill thingys before, a very interesting machine You have quite a collection John..

Busy chap isn't he

Not quite a "in the tool box" tool as it's too big, I have a vice that was made in 1914 that I still use.. Must get a photo!

Thank you Craig, it's good to see some names in green Like Neil I'm a supporter and member of a few forum's. I feel that becoming a supporter is more than worth the few ££'s it cost for the extra benefits, and you know your helping the forum to become a bigger and better place..

Can you imagine the patients face at the hospital... Hello I'm doctor Your all mad!

Is it just me or am I the only one that thinks of the Top Gear "search for the source of the Nile" challenge where they turned their cars into hotel rooms, when looking into the back of Paul's trailer ?

I'm sure a short cut across the fields could be found A nice restoration job on your Bolens there Sir.

What are you guy's like And as for you Mr Quote

You may well need the firewood Neil, it's looking like winter may be here for a few days!

Bit of a close one there Neil, a nice bit of forward thinking moving your Wheel Horse though.. It sounds like you have not had a good month, the weather has been rather evil of late! As you say, roll on spring.