bub2006 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Right I may get some flack,I may not but I thought sod it. Been missing my bikes for quite a while. They always made me feel better and raised a grin when I was a bit down. Disabilities put paid to that and have considered a trike or quad for quite a while. This popped up for sale by a friend and I was offered it at a bargain price. It started life as a Rialto but many years ago it had the body removed,bars and seats fitted. Dvla letter with it to say changes have been noted and now is an open body tricycle. It has MOT till august and the history is very good. It has been meticulously maintained by my friend and was used at one point as a daily when his car died and he couldn't fit the family on a bike! It's won 3 or 4 trophies at various rallies and shows. Mainly for custom rat and survival trikes. It's also very well known around Derbyshire. It's not to everyone's tastes and I understand that but I've not felt as happy as I do in a long time. Few niggles I need to sort on it are I need to find a new Speedo cable and the fuel gauge and temp gauge like to fluctuate. Main beam switch failed yesterday too so I've bypassed it so I have headlights until I can find a cheap switchgear set for it. Exhaust is a straight pipe with cherry bomb and it's bloody loud so that will be changed for something slightly quieter. The name Roland the rat trike is also what it's been known as for years. Here's some pics. Jim Bergerac, Supernaut, Sloth in a bowl and 45 others 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I like it. Years ago I started to do the same. Shitty Reliant bought, body lopped off...... I then reached the limit of my trike building skill. It needs BMW 3 series rear wheels. They bolt straight on according to the vague depths of my memory. Paint them black obv. I likey very much. bub2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 It was changed to what it is now when Reliant were ten a penny and a rolling joke. I've got a pair of fiat x1/9 alloys with brand new tyres for it but need spacers first! purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 No flack from me. Man drives shite and smiles. Life, sorted. tooSavvy, Tamworthbay, pshome and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Exactly that! Like I said,not everyone cup of tea but I love it. Neighbour came out with kid earlier asking if he can sit in it for a pic. I let him wear my leather waistcoat and he loved it. Even more happy when I took him round block! paulplom, Bobthebeard, yellowperil and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noseypoke Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 BRILLIANT...I've seen this trike around over the years...and it's still going strong.Well done on a great buy.And that number plate you lucky bugger!! I was looking around for a triple K but was told by our local DVLA place (when I had to take a yank pickup down to them,to get it re-registered from a Breakdown truck to private pickup) any triple K n/plates are held at Swansea because of the significance of the 3 Ks (there's a KLUE in there) Anyhow good luck with your BEAST,Here's a pic to be going on with.. eddyramrod, purplebargeken, mercrocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Truly awesome mate, every pic I see of it make it look more fun. Looks a lot better than in the first pic you sent me. bub2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 The number plate in all honesty I'm considering changing. I don't care but some people can misread it. Yes that's their issue as I'm far from concerned as it's had it all its life but I don't need someone arguing with me over it! It did have England flags on it but they gone now along with a Maltese cross flag. Left the skull and crossbones on though. richardthestag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Truly awesome mate, every pic I see of it make it look more fun. Looks a lot better than in the first pic you sent me.I'll have to potter over when I've sorted Speedo cable and done tappets buddy. Tamworthbay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I just knew a Reliant was involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Bub, the plate is the original one, leave it alone mate. The connotation is ridiculous in all honesty in this day, age and country. binhoker668, AlabamaShrimp, mercrocker and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 I just knew a Reliant was involved.I used to own a robin too that was great fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Bub, the plate is the original one, leave it alone mate. The connotation is ridiculous in all honesty in this day, age and country.I know but sadly some folk don't see it like that. I'll see what happens in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi paul Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 If it makes you smile then all's good. My kids would love that. You need to grow your beer gut and get to Benidorm on it. Room for two ladies in the back and bobs your uncle. robinmasters, Angrydicky, CGSB and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Got a beer gut and benidorm is quite a trek. I'll try Buxton instead! oldcars, eddyramrod, paulplom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Buxom of Buxton! Not you Bub, not you. Oh jeez no. chaseracer, bub2006 and Tamworthbay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Why not? I've got blonde hair blue eyes and boobs. Oh and a beard. I should fit in nicely. Sloth in a bowl, purplebargeken, Tamworthbay and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Looks fine to me. The one I built probably looks like that by now! I trust you will take it here? http://therockandblues.com/ purplebargeken, Tamworthbay, drivewaymyway and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I'll have to potter over when I've sorted Speedo cable and done tappets buddy.Welcome anytime mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Dare I say this is better use of a dead Reliant than the usual alternative... Aston Martin, alf892, Asimo and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 I agree. Most can't even get the right model! oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 That's bloody horrible. It's perfect. bub2006, purplebargeken, privatewire and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I like it even though it has the looks only a mother could love, it looks a good bit of fun, please don't ride it on Halloween dressed as a ghost with those final 3 letters on the number plate Jim Bergerac, Dick Longbridge, Christine and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 When is the V8 going in? purplebargeken, bub2006 and CreepingJesus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Outstanding man. Conelrad D Conelrad please Photoshop Bub and the trike into Mad Max Fury Road. Bub is winning!! bub2006, Eddie Honda, Conrad D. Conelrad and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Is there an unsee button? That is fucking brilliant. I think. I'm not sure. Its probably to AutoShite what Russ Abbots 'Atmosphere' was to the uk top 40. Everybody took the piss out of it at first but it outlasted its contemporaries and became an important part of history. RobT, Cavcraft, Dick Longbridge and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 FFS! I watched you ride off backwards in Matlock today! I saw it & thought that looks bad enough for Bub to like & was stood leaning on a postbox when you left. I didn't realise it was you with a beard & no crutches or I'd have said something! bub2006, HillmanImp, purplebargeken and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Good grief that is fucking dreadful. Nice work! Talbot, richardthestag, Junkman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Feeling a bit left out these days on AS, without a 3 wheeler of some sort! bub2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Why not? I've got blonde hair blue eyes and boobs. Oh and a beard. I should fit in nicely.Moobs shirley? Grotesque. Much win. Bonus AS points if you get a pickelhaube or perhaps a Zulu-style topi to wear while outraging public decency. A coal scuttle would give a more authentic Black Widows look but combined with the number plate might give people the wrong idea. I can picture you rocking up to a caravan site with one of those folding camper things hitched up behind and generally alarming the public. bub2006, purplebargeken, eddyramrod and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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