The wheels are just about all tread ed at this point. Spirits are high and excitement further building. Saturday morning, John & Denise went to a motorcycle salvage yard and put a deposit down for a front end off of an 80's Honda 750 for the steering system. This includes the front neck, triple trees, 2 calipers, 2 rotors, a master cylinder & a brake lever. The cool thing is, since we are salvaging the neck, it includes a salvage title. So technically The Sand Reckoner has a dmv title to its name... custom plates anyone?
Erik working hard to tread the last of the wheels.
John cutting the rear steering bracers on the chop saw
Sketch of the basic frame, there will be additional trussing added down the line
After all frame pieces were square and welded it was time to position everything we had so far into its final configuration. This really was inspiring to see it all come together. The design we choose has 2 wheels in front, 1 person per wheel pedaling and 1 wheel in the back which is for steering. Below is roughly what the final vehicle will look like:
Rear angled shot of the beast
Top down shot, chair is there for visual purposes.
A proud team standing in front of their creation!
Hmm, what is this? A mystery project??
Next on the agenda is mounting all of the drive train hardware to the frame. At this point, the team can start getting an idea of how to mount the sculpture on top of this. Things will be moving pretty quickly in the next few weeks! Almost there!
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