HELP MSVA and AXLES

[arachnid]

OK get the laffs away with now. I have buit a CX500 trike!
Its me first build and i thought it ould be fairly easy! ha!. anyway nuf of the pit falls. My axle is a bog standard reliant , like many trikes have. in the msva manual says that i need to have to head lights cos its just over 1300 mm wide, can anyone advise me how a get round this with our shortening it or have i missread it ?????? :confused: plesae help.had mega probs on this build. :mad:
I am fully traind mechanic and will gladly offer any advice to any who are in need. :)

[rob]

OK get the laffs away with now. I have buit a CX500 trike!
Its me first build and i thought it ould be fairly easy! ha!. anyway nuf of the pit falls. My axle is a bog standard reliant , like many trikes have. in the msva manual says that i need to have to head lights cos its just over 1300 mm wide, can anyone advise me how a get round this with our shortening it or have i missread it ?????? :confused: plesae help.had mega probs on this build. :mad:
I am fully traind mechanic and will gladly offer any advice to any who are in need. :)

you miss-read it, it's 1700mm wide ;)

if it's over 1300mm wide, it needs 2 front white outline marker lights, max 400mm in from the widest point, (usually put on rear 'guards, facing forwards), and a 'tell-tail' light to show they're on, this can be the speedo light tho....

[MSVA Tech]

Cheers Rob,

Arachnid - MSVA splits trikes into motorcycle trikes (single front wheel m/c type steering suspension) and others (carcycles as I call them).

Bike trike definition has nothing to do with the engine as some peeps think. C90 to jag V12 still a bike trike if the single wheel is at the front and you have handle bars.

We got got a dispensation from DfT to allow motorcycle trikes to be 1700mm wide before they had to have two headlamps. Others still have the 1300mm limit which applies to ALL trikes that have EC type approval (think Rewacos etc).

We also got a dispensation that allows m/c trikes to retain m/c style independant front and rear brakes and not have them operating off just the foot pedal.

If you have any questions about MSVA bung them in the top sticky on the workshop forum, it's where I tend to look first.

Good luck getting the project on the road.

(Can't believe I wrote a whole post without mentioning plastic maggots :D oh bugger I just did ;) )

Cheers

Chris

[arachnid]

Thanks rob. And you chris, knew the maggot would crawl out from somwhere. Ha ha.

[trikerdrew]

Tell us all the nasty probs you've had so far.

ok,tell me.Might stop me making them as well :D

Drew