JANES XJ 650 TRIKE

And here's Paul with Jayne. (Hold it! This is getting like a Janet & John reading book.) Anyway. Jayne's new baby is based around Yamaha's XJ 650: using the front end, engine, engine cradle and the electrics as main components. The other main parts being the axel, and a pair of 15"X 195 Hockenhiem BMW series 3 aftermarket ally wheels wearin' some big rubber boots.

The axel was sourced from the ubiquitous plastic pig. This has as usual been turned over and had the now near side drive shaft shortened, which not only narrows the axel to the required width: and as if by magic lines the diff up with the gearbox output flange.

These last two items are attached to the front half of the trike by a tubular sub frame, the tubes being bent by Paul using a manual pipe bender not! a hydraulic one. A nice detail is the way he has bent the seat tubes to follow the contours of the seat. All the welding has been done by Jayne's dad who's a welder and their mate john. so no worries about the frame coming unglued when nailing it around the lanes where they live in Whixall.(well known as North Shropshire's answer to the Bermuda triangle. Many go in. Few come out).

The fuel tank is off a Maxim the custom version of the XJ.

As you can see from the pics most of the main engineering work has been done, even the prop shaft. which at the moment is waiting to be rewelded after an abortive test run where the axel wasn't as tightly bolted in as it was thought. And moved! Fortunately the prop let go, rather than smashing either the diff or the gearbox, and has now been rebuilt. (It's taken about a year to get to this stage). What's left is mainly detail work such as mounting brackets for things like foot rests, seat, lights and rear mudguards. Jayne says she wants the rear mudguards to be polished stainless.

At the moment building work has come to a stop as Paul is in need of inspiration to get on and finish the job. If he hangs around too much longer Jayne'll administer some to him with a blunt instrument.

Jayne as you might have noticed is well into having her skin inked, 11 tats so far. here is a picture of her back that she is having done by Nick Green of ARTISTIC TATTOOS in Wrexham.

This is Jayne's 2nd trike. The first was a Reliant based one that she called "Stick": But that's another story. As work progresses on the XJ I will update this page with more pictures

And finally so as not to make Paul feel totally sidelined (cos he's only the builder) here is a pic of his GSXR

Up date pics

Jayne. I thought you might like the back ground? Paul probably won't notice till 2nd or 3rd reading.