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Danny - 2 years eh, damn i think my engine swap is that already, im buggered before i start!!!
I dont have the kids excuse anymore (as they are up longer than me nowadys !! at 17 and 20) I just need to get my finger out and brave the cold!!

Alan, sounds like your making progress - I havent got mine running again yet so quite jealous of the fact your is !! ;D I have to say the Melvin is looking great, your going to be running that in a few months (well if DVLA / VOSA dont mess things up) I cant wait to get back to mine should be playing...

I got the local jewllers to engrave mine on a bit of 3mm steel and welded it into a tube

actually the detail on the coil pack is epic! I wanted to "personalize" mine like that too, but I havent got a logo :D yamaha logo is a bit stupid, a fancy "F" for freestyle? an "R1" ..... what if next week i need to put a Suzuki engine in :D Well if you think of anyth...

wagon_1.0 wrote:what's the wee filter for?

Ha ha keen eyes Wagon, its the tank breather

Hi Rob, if your vehicle weight is that low you will have to class it as a Quad! - there is a totally different set of rules for Quad and Heavy Quad (under 400KG) I would go and check the Gov website for the motorcyle version of the IVA document Alan linked to above. Braking for a quad might be possi...

Hi Rob, Firstly Many thanks! and yes Its all my design, and it is road legal - you dont need type approval only the IVA, you will need to provide a few more photos of the build basically to describe what youve built. I did take mine through an MOT prior to taking it to the IVA test (you can get an M...

Alan, yeah and there will be a delay at the DVLA too, just tried to sort my Daughters provisional licence out today and that has a 3 month waiting time now!! - so who knows how long they will take registering a kitcar eh!

Phaeton wrote:Talking of the long build Rich, as anything been heard from the lesser building Max AKA "Slacker" recently?

Ha ha ha - Not heard from Max in a while Alan, last I heard he was working with his brother, so no where near his buggy, I can only assume its still in the garage!

Hi Rob, I have two build threads for my buggy - the first one is for the original build from the ground up: http://www.muddybuggies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=1883 The second thread is for when i decided to swap the engine out for something with a little more poke!!: http://www.muddybuggies....

Alan, looking fantastic mate, really nice work and make lots of progress !! a lot more than I am
The way your going its going to be ready for IVA by Christmas!!

Hi Rob, I asked my local college if I could use one of their spaces at the weekend for shake down trials, apart from running out of fuel on the first corner all went well on both offroad and onroad areas (as its private land even the road areas are ok!) Look forward to seeing some pics of what youve...

hi Wagon, yeah slowly getting there - a bit more plumbing required before i can do a engine test - then ill find out how much of a mess ive made of the loom!!

Hi Alan, yeah mine have an E mark on them

Hi 250buggys - no not connected the DRL or indicator yet but im going to so i can loose the tiny motocyle indicators!! - i should have enough spare lines when i remove the indicator to re-purpose both cables to the indicator one for signal to the indicator and use the negative line re-purposed as th...