Orangecnty250r
12-25-2011, 07:29 PM
Hey fellow triker guys and gals, Yes….to many words in this post!!!
Well here I am at my 3000th post on 3www :beer. I figured I would make it somewhat special with just a few pics of the hundreds I have taken.
Even though I haven’t posted many photos and updates lately, the motivation and progress has never slowed. At ANY given time, I have something going on with multiple sources to get these done. For example, at any moment in the week we have Mike at Vintage restoring a motor or zinc plating , HRE ATV fabbing or fixing something, Mosh ‘s having a seat do, painter painting, powder-coating guy doing his thing, John molding me plastics, 2 different decal guys working on my needs , or me hand cutting the Franks patterns (as he did in the mid 80’s), A fiberglass guy working his magic, A brake line guide making them to spec, A machine shop machining, and Gking….oh yeah some work coming your way!
Here is the summary-
CAGIVA (Tricky Dicks) Motor (picture included) has made tremendous progress. I need 2 parts for it and I am almost there. The internals are near extinct. This one will have an NOS piston cylinder, NOS ignition and I have located 34/ 36 internal parts, mostly NOS, I have needed to find over the last 4 years. At this point, I am only waiting on 1 bearing and a shift plate…And I have Andy Trick Dick Jr. helping me with that. We are also beginning to work with Maier (maybe with Tammy’s help) to perfect the color for the rear fender and pop a few.
FRANKS 3 and 4 wheeler - Please guys if someone you know has a Kelvin Franks racer please connect them with me. I am trying to network. It seems like I have the only 4 that are public. There has to be more!! Look at the one teaser before and after pic. Mike from Vintage just finished the rotax from the dual radiator FRANKS model and completed another motor for the early model pictured!! I am going to have a FRANKS photo that will blow your mind come spring!!! This deadline will be met because I am practically ready for the shot right now. Unfortunately ,I had to move the FRANKS to another rented shop because I ran out of room in the Tiger shop.
TIGER ATV – What can I say? I am a sick B*aS&rd. Factory buyout, molds etc!!! Check out the picture that has more tigers and chassis’s in my shop than the tiger factory photos. The record now stands at 19 tigers and chassis in one location….I had a frame in PA so it was almost 20. I sold a few of the extra chassis and projects. Much progress made here especially with the rare 3rd generation dual rad models. The second gen line up will be up to par by mid-summer. Time for Dr. Death….Yeah Right LOL
So that’s what we have-……20 active builds of some of the rarest models in 3 wheeling history…TIGERS, FRANKS, and CAGIVA…..OC is still in the game, I always go big …just behind the scenes a bit. As you can imagine 20 zinc plating lots, 10-15 of the motors needing full restore, painting and powdering 20 machines, finding parts, seats, 40-45 tires etc, etc, etc. takes time patience, good resources/vendors, and $$$$. Hell, even grips and new Magura throttles add up for that many bikes!!! John, you can now see why I needed that many red shift boots!! I have worked 2 jobs and weekends for the last 14 years. And for the past year and a half I picked up a third job just to finish what I started with these builds!!
But the journey is winding down….the hard part is done and the next 12 -18 months will be something for all to enjoy as the final assemblies begin to take place. Looks like from my 3WWW sign on date in 2004, 2014 will be a realistic finish date for ALL of these….2014 …..OC’s decade in the making!!!
Well here I am at my 3000th post on 3www :beer. I figured I would make it somewhat special with just a few pics of the hundreds I have taken.
Even though I haven’t posted many photos and updates lately, the motivation and progress has never slowed. At ANY given time, I have something going on with multiple sources to get these done. For example, at any moment in the week we have Mike at Vintage restoring a motor or zinc plating , HRE ATV fabbing or fixing something, Mosh ‘s having a seat do, painter painting, powder-coating guy doing his thing, John molding me plastics, 2 different decal guys working on my needs , or me hand cutting the Franks patterns (as he did in the mid 80’s), A fiberglass guy working his magic, A brake line guide making them to spec, A machine shop machining, and Gking….oh yeah some work coming your way!
Here is the summary-
CAGIVA (Tricky Dicks) Motor (picture included) has made tremendous progress. I need 2 parts for it and I am almost there. The internals are near extinct. This one will have an NOS piston cylinder, NOS ignition and I have located 34/ 36 internal parts, mostly NOS, I have needed to find over the last 4 years. At this point, I am only waiting on 1 bearing and a shift plate…And I have Andy Trick Dick Jr. helping me with that. We are also beginning to work with Maier (maybe with Tammy’s help) to perfect the color for the rear fender and pop a few.
FRANKS 3 and 4 wheeler - Please guys if someone you know has a Kelvin Franks racer please connect them with me. I am trying to network. It seems like I have the only 4 that are public. There has to be more!! Look at the one teaser before and after pic. Mike from Vintage just finished the rotax from the dual radiator FRANKS model and completed another motor for the early model pictured!! I am going to have a FRANKS photo that will blow your mind come spring!!! This deadline will be met because I am practically ready for the shot right now. Unfortunately ,I had to move the FRANKS to another rented shop because I ran out of room in the Tiger shop.
TIGER ATV – What can I say? I am a sick B*aS&rd. Factory buyout, molds etc!!! Check out the picture that has more tigers and chassis’s in my shop than the tiger factory photos. The record now stands at 19 tigers and chassis in one location….I had a frame in PA so it was almost 20. I sold a few of the extra chassis and projects. Much progress made here especially with the rare 3rd generation dual rad models. The second gen line up will be up to par by mid-summer. Time for Dr. Death….Yeah Right LOL
So that’s what we have-……20 active builds of some of the rarest models in 3 wheeling history…TIGERS, FRANKS, and CAGIVA…..OC is still in the game, I always go big …just behind the scenes a bit. As you can imagine 20 zinc plating lots, 10-15 of the motors needing full restore, painting and powdering 20 machines, finding parts, seats, 40-45 tires etc, etc, etc. takes time patience, good resources/vendors, and $$$$. Hell, even grips and new Magura throttles add up for that many bikes!!! John, you can now see why I needed that many red shift boots!! I have worked 2 jobs and weekends for the last 14 years. And for the past year and a half I picked up a third job just to finish what I started with these builds!!
But the journey is winding down….the hard part is done and the next 12 -18 months will be something for all to enjoy as the final assemblies begin to take place. Looks like from my 3WWW sign on date in 2004, 2014 will be a realistic finish date for ALL of these….2014 …..OC’s decade in the making!!!