Back to Reality

Tony arrived bright and early this morning to do his own 'plumbing' on the combined fuel and oil tank.
 A cold day in the workshop called for a warming lunch of beef stew and dumplings

Carousel wins Big Twin Bikeshow in Rosmalen

Carousel takes first place at Dutch magazine BigTwin's bike show and the Zodiac dealer expo in Rosmalen in the Netherlands this weekend. Judged by the elite of the custom industry such as Cory Ness, Ben Kudon and associates.
Our fantastic Best in Show prize was sponsored by Ton and Vincent Pels of Zodiac and respected English brake manufacturers Harrison Billet owned by Peter and Janine Jarrett.

Old school handlebars and controls

Old school bars and headlamp with brass rim. Polished aluminium and brass controls and  leather sleeved control cables.

The Pioneer, Tony's S&S Knuckle Engined Khief

Polished aluminium, painted and pinstriped wheels in place, spaced up and brakes fitted

BDL/Destiny 2" primary drive, nickel plated with Destiny logo machined in to cover and showing the Basty Bikes leather battery cover

The Pioneer is on track

The view from the other side showing the Destiny Cycles logo-ed primary belt guard and the leather battery box which matches the seat with brass studs and fittings

Lower fork rocker arm showing close up detail of nickel plating and brass plated pivot bolts

Sank's Destiny 'Goldrush' trike frame

Rear frame loop and passenger seat loop now braced and linked with a crossover design

Rear view of frame loops with mountings for suspension in place 

Seat pan suspended on frame tube at front and mini rear shockers mounted on crossbar at rear

The Pioneer with leaf spring front end re-fitted

The Pioneer, Tony's Khief project, now has the leaf spring front end re-fitted after being powder coated. The spring, top yoke and lower rockers on the forks are nickel plated and the dog bone risers and fork stem nut are brass plated.
Just visible is the polished stainless steel rear mudguard stay.