Photos 7, 8, and 9

Here are some additonal photos of certain details.

Photo 7

This photo is looking forward from the driver's seat. It's a good view of the back-to-back "Heim" fittings which go from the steering arm below the handlebars out in opposite directions to each wheel. You can also see some of the 2" flatbar welded between the two forward frame members to be junctions of the plastic body panels. You can see the 4" automotive headlights jammed into 4" rubber pipe couplings as a nice simple way to mount headlight bulbs. You can see the steering post , wrapped in black tape to minimize glare, coming out of the front frame member to give the maximum footroom to the passenger.

Photo 8

Here you see the right handlebar brake caliper. The original cable attachment has been doubled for the second front wheel. The orange engine kill switch will eventually be a switch for the wipers. Everything has black electrical tape on it to cut down the glare in the windshield.

Photo 9

Here you see routine maintenance going on through the removeable rear panel. The white panel is to my right, and the engine surround panel, with its soundproofing is leaning against it. I am replacing the cover for the variable speed drive, having checked the drive belt for wear prior to the drive to Boston. That belt, even with the greater load of a larger vehicle, wears very slowly. The service interval is 15,000 miles! It would be hard to change on the open road, though, since you need a wheel puller.

It takes less than 5 minutes to access either side of the engine.