With 250mm of rain pelting down last Monday I got stuck into doing some more - some new holes drilled and engine bolted down - Accelerator cable added - worked out in my head how to add the battery. Hooked up the drive belts and then found out that when you off set the engine even 10mm the belt guide rubs the drive pulley. Next weekend job will be to remake the belt guide at the same time I make the battery holder.
I couldn't find any handle gips with a big enough diameter to fit the handles and the bike shop suggested using handle bar tape - good except he said to use electrical tape to bind the ends - already the sticky tape is 'shrinking' and going sticky. Then I had a bright idea - heat shrink tube wrap. The electrical type turned out to be hellishing expensive but tolling eBay came across a fishing rod builders supply site and rod handle shrink wrap - cross hatched and all - 64" 35mm unshrunk diameter - just right - will slip over the cork bike wrap and shrink down to hold it all in place.
