Rear tail box

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   http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Recumbent-Rear-Fairing-Recumbent-Tail-Fairing-Recumbent-Seat-/251912503530?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3aa727c0ea
Got one of these coming 
from a very nice guy (Paul) Midnorfolkmouldings@msn.com even has a built in seat Thats £150 alone.
I have had a few chat s over the phone with Paul and nothing is a problem for him and service and his products are top notch

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MartinQS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Visitor (moderated) Joined: 03 January 2010 Location: Derbyshire Status: Offline Points: 267	Post Options Post Reply Quote MartinQS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Rear tail box Posted: 12 April 2015 at 12:40pm
	http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Recumbent-Rear-Fairing-Recumbent-Tail-Fairing-Recumbent-Seat-/251912503530?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3aa727c0ea Got one of these coming from a very nice guy (Paul) Midnorfolkmouldings@msn.com even has a built in seat Thats £150 alone. I have had a few chat s over the phone with Paul and nothing is a problem for him and service and his products are top notch

AlanGoodman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Club Chairman Joined: 04 March 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 8036	Post Options Post Reply Quote AlanGoodman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 April 2015 at 3:32pm
	Sounds expensive to me having seen the quality of his nosecones. He was trying to blag a tailbox to copy ages ago. Not sure what it's a copy of or what it will fit.


Yanto Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 11 July 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1521	Post Options Post Reply Quote Yanto Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 April 2015 at 4:32pm
	yes I'm a pedant, surely this is 3rd party advertising not actually for sale by OP?

MartinQS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Visitor (moderated) Joined: 03 January 2010 Location: Derbyshire Status: Offline Points: 267	Post Options Post Reply Quote MartinQS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 April 2015 at 5:57pm
	Well very surprised by these negative comments. I will be getting one tomorrow to have a look at and trial all being well and will do a right up on it im sure it can be adapted to fit many bikes .I have had many conversations with Paul the owner of the company who was happy to give it a go making a few recumbent parts as a trial at quite an exspence to himself as there does`nt seem to be many people or companies in the uk making anything like this except one of small ones that cost or well out of the range of us average Jo`s As the alternative is something from Europe for silly money .its certainly a far cry from a piece of correx taped to the back . Maybe it may turn out to be unsuitable maybe it will be good don`t know until you try

MartinQS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Visitor (moderated) Joined: 03 January 2010 Location: Derbyshire Status: Offline Points: 267	Post Options Post Reply Quote MartinQS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 April 2015 at 6:00pm
	Its not third party at all i said i would show it to fellow?? recumbent riders to have a look at i don`t get anything from it

AlanGoodman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Club Chairman Joined: 04 March 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 8036	Post Options Post Reply Quote AlanGoodman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 April 2015 at 6:26pm
	I think the reason a lot of people were (and still are) unhappy with him was that he was openly asking to borrow people's fairings/tailboxes so that he could make moulds and then produce them commercially, ripping off the original designs. The problem is that somebody spent a lot of time, effort and money making the originals (which will be why the originals are fairly expensive). If he had just wanted to make one for himself most people would probably have turned a blind eye, but he is doing this commercially, stealing other people's designs. If he had made it from scratch himself then there would be no problem. Personally I hope nobody buys them from him and supports the original manufacturers instead. The nosecone of his that I saw at Fowlmead was heavy and very poor quality, so anybody parting with £250 for this, when he doesn't even indicate what it would fit is likely to be very disappointed.


MartinQS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Visitor (moderated) Joined: 03 January 2010 Location: Derbyshire Status: Offline Points: 267	Post Options Post Reply Quote MartinQS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 April 2015 at 6:57pm
	I dont think that was his intention at all as the design of the tail box is primarily a pacific shape and only varies in size to what every bike or trike it might fit.All designs are copied some improved by the next person some trashed .I bring out a tool tomorrow and some toe rag in china will have a better one on the market in a week ten times cheaper! .I had one of the front fairings a few years back they wer`nt ace but they were a piece of old plywood strapped to a broom handle either.Im not trying to stand up for the guy but give people a chance who give it a go .As he is a replicator of panel's for such as classic cars and bikes scooters etc not a designer of recumbent areo pannels. so tell me where i can go to buy a rear tail box lets say in the UK of the shelf where i don`t need a second mortgage to buy

AlanGoodman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Club Chairman Joined: 04 March 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 8036	Post Options Post Reply Quote AlanGoodman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 April 2015 at 7:05pm
	Even the Novosport fairings which are very good quality aren't much more expensive that this (in fact with the current state of the Euro they might well work out cheaper!) Do you know which tailbox he copied to make the mould for this one??