links
rootrimble.com My other website archtectural stuff…
bluemetaldesign.com My partner, Susan’s website for her sculpture…
trimble-architecture.com My Brother Sam’s website for his archtecture firm…
Race Car Vehicle Dynamics Doug Milliken’s great book (a must for anyone designing a car)
trimbleracing.comTrimbles that race bikes…
trimblemtb.comTrimbles that make bikes…
moonbeam microcarMy friend that made a car out of a honda scooter
one-off handcycles My friend that makes incredible off-road hand cycles
hannahdays.blogspot.com My Niece, who put roopod on her blog…
dieselbike.net a forum that deals with diesel motorcycles, and engines such as I am using
Kineticvehicles.comA competitor for the automotive X Prize that is using a Kubota diesel engine
3-wheelers.com this site seems to have just about every three wheeler ever made…
hydraulicinovations.com these guys do some crazy stuff, but it is mostly with little diesel engines…check out the projects in their forum…
Links to People/ companies that have contributed to the roopod project:
Bob Miller at REBEL WIRE has contributed a complete, very high quality wire harness for the roopod!
Links to places I have bought stuff for roopod:
yardemetals.com “the” place to get all that aluminum I think that they have everything! check out the “drop zone” for small cut off pieces…
www.nextgenerationpower.com I got my Kubota z482 from these guys, also some great advice, they know alot about little diesels
www.ebay.com the big one, many parts came from here, all the polaris parts etc.
www.tirerack.com they sell the 10″ tire that I am using…search for tires by size
www.rodendsupply.com Where I got all my “heim” joints and radius rods
www.mcmaster.com the place to buy every nut, bolt and any other industrial supply you could ever imagine, then some…plus most parts, you can get a free 3-d model of the nut, bolt etc and put it in your CAD drawing
www.hoffcocomet.com/comet my belt cvt came from these guys, but I bought it from: www.ubuilditplans.com
www.woodwardsteering.com my steering rack and pinion is coming from these guys
www.windshieldstogo.com this is where I ordered my windshield..it was ready to pick up in one hour at the warehouse in springfield!
