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An International 3 Wheeler Gathering is being organised for 27th to 30th August 2027at the Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.

This event, known as the Dreiradtreffen, started in Germany 33 years ago when a few Triking owners met for a scenic run. It has expanded to a weekend gathering with a wide selection of trikes taking part including makes such as Triking, Pembleton, Grinnall, Morgan, Lomax and JZR. This year's event in Germany attracted 47 vehicles including 17 from the UK.

All V-Sport owners are invited to attend so please email me on

laurie.povey@gmail.com for details of Hotel and Camping options. Our Hotel rooms are reserved only until the end of November so first come, first served.

Laurie Povey V-Sport No. 25

So just clocked up 13K miles in 6 years. Regular social use, weather permitting, and trips to Scotland, Germany and twice to the Netherlands.

Still love it to bits. It had a few issues, but nothing major and I've always managed to get home. I made quite a few mods over the years, mainly gauges to keep an eye on things, some reorganising under the bonnet and running repairs. It always generates a smile from people, whether they are driving or otherwise. And We've made some great new 3 wheel friends, not all of them Pembleton owners.

Here's to the next adventures😀

during the Running-in period of my T24 i found that the suspension was making some strange graunching noises, mostly noticable at slow speed and parking etc. various rouses were tried- PTFE spray on shox bushes, greased pull rods, oiled springs, some improved matters but only short term.

I stripped down one spring unit and found the spring chaifing on it's retaining cup (photo)

the spring needed to be lifted away from it's retaining cup but clearly gravity was going to do it's thing whenever you drove over a hump-back bridge a bit quick. the cup measures just larger than the spring diameter so no room for a 3D printed seat for the spring.

what i made was a shim to seperate spring from cup- this was a strip of PTFE plastic about .014" thick, 1 1/4" x 7" and sticky backed- left over from a kitchen refit where it's use…

Having offered a ride in either the Morgan or the Pembleton (nice to heave choice) as a raffle prize in a fund raiser for Somerset Sight I'm pleased to say that the winner turned out to want to ride in the 3 wheeler because his grandfather used to race against Morgans with his home mad specials (all three wheelers). His granddad must have been a character given the results of his creations. Here's a couple of pictures. One's called the wedge and the other was made from a wartime fuel drop tank. I thought that was an American thing and didn't know it happened here.

Anyway, my passenger was kind enough to say "What a fantastic experience it was. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the ride, and it certainly lived up to my expectations. It was a real privilege to experience the car and to see the passion and…

Been a real bind being too hot and having my bald head charred. Taken to driving out 10pm-ish in the week and having the Lincolnshire backroads all to myself. No hurry just amble along at 30mph or so. Getting back 1-2am for a hot chocolate. Beat the heat and the crowds, just avoid trying this at the weekends.

New headlight bulbs work a treat.

Has anyone come up with a suitable dip stick for the 850 engine? I have a medical condition that causes me great pain in my skull when I bend over (no jokes please) and don't like trying to look at the sight gauge as it's so low.

OK so it was only to Guernsey but the crossings were as calm as could be, which was nice. As usual, 'the little red thing' caused a lot of interest and I spent hours taking to tourists from many countries. It's only a shame that I couldn't monetise the interest as it was considerable. Whilst the Pembleton is a good size for the island's roads driving was not always comfortable thanks to the low speed limits. In case you don't know it's 25 mph in built up areas and 35 elsewhere. I think it may be an issue with the choice of the close ratio 'box but it was hard driving behind the many cyclists and other slow moving traffic. As an Austrian friend of mine on the island used to say 'the Fuhrer's real estate' is wearing well but the local stuff from the nineteenth century seems to be…

I'm not sure if this is a technical matter or not. However, I can confirm that a V-Sport with a half tank of petrol and one occupant weighing in at a modest 104 kilos (NHS Certified) will easily reach 90 m.p.h. It might have done more but I wasn't checking the revs, just the speedo. This was confirmed by my satnav so the speedo must be close to accurate, which is nice.

The where and the when is my business your honour but it was a safe envirnonment at the time or I wouldn't have tried. The car is so much nicer now it's serviced and run in and going through the gears is not constrained by limiting the revs to 4500. The upshot is that I love it even more and will continue to explore it's enjoyment possibilities (but not it's dynamic envelope as I've already had a couple…

Been out and about recently. Had a great pose at Michael Caines' Michelin-starred restaurant and hotel down at Lympstone. The cost of entry and posh food meant that it was a slightly different demographic to most car events. I was fortunate enough to meet Michael himself and he seems a very friendly, down to earth guy.

Had to get away from the car after a while as there was so much interest that if I'd stayed I'd never have got to hear the very interesting interviews (by Ben Collins, aka 'The Stig') with the likes of Rob Smedley (Michael Schumacher's race engineer) and former two times BTCC champion Jason Plato. Jason was unashamedly hoping to meet 'some high net worth individual' to sponsor his race team (not me then). Also heard some interesting scuttlebutt about current F1 drivers which I'll keep to myself for fear of defamation.

Food was good,…