It's not on my "list of 5 things" but I've been working on my tank again...huge thanks to Acropilotbret (acropilotbret.wordpress.com/)   for all the paint work, and the $3.475 worth of paint! I'll need to finish polishing on the tank and cases, and get a pinstripe on the tank to finish it.

That video was........

The Triumph is reborn............

Helter Skelter !!!

A few more

The black headlight and chrome fender in the last pic make it look really old to me for some reason...

Busy weekend

So we hauled my bike over on Muffins trailer and we both did a lot of good damage to our bikes. We had Chewie there for guidance and wisdom and then Scuba came over to help drink beer and steer the car on the way home if we both fell asleep.
Enough storyline...wheres the f-ing pictures!!!!

Posted in no order::::::::

My list started out something like this:

1) Tires changed: NOT done

2) New springs in front forks & new polished legs swapped on: DONE and DONE

3) Rebuild front AND rear brakes: Fronts are DONE, need to reshoe the rear

4) Finish seat, get some kind of upholstery/leather on it that was not sewn by a male claiming to be a God. NOT done (duct tape holding it on in the above pic)

5) Fix headlight bucket, and paint it black: DONE

By my math I've got 2.5 of 5 done. Beyond that list I'll need to change the oil/plugs/chain, get a little bit of paint on the tank (and get it all rebuilt to mount it) and clean/polish the rest of the bike (wheels and cases are really nasty right now!)

Thanks again fellas, for the big weekend of getting shit done.

What is and what will be ....

What is:

What will be:



Tight chains and breathin' easy

So, after my drug inducted coma was over, I got a idler chain tensioner from
http://troyfabrication.com/,

a cheapo Emgo crankcase breather,

and a cool 1/8 IPT breather from http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/ for my oil tank breather.

I also wired up the engine cut-off switch.

Now all I need is to figure out is what's up with the clutch dragging. After that, it's just fluids and the Hand of God and this thing might actually move....

This is your brain on drugs

So, I had to take a few days off from the build to get my wisdom teeth out. Here is a video of me coked out of my mind. Telephones are freaky man........

 Old crappy fork seal

Could not remove.  I tried the trick where you pull it apart quick.  Pryed on it for like 20 minutes....then got my torch and got it hot and she slid right out

Used some old roll cage tubing to drive in new seal

Both forks done and filled with 135 cc of fluid

One more item off the list....so yea my initial list of 5 turned into about 20......

Starting to look like a bike.  Bummed I can't use steves handlebars