Triumphrat

quagmire · 06-21-2005

I'm new to motorcycling. For some reason I've had the urge to build something, so I found a 1970 TR6 matching numbers andhave completely stripped it naked! The frame is off for powdercoating, the tins are out for painting, and and the nuts and bolts are out for cad plating. I'm starting on the engine next month. I've never owned a motorcycle before, but these things seem cool.

Any helpful hints would be grately appreciated.

swooshdave · 06-22-2005

I would assume since you've gotten this far you don't need much advice.

As long as everything was there when you took it apart you should be fine.

What kind of advice were you looking for?

quagmire · 06-22-2005

I did get everything, save the handlebars. The bike was already broken down. It came in 16 boxes!!! The one thing that scares me is all the nuts and bolts were in one big bag. Is there an easy way to look at the parts manual and tell which bolt to use? Can I measure the nuts and bolts and tell where they go?

Also are there any hints or things to look out for on the rebuild that the manuals don't tell you.

swooshdave · 06-22-2005

Well, assuming all the parts were there you'll be ok.

But as for putting a puzzle together that you didn't take apart and don't know where everything goes, well, you are braver than most.

I would have put the bike back together so to know where all the parts go and then take it apart and have them refinished.

As it is now you had better have tremendous patience and a lot of time. Good luck. Get a parts manual and study it religiously. And it won't tell you exactly which bolt goes where, but it will get you close.

quagmire · 06-22-2005

Thanks for the input. I love puzzles, especially ones you look cool on!

TTBONNE · 06-22-2005

Hi Quag,

I just am finishing mine. I took it apart so long ago, it seems very foreign. Along with the Triumph parts book, get a British Only catalogue today. In there, they give a more detailed description of just about every nut, bolt, etc. on the bike.
Priceless. Now, you owe me one cold beer.

quagmire · 06-22-2005

I got the British only book. Don Hutchinson up here in MA told me that some things in that book are wrong. Maybe he just wants the business :-D

TTbonne next time you find your wat up the MA I'll gladly buy a cold one.

thanks

Klicker · 06-22-2005

Good luck and ask lots of questions here there are anumber of people here that can help. I have just got a 76 T140V back on the road that a few others had taken a part aput partly back together. Rod

TTBONNE · 06-23-2005

Yes, Don is correct, some things in both books are wrong.
Also, some parts don't even show in the Triumph parts book.
But for a vast majority of parts, these work very well.
When all else fails, I make the best guess I can.
Good luck.