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Another thread got me thinking:
1. I've used used triumph parts for rally trophies [heaps of times]. Mounted on a nice piece of wood or marble and a plaque etc
2. I've used used triumph parts to make tools, locking clutch plates, fork tubes for hollow drifts etc
3. I used a used fork tube to extend my swivelling bar stool so it was high enough for my shed work bench.
4. I welded a tiger cub fork tube into a tomahawk for a handle.
5. And I've used a '78 teardrop tank for a mailbox [still got it, still happening, getting painted now]. I brought it at a swap meet, it was stoved in on one side, but the other side was OK.
I've used a tank badge on a belt buckle, I made a curved backing plate with latch and swivel and tapped holes in it, had it powder coated gloss black and then mounted the badge on it, its one of my favourites [I only ever had the one badge it was in a box of bits that came with another bike].
All these parts are used or or un-reuseable on a bike.
I'm not advocating wholesale pilfering of rare original parts.
Any other fellow lateral thinkers out there???
[ This message was edited by: tridentt150v on 2006-04-10 16:16 ]
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