Triumphrat

pipsta3yt · 02-14-2008

-Tweaking Tips
-When & What to do for maintenace?
-How can i find a good mechanic?
-How to Register/Insure? (S.Carolina)

And anything you can tell me about it you think ill find interesting or I should know.(i know nothing about bikes i just know i love bonnevills)

-----------------------------Specs-------------------------------------
- Matching frame and engine numbers

- Receipts for all rebuild work (motor, trans, brakes, wheels, wiring, etc. this was all done for the previous owner by a restoration shop in CT)

- 876 miles since rebuild.

- Powder coated frame, forks, hubs, tank, most everything

- ’69 Front end with 2LS brakes

- ’71 Conical rear hub (better brakes)

- New Amal 930 Carbs. They probably have less than 100miles on them.

- Sun Aluminum Race Wheels

- Stainless Spokes

- Stainless Fenders

- Avon Roadrunners front/rear

- Koni 7610 adjustable shocks

- Boyer Ignition

- Typanium Regulator

- Reproduction ’66 Seat

- Working Smith gauges

- Custom Exhaust

GrandPaulZ · 02-14-2008

That is the third or fourth time I see pix of that bike in the last year!

Get a shop manual.

Get a parts book.

Study.

Get to work, you'll know what to do.

You may eventually need to acquire a few special tools, but probably only if the bike has significant problems. Otherwise a standard tool set and a set of Whitworth sockets and spanners will get you by.

Check your local/state DMV website for insurance, title & registration procedures, etc.

Finding a good mechanic is best done by word of mouth, verified by at least 3 different people that have recent experience dealing with them.
This forum, and others like it, are excellent sources for all of the above.

pipsta3yt · 02-15-2008

i think its 3, 2 from me and u mentiond another time in my other post.

ps. i got him down to 5k! picking it up monday if i can get a trailor.

KADUTZ · 02-15-2008

run dont walk from this T*rd

* means a vowel A E I O or U take your choice

if you bought this thing and NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD DID what does that say?

jus my opinion

pipsta3yt · 02-15-2008

f*ck man i am all excited about getting this and everyone except you says its a good deal (if it runs idles and stops well) y u have to spoil it. beside if it is a pos i could sell it to another sucker... jk im not an ass

pipsta3yt · 02-15-2008

i just found a great sorce http://classicbike.biz though i would share

Emanthehorse · 02-15-2008

I've never heard of the rear comical brakes being superior to the older versions. If they were so good you'd think they'd have stuck with them for more than three years (the strike year doesn't count

).

That being said, it doesn't seem like that bad of a deal, even if it is a bit of a bitsa.

You'll always get the purists crying about the wrong wheel or colour around here.

The "custom exhaust" is interesting. Is is stainless? Or is it silver painted? If the latter, it'll look like crap after the first month.

Routine maintenance should be outlined in any manual. Be prepared for a lot of it.

KADUTZ · 02-15-2008

5 grand means more to me than you

GrandPaulZ · 02-15-2008

You can buy more bike for less money, and you can buy less bike for more money.

$5K is not too bad if the bike runs well and has a good negotiable title.

Everyone knows it's not original, and it was nit-picked to the bone on the other thread.

panda · 02-16-2008

Apart from the exhausts and the rear brake adjustment it looks ok...
Of course I can only see skin deep