Triumphrat

Freeze

Ran into a guy last weekend riding a black 04 thruxton, first other black one i have seen around here.
we get talking and he says he's got an older triumph project in the garage. asked him to send me a pic. here she is.

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06thruxton

WOW, that is gonna be sweet. Any idea what engine he's gonna install?

sweatmachine

that seat is...unique. Looks sharp otherwise.

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mepeck

I think I know that guy from a yahoo group. I belive he's got the original engine. I'll do some research to find out...He's doing one heck of a job on that project.

MP

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Pacific Blue '08 Sprint, top case, Gen Mar risers, Throttlemeister. Next up... flip screen!

mepeck

Oh yeah, That's Dave's bike. I'm gonna rty a link to an album...

[URL=http://photoshare.shaw.ca/messages/viewshow/4980374013-1168234000-72530/gallery/page/

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mepeck

ARRRGH!! I can't figure this darned thing out!! :brk: Little help?

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Pacific Blue '08 Sprint, top case, Gen Mar risers, Throttlemeister. Next up... flip screen!

Tabletop

<A HREF="http://photoshare.shaw.ca/messages/viewshow/4980374013-1168234000-72530/gallery/page/" TARGET="_blank"> Here's the link
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Very cool... :yayyy:

Simmons

I love that seat cowl, and I have always wanted something similar. For some reason I would love to turn this curiosity into a project, but I have no metal shaping experience.

I was looking at the pics of Mike's thruxton project, specifically the seat cowl pics with the welds, and I was hoping someone could explain how the shaping took place.

Clearly he did not take a flat piece of metal and pound it into shape. So how did he do it? Would you start with a semi-circle piece of metal, cut out sections, bend it to the shape you want, and then weld in the missing sections?

If that was not clear, this image gives and idea of what I am thinking.



Or, if you cut it like that, would the cut pieces overlap and need to be trimmed, then welded?

As you can tell, I would like to give this a try, but have no idea what I would be doing.

Any help would be appreciated.
Simmons

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'04 Bonneville Black: Progressive fork springs, Ikon rear suspension, mini speedo with D9 bracket, Lucas style tail light, clip-ons, and a few other little mods.

Thrux-ton-up

I love older triumphs - that is a cool project, it reminds me of Buggy's ride.

Buggy's early thrux conversion.

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John W.

• 04 Thruxton – Graphite & Opal
• 06 T100 – Black & Red
• 05 T100 - Black & Opal - Project Bike
• 51 T100 – Silver & Black

Mancha

Nice bike. I like how it mixxes old and new technology, as well as custom parts. The only thing I don't like so far are the side covers. They come off looking low-tech next to the rest of it. Love the seat though, as well as the rearset mounts.

And thanks mepeck and Tabletop for the gallery link. I always enjoy seeing the process by which things are designed and put together.

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