What I did with my classic Triumph today?
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Payed off my Second Basket Case Parts Bike I bought to build my First Basket Case.Getting closer to being able now to put funding into my now main build.
I took the T110 up to the Saturday morning coffee meeting. It ran like a swiss watch after resetting the magneto timing. I bumped into the bloke I bought it from & told him he was crazy for selling it to me. He agreed & made an offer !
He originally told me that he found it covered in surface rust in a back bedroom of someone's house after a tipoff 4 years ago. He was told it had been there (in the bedroom) for 20 years. It was completely original with a full history & only 2 owners from new. He said they put fresh fuel in it & it fired up 2nd kick. The original owner had traded an AJS 500 twin in on it. (Don't blame him at all).
Anyway, I told him I liked it too much........and she's a keeper.
He originally told me that he found it covered in surface rust in a back bedroom of someone's house after a tipoff 4 years ago. He was told it had been there (in the bedroom) for 20 years. It was completely original with a full history & only 2 owners from new. He said they put fresh fuel in it & it fired up 2nd kick. The original owner had traded an AJS 500 twin in on it. (Don't blame him at all).
Anyway, I told him I liked it too much........and she's a keeper.
Yesterday I completed the following on my TR6R / T140 barrels and head (810cc):
Refitted the oil tank
Replaced the flex oil pipe to the rocker cover
fitted new plugs
Started to look for small oil leaks
Today:
Making new HT cables
Hooking up remainder of oil pipes
Emptying any remaining oil in the cases
Filling oil
Taping up some of the wiring loom and adding a few cable ties
Fitting the tank
Starting bike and performing carb sync as per workshop manual.
A quick ride
Refitted the oil tank
Replaced the flex oil pipe to the rocker cover
fitted new plugs
Started to look for small oil leaks
Today:
Making new HT cables
Hooking up remainder of oil pipes
Emptying any remaining oil in the cases
Filling oil
Taping up some of the wiring loom and adding a few cable ties
Fitting the tank
Starting bike and performing carb sync as per workshop manual.
A quick ride
Fitted NOS right side foot peg. The old one was bent up at about a 10degree angle. Gives me some more room to get my toe under the gear shift. Looks better too 
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I went to fit a NOS to the left side and it wouldn't go. Oddly the current one has about 3/16" clearance from the clutch cover and I thought the new one would give me even more spacing. It didn't, in fact I didn't want to tighten it down because it was going to cinch up right against the cover. Frame does not appear to be bent anywhere. Will have to research the part #'s...
.I went to fit a NOS to the left side and it wouldn't go. Oddly the current one has about 3/16" clearance from the clutch cover and I thought the new one would give me even more spacing. It didn't, in fact I didn't want to tighten it down because it was going to cinch up right against the cover. Frame does not appear to be bent anywhere. Will have to research the part #'s...
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Just got a new bottle of Purple Polish for the bike yesterday, today after work sat up at Onota Lake and worked on the cases.
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I'm so jealous!! I cannot wait for the day I can sit in the Car Port with the bike up on the motorcycle jack and be cleaning and polishing her up and making her sparkle.
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Out in the August sunshine in the Irish countryside today..
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Just installed a new belt for my primary (have three years on the first one with hardly any stretch, now good for emergencies) and an oil seal under the front pulley, also ordered a new set of velocity stacks for the Mikuni's.
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You lucky dog you, I'd give my last dieing breath to live in Ireland.Out in the August sunshine in the Irish countryside today..
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I added new stacks to the carb's, and not cheapo specials.
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The horn on the stack on the inside perfectly matches the carb throat, these are custom in I ask to have them an inch longer then there stock stacks, my engine is built, so I'm far more interested in the performance aspect, and want the air entering the actual carb itself smooth - more efficient = more horses.
AND - they freaking look great.
The horn on the stack on the inside perfectly matches the carb throat, these are custom in I ask to have them an inch longer then there stock stacks, my engine is built, so I'm far more interested in the performance aspect, and want the air entering the actual carb itself smooth - more efficient = more horses.
AND - they freaking look great.
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a cam try
I cobbled up a sort of chest cam this morning. still have a few bugs to work out but I had some fun and thought I'd share..
I needed a sun glass to cut the glare from all the shiny bits.
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Good thing it's not a belly cam
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The dirt twistys were making the cam bounce too much - another bug to work out.
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watch a small clip of almost two Gb. I got before my camera closed down.
I cobbled up a sort of chest cam this morning. still have a few bugs to work out but I had some fun and thought I'd share..
I needed a sun glass to cut the glare from all the shiny bits.
Good thing it's not a belly cam
The dirt twistys were making the cam bounce too much - another bug to work out.
watch a small clip of almost two Gb. I got before my camera closed down.
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RED LETTER DAY!!! Finally got some riding time...lots of roadblocks this last few months..work..travel...ugly weather...but finally got it all together. thanks to Plewsy and Mike's help--- I took my Bonnie for a beautiful ride this morning and for the first time EVER got all 4 gears ....the plunger set up is great, the shift is easy....Great feeling. Even my rebuilt tach and speedo are perfect....finally feel that it my project is coming together. Have a little power flattening out in mid range, (using PWK carbs, maybe some jetting adjust) but in general she purrs along nicely and just settles in at about 60 mph smooth and steady. This Monday (in 3 days) it will be 3 years to day from buying the pile of parts she sprang from.
Rounded up enough cash to replace the broken primary chain tensioner and bolt the old tart back together with a new clutch. Not had a ride since June so took her for a brief squirt to blow out the cobwebs. Now sat with a beer watching her cool down.
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my little TR6 is all torn down for paint but I did upload a video to photobucket. It was just sitting, idling, with the choke on, so not very exciting
http://s928.photobucket.com/albums/ad123/wreckingcrewstands/bikes/?action=view¤t=VIDEO0002.mp4
http://s928.photobucket.com/albums/ad123/wreckingcrewstands/bikes/?action=view¤t=VIDEO0002.mp4
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That sure did not sound like a Timex.
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Last night rode the '59 to a local shop.
Guy in a pickup parked beside me.
"Is that an original or one of those modern remakes?... "
(takes a closer look)
"No, it's the real deal all right. Monobloc... Ah, slick shift! Thunderbird? Nice bike. Thought it might be one of them Kawasakis."
Nice to see someone who knows what he's looking at.
Guy in a pickup parked beside me.
"Is that an original or one of those modern remakes?... "
(takes a closer look)
"No, it's the real deal all right. Monobloc... Ah, slick shift! Thunderbird? Nice bike. Thought it might be one of them Kawasakis."
Nice to see someone who knows what he's looking at.
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