Looked at it and said. OMG gotta work on the generation, get a battery,and 6v reg, rewire, send the carb off to be sleeved. Wondered if the 8 bolt head is going to stay in one piece for another year. And the paint? Had it on the road for 6 years and stll has a funky paint job. I'm, 8 years older than that '59 sickle and the sickle looks like I feel.
What I did with my classic Triumph today?
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I spent 2.5 hours wet sanding my very rusty rear wheel with incredible results. Pics below. I also took off some jack ass PO's idea of beautiful checkered racing stripes, total pain in the ass as each square was laid out individually. Then I took her for her maiden ride. Vibration and noise and the hard ride, I love it!!
What I did today
Finalized my oil filter rig for my 71 T120 ....got all the chrome hardware and set it up permanently. added a cooling collar, have about $120 in all of it so far. got the filter and adapter from JP cycle, hand made the rest.
Also got my seat back from custom seat shop...had a Jubilee seat ( I have a hybrid rear frame) and got it covered with good leather with ribs, added red piping, and got a neat 3d Triumph logo stitched on.
ready for spring in Kentucky!
http://s571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/david_in_ky/Oil Filter Mod/
Finalized my oil filter rig for my 71 T120 ....got all the chrome hardware and set it up permanently. added a cooling collar, have about $120 in all of it so far. got the filter and adapter from JP cycle, hand made the rest.
Also got my seat back from custom seat shop...had a Jubilee seat ( I have a hybrid rear frame) and got it covered with good leather with ribs, added red piping, and got a neat 3d Triumph logo stitched on.
ready for spring in Kentucky!
http://s571.photobucket.com/albums/ss160/david_in_ky/Oil Filter Mod/
First fire
Bought a new battery, charged it up and gave it the first kick start of the year.
Seeing people riding their motos in the warm sunshine today gave me the urge.... bad.
By the time I got the new battery charged up it was raining so didn't get to go for a ride.
Forgot how sweet it sounded.
Tomorrow I warm it up properly and change the oil.
Bought a new battery, charged it up and gave it the first kick start of the year.
Seeing people riding their motos in the warm sunshine today gave me the urge.... bad.
By the time I got the new battery charged up it was raining so didn't get to go for a ride.
Forgot how sweet it sounded.
Tomorrow I warm it up properly and change the oil.
I'm taking my time getting her ready for spring...the luxury of having two bikes, one of which I rode today.
Since the gas tank, rocker covers and carbs were already off, making access easy, I used about 1/2 can of Gumout and a roll of paper towels and thoroughly de-gunked the motor from top to bottom.
My daughter came out to the garage and I gave her a little "how motors work" demo. The light was just right so you could see into the intake housings and the pushrods. I had the plugs out, with paper towels stuck in their place to keep crap from getting in. I explained the four strokes and then gently prodded the kick starter. She got to see the pushrods moving, causing the valves to rock and then the best part--on compression the paper towel wads shot out of the spark plug holes like bullets from a gun. Pop, Pop!
Since the gas tank, rocker covers and carbs were already off, making access easy, I used about 1/2 can of Gumout and a roll of paper towels and thoroughly de-gunked the motor from top to bottom.
My daughter came out to the garage and I gave her a little "how motors work" demo. The light was just right so you could see into the intake housings and the pushrods. I had the plugs out, with paper towels stuck in their place to keep crap from getting in. I explained the four strokes and then gently prodded the kick starter. She got to see the pushrods moving, causing the valves to rock and then the best part--on compression the paper towel wads shot out of the spark plug holes like bullets from a gun. Pop, Pop!
last night I did a bit of polishing and generally standing and looking at the 'bikes wishing that spring would bloody well hurry up!
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Rathlindri - that's a very pretty pair of bikes you have in your garage!
Today for me was working on the rear wheel of my 650. One of the few things I got out of the mechanic up the road was a rim, power coated rear hub and a spoke kit. I made my self a nice wheel out of those parts, and then began looking around for a drum and brakes.
Last year I bought a serviceable whole rear wheel including brakes for $80. I'm running it on the 500. This year there's been only one I've seen (on eBay) and it went for over $425! Used!!
So I dragged out the rusted-solid rear that came with the 500 and tried once again to get the brakes out of the drum. Couldn't budge it or pry it, let alone turn it. So in desperation, I drilled out the pivot post which allowed the shoes to finally pop free of the drum.
I think I can have the drum turned and still have enough thickness left to use as a rear brake - I'll take it to my brake-guy in town, but I may be living in fantasy land.
If any of you all's have some spare rear parts please shoot me a PM.
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Today for me was working on the rear wheel of my 650. One of the few things I got out of the mechanic up the road was a rim, power coated rear hub and a spoke kit. I made my self a nice wheel out of those parts, and then began looking around for a drum and brakes.
Last year I bought a serviceable whole rear wheel including brakes for $80. I'm running it on the 500. This year there's been only one I've seen (on eBay) and it went for over $425! Used!!
So I dragged out the rusted-solid rear that came with the 500 and tried once again to get the brakes out of the drum. Couldn't budge it or pry it, let alone turn it. So in desperation, I drilled out the pivot post which allowed the shoes to finally pop free of the drum.
I think I can have the drum turned and still have enough thickness left to use as a rear brake - I'll take it to my brake-guy in town, but I may be living in fantasy land.
If any of you all's have some spare rear parts please shoot me a PM.
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