I can only imagine. Appears to me that if you are carrying out a restoration for profit, corners will be cut & pride in workmanship tends to take a back seat?
I just feel sorry for some of these people as they are spending 15/20 K on some classics only to find out its rubbish, most of the bikes i have come across then req a full engine rebuild at the best and some a complete strip and rebuild :-(
Nice to see a front mudguard that actually fits properly. So many these days seem to be too far away from the wheel or just too big for it (or the wheel too small perhaps? Either way it looks wrong!). Or is it just me being weird?
Thanks, the mudguard was mullered when we got it but it is an original stainless one so i was able to reshape it and remove all the dents with my old panel tools that i have not used for years, then i just polished it. As for fitting its just a matter of understanding how to use the adjuster on the leg and bend the bottom bracket to work with in the range of the adjuster.
Long day today sorting the old original rear mudguard, loads of dents and bad corrosion on the front meant i had to resort to using air tools to get a satisfactory finish for polishing
Wow! Amazing. You have such a talent. IDEA. What would be great is if there was an enthusiastic young man or girl out there that would love to learn such skills from you.
Truly remarkable! So glad that you're sharing your rebuild with us mere unskilled and salivating onlookers. I can't wait to see the finished product. You should go into business, 2 jobs like this per year for carefully selected existing owners of bikes needing rebuilds could raise some healthy capital I would say? What do I know though? Keep up the first class work Darkman. Curly
Looks amazing! I’m enjoying my new Twin, but I really want a resto project some day. I found a ‘64 that is a survivor, been in a garage it’s whole life and runs well. Owner was asking $5500. Sadly I’m not ready to throw down more money on bikes yet. This project gives me inspiration though! Thanks for letting us live vicariously through your hard work!
Well Su finally lapped the valves in to her normal high standard and let me have the head back so that we could refit it, no probs with refitting head but the new crossover pipes were appalling and it took us ages to get them to line up correctly with the H pipe and old silencers :-( Got there in the end and called it a day.
As an old fart who owned a few Pre unit Triumphs from 1967 and the odd unit construction I’ve followed this thread with interest and I don’t think words can do justice to you and your partners attention to detail and skill base. Unless I’ve missed a post what cam are you running with those pistons. Thanks and please continue posting
The cams are the standard triumph ones that cover the later T100 model range as they have two different timing settings, one for twin carb and the other for single. As for the pistons they are again standard parts with only 9.1 compression pistons its just the later head and piston design changed to a more hemispherical type.
At last i have finished painting all the black parts and i will be able to do the tank next, i have started work on the electrics and just have the last few painted bits to fit then i can start her up. Whilst waiting for the paint to dry in the oven i bartered some of my spare time by removing a rear 1/4 from an accident damaged car and prepping it for a new panel, they now have plasma cutters so i gave it a go as good as it is i still prefer the old air cutoff disc tool even if it has BMW grills on lol.
Drop dead georgeous. This bike already looks better than it did when new, I feel safe to say! I'm green today bro.
Fitted the last few painted bits and have striped the left and right switch/lever housings ready for cleaning the alloy parts and recovering the wiring loom. View attachment 28008 View attachment 28009
