Morning. So heres my intro Live in sunny scummy bognor regis. Got two dogs and a wife and the kids have all grown up and f*cked off. Have had loads of bikes over the years including FS1, scooters, CBR 600, blade, Honda pan euro 1200, daytonas, Sprint 1050 but have always loved my speed triple. In particular my 2003 Speed Triple which I bought in 2003. Its been well ridden since then. I hate main dealers and Im cynical and distrusting so I do all my own spannering on my bikes and I know its done the way I want it done. I just finished rebuilding my sons YBR125 after it was stolen, stripped and set alight and was wondering what to do next. Had a good look at the speedie, its tired and corroded and shitty and the powder coating in the engine is bubbling and peeling and the frame paint is flaking. Its rusty in places and the bodywork was stone chipped and for some reason the paint is bubbling on the tank, and the exhaust studs were just shocking... And Ive had this loose plan for turning it into a project for a while... So I put it on the ramp to have a closer look and the closer I looked the worse it was and one thing led to another and I went down the rabbit hole... Right now Ive got a bare frame with no wiring loom and no sub frame on a workstand (which Im going to move out the way shortly) on the ramp and a 955i engine on an engine stand and a loose plan of where Im going with it. Ill be stripping the engine and splitting the cases at some point soon because its in an awful state with powder coat peeling and bubbling all over it. And then Ill be all over the forums searching older posts and pressing the incredibly knowledgeable people out there and the hive mind for info on everything from powder coating expertise to camshafts to lighting alternatives and electrical issues and exhausts and custom paint finishes and mundane stuff like where the hell do I get things like a 2003 fuel pump/tank gasket and other discontinued parts for a 22 year old bike. Oh and Ive got bugger all money to do all this with because Ive got a house to do up and a wife who will get upset if I prioritise my bikes again... so its going to take a while...
@BowlofMice Well that will be some project and will be well worth while. Do it on our projects and rebuilds section and we can all take the journey with you. Just take it as slow as it needs to be and mixed with the house work. Happy Good Lady And happy you as every now and then you get to talk to your bike and do little jobs as you can afford to. And welcome to our family.
There is a thread in the projects forum now but according to the banner its invisible and waiting moderator approval before anyone can see it Edit Apparently this post is invisible too so I'm talking to myself Is this what being a ghost is like? I'm here but no one can see me. Am I destined to haunt the triumph forum for ever? Will someone with the 6th sense come by and talk to me? And I tried to register as a premium account to get rid of the adverts too, but it fails so I assume thats because Im a ghost too?
Helloo This is a test to see if a direct reply to a comment can be seen. As a newbie my account is locked and all posts require admin approval. But Rob the admin hasn't been active on the site (at the exact time of writing) for 2 years and 33 weeks. So Im a ghost. I can post on threads and I can start threads and talk to myself on them, but no one except me can see anything I post... Edit: And I can also make a direct reply to a post which is a reply to my HELLO post Test failed Banner says "This message is awaiting moderator approval, and is invisible to normal visitors." Still a ghost
Thank you. Dicking about aside, Rob the main admin has clearly not been on the site for a considerable time. Hoping hes ok
He's never on it, I wouldn't worry about him one bit, even when this forum went through a bad patch, he was nowhere to be seen, he just takes the money and lets Havit run the forum with no help from him at all
Hi and welcome! Not many people have returned to "real life" having been a ghost......good luck with the project!!