Friday 8 November 2013

Rockin' and rollin'

Woo hoo! It's fantastic. I hadn't expected that the Triumph would be so addictive to ride....it just feels so great.

Café racing on an old Triumph dirt bike

 
Out and about


Firin' her up one sunny morning

 
Selfie with bike

Tuesday 16 July 2013

Wednesday 3 July 2013

Woo hoo!

Done. And it even starts & runs now that I've got the timing set correctly. But...it is ear-bleedingly loud!

Friday 17 May 2013

Thursday 16 May 2013

Stickers

Finally plucked up the courage to sticker & lacquer the fuel tank and sidepanel. Part of the delay was waiting for the weather to become warmer and drier because I wanted to avoid getting any paint effects from moisture in the air. And it's been a long, cold winter and a late spring in the North West of the UK.

Tuesday 12 June 2012

Pinstripes

Masked and painted in the gold pin stripes between blue upper and silver sheen lower parts of the fuel tank. Doesn't look quite as good as a hand-painted stripe by some old geezer in a brown overall, but it'll do just fine.

Rubber


The trials tyres arrived, so I've wrapped them round the rebuilt rims. The 4x18 rear is pretty easy to find in a variety of vintage-looking brands (this is a Bridgestone) but 19-inch trials tyres are now a rarity. This is an Ensign, and it matches the look of the old Dunlop Trials Universals pretty well.