Braised two new oil lines on my old rocker cups
ready for the coming knucklead motor rebuild
Mill-er time!
Front left side milled out a little extra for the crossover shaft's brake arm
I really like the sandblasted finish and it will look even better as time goes byI did the spacers exactly 1.1/4" to match the 1.3/8" lowered oiltank, since the frame's down tube is angled it came together perfect. Well, after measuring about 65 times that is, so now the transmission finally has the exact same distance to the oiltank mount plate as a stock bike.
While doing this I had serious mood swings and I think I also might have developed severe measuring mania...I never want to see another vernier caliper.
My local biker club had 25 years anniversary last weekend. So I decided to get my butt of the sofa and have a look…..Barbecue, good music and lots of people…….But some of us have other urges so I soon found my favorite place……the workshop.
In a corner behind Evo`s and Shovel`s Cato`s Triumph are lurking.
An original Triumph Pre Unit frame, stock wheels and oil tank. A standard fork with MCM covers. Thunderbird engine with 9 bolt Trophy head.
The Wittler moped tank and Bates type seats makes it look slim and fast.
So what about the commitment? Well, Cato has (probably in the moment when Tequila starts to taste nice) promised his fellow club members that the Triumph shall be ready before Christmas…..
I don`t know if he was foolish enough to specify witch year of Christmas he meant…..
This is another cool picture from the eastern part of Norway. In front an Excelsior from the late teens. These Scwinn produced twins very some sturdy workhorses who sold quite well in Norway. This bike is equipped with acetylene lights and a hand operated ogah horn mounted on the handlebar.
An Indian Power Plus with sidecar in the back.
Rigid Hips Teardrops of Ingmar Bergman fits 1936-1969 Harley-Davidson OHV's.
Aluminium Teardrop mounted on a S&S Knuckle with adjustable advance/retard magneto base.
This is what an adjustable magneto base looks like "stock" and I always hated that little spacer and irritating open space around the shaft.
The extra O-ring guarantees no leakage from old worn out oval distributor holes.
~ Brushed aluminium finish ~
~ Polished aluminium finish ~
~ Brushed bronze finish ~I've done maybe 25 of these so far, and they work really well and they are really time consuming to fabricate and I always end up giving them away for free, so at least it's a very interesting business idea.
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