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Tim O'Regan came to the Hipsville Party Weekend on his rather nice T140 based ride.
He's parked in front of Martin's Model A Ford Roadster made up of original 30's & 40's parts & powered by a '59 V8 283ci Corvette motor and Myia's car in the background (details to follow, hopefully when she is back from the
GOW! speed hill climb)
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Tim's bike defies being put into a category, to quote Tim on asking him "one of the many things I love about my bike is that it's impossible to categorise, which leaves many folks scratching their heads.If you must give it a name,call it Tim's Triumph." I'm not going to argue.
It's a handmade frame, the hardtail is made from Volvo Panhard rods,the front end and caliper are from a VFR800,the wheels 16" Harley,the tank again in Tim's own words a"gloriously unfashionable Mustang"
Tim got the Bike a year ago from a collection in Portugal where it had been unused since being built in the 90's,A bit of fettling,a new Biltwell seat from Sumo at
Changes in the pipeline include de-slabing the yokes(and there is a whole lot of slab going on it, has to be said!),a vertical oilbag to avoid the chain slap chewing the present one & so that the chainguard can be dispensed with.( I believe I just put the FMW vertical Mooneye on his shopping list!)
All in all a nice long & low bike that according to Tim is " a lot easier to ride than it looks"
(Pics lifted from Martin's FB as was a rubbish reporter and took too few pics! Cheers Martin)