I REALLY LIKE THIS!

                Parked outside Kempton Park auto-jumble.Lovely little Moto Guzzi.
               

                Some really interesting engineering. I really like the rear suspension

Peril bike equipe

Bill Bragg's contribution to making Triumphs faster cannot be underestimated.

He must rank along with Bert Munro as one of the great shed builders.

I had the luck of seeing all three bikes in Maitland Racing when Tony Huck had them in for restoration.

Bragg a cabinet maker from London got into straight line racing after a bad crash.

He experimented unsuccessfully with a twin engined bike,Some say he was the first to do so ,certainly in the UK.

Read some more here and at the same time discover the joys of the Bike Exif site

Peter Crane( the first man outside of the US to go sub 6secs in a top fuel dragster) on Silver Peril.Sadly this one has not been found

The man himself Bill Bragg

here is the Bonhams catalogue entry from April 2011 at Stafford.I don't think they sold.
There is also an informative article on the man, his bikes and his exploits in the Aug 2012 issue of Classic Bike Guide

Triumph Motorcycle Engine Animation

     
This just made me smile

NICE!!

54 6T rigid. just went on ebay for £6689.

 

 

Cool or what!?

I wouldn't like to be the arbitrator in a debate of what is cool or not but the following would go a long way in helping define it

If  Tom Mellor's record breaking Triumph Trident (180.317 mph for the record) is not enough he tows it onto the Salt with this....

a 1950 Rolls Royce Silver Dawn!!

I REALLY LIKE THIS!

Dan @ Angry Monkey Recently acquired a new bike

55 T110 ... PERFECT!!

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LONGSUE

Denver came by on his return from Florida with a box of goodies for my LONGSUE bobber build,this is a build that's been on my mind for a while,well since I bought a 6T pre unit engine on impulse!! There is now also a gearbox and a front frame loop so it was time to get the rest,there was suppose to be a David Bird rear loop but that is another story that hopefully will be resolved soon !! In the meantime this brought a smile to my face!! cheers Denver

Mooneyes oil tank, Cleveland Cycleworks Narrow alien tank,Rich Phillips snub nose leather seat,Biltwell seat hinge,Monstercraftman chain tensioner, headlight and nice rear light with chrome grill.
Thanks to Joe @Choppedtriumphs for taking delivery and getting all this stuff to the right place on time and being a stand up guy helping a fellow biker.Take the time to check out his site for the best pre unit ribbed engine mounts
Even got the Mrs a treat and thank you for letting me name the bike after her.

silver metal flake, nice!

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Lowbrow's Tyler Malinky launches Double Vision at Speed Week 2012
Set a record in the 1350 cc A-VF class.Clocking 128.89 mph, not bad for a
new build at it's first meet.

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Dubble Trubble breathe again Glen Kerr starts his twin engine bike for the first time
in 40 years!!

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Pete Williams & "Two Faced
check out the web site for the background on this bike and its builder and rider

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Ray Law on the move

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TRI2TON

read about this one on PIPEBURN

I REALLY LIKE THIS!

seen at Kempton Park the other day , a fine example of a bobber

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1973 Twin engined Triumph, 2 x 500cc twins

Rider; Ray Law
Elapsed time; 10.44 seconds @139mph
taken by Kenjonbro at London Royal Victoria Docks
8 september 2003

What to believe or not

Spent too much time trawling the internet looking up the Bobby SirKegian bikes and it seems increasingly probable that they are not what we are told they are. There is apparently no doubt about the man him self's racing pedigree as that is a matter of record (please say it is!) but as for the pedigree of the bikes I'm starting to wonder. It seems that there has been some doubt as to whether the bikes offered are true restorations or in fact replicas for some time check out the SHOW & GO CYCLE SHOP posting from back in 2009 and from the same period NOSTALGIA ON WHEELS points out that the seats are re-pops.
I have no issue with the idea of building replicas or bikes influenced by the past but then offer them as that and not some racing pedigree piece of history at a hugely inflated price.
I would quite happily be seen riding any of those bikes as I like the styling on them, I just don't like the idea of fakery! On the other hand if people out there are willing to pay the prices that these apparently went for so be it

I really like this!

A trio of SirKegian bikes

Pretty Boy I

Pretty Boy II

Pretty Boy III

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 The guys get Double Vision running for the first time.   

Sounds to wrench to

Not motorcycle related but hey you do need a soundtrack to work to!! And you can't go wrong with THE CRAMPS!! and while I'm at it make sure you check out Mr A The Barber's podcast the perfect soundtrack for Weird-ohs

NICE!!

A couple of nice bobbers from the IRON & AIR fb page

this one is by HEIWA-MC from Hiroshima, Japan
called  'Peaceful' and shown at the 2009 Yokohama hot rod custom show

                                               new mag launching check it out IRON & AIR

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 'DOUBLE VISION' .NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS ONE ON THE SALT THIS SUMMER
Nice work by Tyler at LOWBROW CUSTOMS 

CHECK TYLER TALK ABOUT THE BUILD  HERE

Bobby SirKegian racing a hot rod

I really like this!

Bobby Sirkegian's 122-mph Bonneville bike with special Rollie Free Avon rear tire
1951 Triumph 650 Salt Flats Racer
Frame no. 6268N
Engine no. 6T-8602NA

read more HERE

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       HERE YOU GO TWO FOR ONE WITH AN EXTRA 50%
    THE HOGSLAYER  &  THE TEXAN CEEGAR
  CAN BE SEEN AT THE NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM NEAR BIRMINGHAM

TRIUMPH POWER



WAYNE SKINNER OF
NATIONAL VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE  DRAG RACE ASSOCIATION
GETTING ON THE THROTTLE!

 

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Dwain Taylor and the" Deuce of Spades"

this came in the post!

 A fine bit of sand casting from Jon over  at
 jon's metal casting
check it out
bike bling handcrafted in the uk!

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THE GYRONAUT'S POWER UNIT

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welding and fabrication course coming to an end

             Have spent this year doing a Welding and Fabrication course at
             the College of North West London.
             Here are the results of the practical part of the course

                                                         
                                                               Can't wait to get this home and put some tools in it!!

                                                   
                                                                  That was my first go at oxy-acetylene .cleaned up nice!
             

                                                           

                   
                                                         The two welding test pieces for MIG & MMA.
                                                         Made up of a T fillet, a V butt & an outside corner.
                                                         It's been hard work getting to this stage with just over
                                                         2 hours a week
                                                         I'm quite pleased with results in the end
                                                         Passed the written paper on Monday.
                                                         I'm hoping that next year they will run a Machining       
                                                         course that fits in with work.
                                                         All very basic I know but we all start somewhere!!

I really like this!

Really does not get much sweeter than this.



from over on George Cohen's site, a must if you have any interest in Norton singles.
Have a look http://www.norton.uk.com/

Triton build. These should help it go faster!

3134 cams &  R followers should help! 
The question now is whether to go for the Morgo conversion?

cool salt history

CHECK OUT THE GYRONAUT X-1 HERE

found this link  on a post on Lowbrows"Milwaukee Murderer"  thread ( which is cool in it self) on the Jockey Journal.

Seems to be a revival of the twin engined drag bike.I think they're great specially when it's two triumph engines!

reckon this might be one to follow

Maisy & Maddy's first motorbike ride

I took my friends Mike & Kate's girls for their first ride on a motorbike.

 

I think Maddy is excited!

triumph cam data

useful triumph cam data
http://www.farm.net/~mason/moto/cam-timing.html

rockers and gents

Fun had by all the Johnson's retrospective show at Chelsea Space

Triton build. It's a start !

                                        newly laced and booted

                                      It's a roller!

Triumph Tiger 100 race kit

Real skill has gone into this! As envy is not a good thing, I offer my respect!

lightning timing gears the Dwain Taylor way

check out Dwain Taylor's .