even faster on a 241 Triumph

152.529 mph back up run gives the man of the moment a 151.448 mph record

It's only Tuesday, how much bigger is that grin going to get?

TRIUMPH 241 HEAVEN

loads of gyronaut info HERE

Very fast on a 241 Triumph

Only 3 days in and Tyler from Lowbrow Customs and his bike Double Vision are having a Speedweek people dream of

That is the smile of a man who backed up a 136.073 mph qualifying run with  145.009 mph to set a new record of 140.21 mph (up from the previous 128 and then ....

 He gets to sit in the Gyronaut X-1 & shoots the breeze with Bob Leppan ...

.. then his third run earns him a class C license and another night in impound with a 151.4 mph run

yes it really does say 151.4

Find out how the back up run goes,follow Tyler & Double Vision HERE

Good luck!

'ED TURNER

Just to show that reversed head Triumph do work! It's a short clip so don't blink!!

Longsue-This came in the post

These came through the other day,nice repro Webco Starburst rocker caps.Very nice quality, threads are good and fit really nicely.
I know that head needs my attention and it will get it, polishing and new bolts are on the list of to do's

Tried one on the gearbox ,thought it looked good so may go for another set. May just stick the spare ones on Ebay, or if you give me a shout I'm  sure we can do a deal!

I LIKE THIS!

Been awhile since I posted anything drag related, I like the look of this set up. Can't remember where I found this so can't tell you anything about it, just enjoy!

SKULL PISTON CARVING

Another stunning bit of piston carving from GearHedz ShiftKnobs

Warren On a Triumph

Warren Beatty riding a Triumph Tiger 500 (T100) in the film Shampoo (1975)

BELLA STARTING UP

The legend that is Chris Ireland Starting the Indian powered Bella at the Pendine Sands meet last month.Not a Triumph unit but certainly a triumph of engineering and shed building as it should be I will let the sound speak for itself!!




As if it's not enough racing Bella he also edited The Brit Chopper Magazine. which sadly seems to be on a publishing sabbatical but the web site is still there

Another one out of the Baron's Speed Shop

First Start Up Of Peter Allen's 1953 Triumph Tiger 100 drag bike, 32 seconds of pleasurable sound!






Watch Peter's 93mph Pendine Sands run here.
I had planned to make it to Pendine Sands for this event but sadly it didn't pan out for this year looks like fun and the bike sounds great!!

A Triumph of modern technology!

Was having a sort out the other day and found this bit of silliness in the cupboard. It was a present from Huggy who knows I like Triumph related stuff. This definitely comes under the George Carlin definition of'Stuff'. If you don't know it check the link.

strangely satisfying playing with it! and it is a USB hub should I ever need one

!

Tech sticky from over on Triumph Rat

All things Triumph of all ages, the Classic & Vintage Section is full of knowledge and good info including the entry I've included here and I'm about to give it a go.Go pay a visit

09-05-2010, 10:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mr.Pete Moderator Moto Grand Prix Main Motorcycle: Rickman T120 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Victoria Australia Posts: 3,070 Other Motorcycle: T160,TR6	Bedding/Lapping Piston Rings. Here's the original method as it was described to me.No doubt there are alternatives.I've used this and it does work well,and gives better results than any conventional run-in procedure.I currently use a slightly different procedure. After you hone and re-ring,but before you fit the head: Mix BON AMI (original 1886 formula powder cleaner [yellow,not metallic gold container];the more modern "powder cleanser" formula has sweet smelling stuff and plant oils and does not have "1886 formula" on the container ) with thin oil,to make it like toothpase. With the pistons at BDC,cover the bores with this mixture. Rotate the engine 2 or 3 times and add more mixture. Do this until you've done 40 revolutions.At about 30 revolutions you'll see the mixture turn grey. Do not add any more mixture. Rotate the engine 10 more turns,wiping off as much mixture as you can. #Fit the head and start the engine.No slow idling,ride the bike.Alternate between heavy load (for a few seconds),and closed throttle. After about 20 minutes,do an oil change.This is mostly to get out the metal bedded from the rings,not so much for the BON AMI. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thesedays,I lap the rings before I fit the barrel: Mix BON AMI with liquid detergent. *Check the ring gaps before you fit the rings on the piston.It's usually a good idea to have 30% bigger ring gap on the 2nd ring,compared to the top ring gap (say 0.003"-0.004" bigger).It helps the top ring seal,and reduces oil consumption. Fit the rings and piston into the bore with a spare conrod (or a stick with a hole) attached to the piston. Cover the bore above the piston with this mixture. Push the piston up and down the bore using slight rotation on each stroke. Add more mixture every 2-3 up/down cycles. After about 45 up/down cycles,pull the piston out and check ring contact.It should show continuous contact around the circumference,not necessarily across the full width. *Do not remove the rings from the piston. Rinse the piston/rings with water and blow dry. Rinse and dry the barrel. *Coat the barrel with WD40 or ATF.Wipe most of it off (as much as you can). Put one drop of oil on each side of the piston skirts,none on the rings. Assemble and run as previous method. Last edited by Mr.Pete; 06-09-2013 at 07:16 AM. Reason: "Check the ring gaps - - - - oil consumption."

09-06-2010, 02:43 AM

Batman on a Triumph

opportunity to bid on a GearHedz shift knob

Keep an eye out in the next week or two on the GearHedz.shiftknobs FB page for a chance to bid on this handsome chap who goes by the name of Theodore Beaver CleaverHead. 
A rare opportunity to avoid having to join a four year waiting list!! 
You may have to dig deep into your wallet, I don't know what these go for but i'm sure the bidding will be keen, thats for sure!
Their page is worth a look if only to enjoy the regular updates on the progress of the latest idea to come from these guys fertile imagination .

I had the pleasure ..

... of meeting Simon of Nefarious Pinstriping at the Hipsville Party 

Weekend and watch him work on a number of jobs over the weekend.

Here he is working on his lowbrow eyeball licking monster saw,..

.. the finished article..

..and a further selection displaying the man's Kustom lettering skills and his bubble eyed lowbrow monsters,you can even spot
The Hipsville Party Weekend theme
Go Go Gorilla!!

Some Pinstriping action

Job done, nice!!

Go visit the website and see the wide selection of items that have received Simon's pinstriping and lettering attention,not only cars and bikes but also,skateboards,christmas decorations,musical instruments, you could even get your toilet seat done!

Check out his events page & go get something pinstriped.

@ Hipsville on a Triumph. Xtra

A couple of other Triumphs spotted at the Hipsville  Party Weekend.No background on these,I think I spent too much time drinking and not much on research, well it said it in the name " Party Weekend" so I did!!

Nice rigid Bobber, nothing fancy but all there and as they say "lots of patina"

A proper road warrior,I do believe these guys came from Bristol, Gavin said something about being in a band and liking a  Party!!
Here are it's companions for the trip.

A Harley and a very tidy Velocette 

Yes please,I like this a lot!!

@Hipsville on a Triumph

 

 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)

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 

Vintage Chop.com and Tim has corrected this situation as shown below

 

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)

Trick riding on a Triumph

 In the meantime here's a couple of pics lifted from the JJ

The 'Wild Man' Kenny Brown
60's stunt rider

NORMAL SERVICE WILL BE RESUMED

I'VE BEEN OFF ON HOLIDAY AND THEN ONTO THE HIPSVILLE PARTY WEEKEND.
I HAVE A FEW POST IN THE PIPELINE INCLUDING A REPORT OF MY DAY WITH THE SCHOOL OF CHAMPIONS TURNING LEFT ,AN INTRODUCTION TO SIMON OF NEFARIOUS,PINSTRIPER & KUSTOM LETTERER AND THE LATEST NEWS ON THE VERY SLOW RESURRECTION OF THE BONNIE
CATCH UP SOON

Joining the Weird-Ohs

Clint on a Triumph

Clint on a T120 in Coogan's bluff
1968

This came in the post

As previously reported I had bought a points cover in error meaning to get a cover for the Triton  gearbox, cheers to Norm for sorting the exchange out and I ordered the Manx logo cover while I was at it!
Now my only dilemma is which one to use

both lovely items with great detailing

Birthday Weekend

Two great presents

From the Mrs, Schott leather pea coat, so COOL!

From the kids, I get to learn to go sideways!
Already booked in for the 28th!!

                Thank you Sue, Maddy & Jack

'ED TURNER

It's been a little while since I posted one of these

Pete of Eat the Rich fame let me nick this one

This is Dave Farrington's T140 powered chop Sporting a reversed head and what looks like a Cobb Customs side draft kit.

I've got an unpolished intake I picked up cheap some time ago in the Longsue parts box, I do like the look of them!

 you can also find Clay Cobb's store on ebay

A career in British Engineering

I never met Sue's Dad, John Boughton as he had already passed away when I met Sue, after a long illness with Parkinson's.
One of the things we have inherited after Joan, Sue's Mum, passed away was all his certificates.
We were sorting out getting his apprenticeship certificate framed and it struck me that the collection represented one man's career in British Engineering and given his training with the Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd. with whom he served 5 years 9 months  of apprenticeship including a couple of months in the motorcycle section, not long I give you but enough to earn his place on this blog!! (apparently it was his brother Fred who was the biker in the family)  So I decided that I would post the certs up as a tribute to the man and the industry he represented.

Sadly like many he fell victim to the decline of British Industry and in the late 80's after many years working for British Steel he was made redundant. 

Returning to education he gained a degree at Durham and worked as a small business consultant in Washington,Tyne & Wear before being diagnosed with Parkinson's and having to take early retirement

John Edward Boughton

1929 - 2001

RIP

Longsue-Stowaway makes its way to me

My friend Ingrid was Stateside recently and I asked if she could bring back something for me.I decided on getting her to bring me back a very neat looking Oil filter from Moore Sensible Products 

as seen on one of Dan Patterson at Angry Monkey Motorcycles recent builds (nice detailing on the bracket as always with Dan's work.)

if you have not done so before check his old build threads over on the JJ he goes by the name Supercrouton

Ingrid's sister lives in Oshkosh in Wisconsin which was fortuitous as Moore Sensible Products  are based in Twin Lakes which is 120 miles away. Next door in US terms and made getting delivery in the small time window available very manageable.  Dan Moore the owner was very helpful. All in all a great product well made.
The filter came from B&C Auto Parts Ebay shop, I bought a pack of three as it was a great deal and way cheaper than buying them here
More goodies for the Longsue build box