I REALLY LIKE THIS

Another dose of Heiwa genius, T110 named Long Peace

THE BOSS ON A TRIUMPH

'ED TURNER down under update

News from the boys at Lowbrow that the previously featured Phil Eggleston has bagged a couple of records at the Australian home of dry lake racing: Lake Gairdner in South Australia 
#9850 133.856MPH in the A/PG1000 class
as well as
 #850 126MPH in the APS/PG1000 class

A/PG1000 being the special construction,up to 1000cc push rod engine : gasoline class

APS/PG1000 being the partially streamlined special construction.
Which was the bikes set up in the previously featured pictures albeit running in the 750 class so I guess some work has taken place since last year!

Get more info from the Dry Lake Racers Australia web site and here a map showing where you'll find the lake

241 'ED TURNERS

Here's a couple of twin engined reversed head bikes with a twist the builders have gone for a side by side layout using pre unit engines.

The blue bike was photographed at a show in Florida earlier this year.

The red bike made an appearance at the Clubmans All-British Weekend in California in 2005 and is the one it seems featured in a magazine article in 2010 having found it's way to Australia. 
According to the Vintage drag bike thread on the Jockey Journal it may have been put together by the legendary Arno St Denis (actually misnamed but I'm sure that's who is being referred to). 
Take a look at Ron's rather fine double engined BSA among the other bikes photographed at the show,Ron is named as the owner of the Blue bike on the Triumph Custom Bikes  FB page 
Any more info is more than welcome

'ED TURNER down under

Ozzie Salt racer Phil Eggleston and his slightly modified 135mph 750c.c.

241..on the dragstrip

'ED TURNER

 1960 frame with an Indian Larry Springer powered by 1970 650 reverse head motor

get the low down on this build by Guinns Engineering here

loving the design of that exhaust!

While your there check out their publications page, a couple of gems available

Pussy on a Triumph

What did you think I meant?

I REALLY LIKE THIS!

Take this and make this....

..a Bobber in the true meaning of the word..
or this one...

loads more about this one here,Thanks to Pipeburn again always worth a visit!!

LONGSUE

The first mock up of  LongSue, at last it looks like that shelf unit full of parts is coming together ...but then I just take it apart again and get the grinder out!..

...Some cutting & grinding & a little go with the flap disk.I think this may take some time!! A combination of limited battery life on the grinder and being mindful of not pissing off the neighbours and I think I will revisit this another day

'ED TURNER

This reversed head engined bike turned up on my FB page recently I know nothing about it and the style is not usually to my taste but for some reason "I like this" a lot  

Suzi Quatro on a Triumph

Bloody ugly bike,wrong in so many ways but hey Suzi's sitting on it!!

The wild one live

Skull Piston Carving

More fine piston carving from the creative minds at Gearhedz ShiftKnobs

40 hours work and keep an eye out on the
GearHedz ShiftKnobs FB page
as it may be on offer 

      ..and a selection of Sparkies as a bonus

each one a little different

SANTA ON A TRIUMPH

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD HOLIDAY

'ED TURNER

A shameless lift from else where on the web in this case the guys @ Docklands Speed Shop in Kawasaki,Japan.A visit to their gallery provides a rich vein of Triumph pictorial goodness!!! 

GIRL ON A TRIUMPH

I LIKE THIS....

I LIKE THIS!...BEST CUB EVER

Another genius take on things from the folk @ HEIWA.
I don't think there is a better,sweeter looking Cub out there!
Cheers to Brian @ BRITISH IRONWORKS for this one via
MOTO RIVISTA,where you will find more pics and a write up on this beaut

I HAD THE PLEASURE...

Of a night out with the bike crew last week
Got up close to the Baron's Salt Racer.
What a fine build it is( no secret here I'm a big fan of Dick's work!!) and a record breaker to boot! I was particularly taken by the large SU carb and remote float bowl set-up(pics to follow)   

     

I LIKE THIS!

Model of 1949 Triumph 6T 

How cool is this find it at Exchange3D
By Mr Gonzalo Samniego who offers a whole selection of 3D models of motorcycles for you to paint

Off out tonight,The Bike Shed Event II preview party

I LIKE THIS!

Nice 1961 TR5C  

 

borrowed from Silodrome.com

Naked on a Triumph

!!!!!!!!!!!!

241-Introducing the Castrol Rocket

from the Triumph Motorcycles.com site comes this two Rocket III engined beast looking to top 400MPH!!! & carry on the great Triumph tradition on the Salt
Follow it's progress  #castrolrocket

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