Getting closer...

American Racing British Triumph

The American Racing machining has begun! Clint making things right in tolerances I can't comprehend.

Triumph engine cases needed some holes plugged. I cleaned up the broken out area...

Cut out and smoothed out the new piece a bit and got rid of the toxic shit....

Clint welded it up...

What hole? Needs a little clean up and good to go...

Patrick working on his project!

Thanks a ton Patrick and Clint! Excited to get this wheel done!

More of the Triumph

39mm Forks for the Triumph...

These should fit nicely in the Mullins trees...my beautiful wife took the pics for me. Should have enough parts to be able to get the Trump into roller status when I get back.

Good deal...

Picking this up today. It's only 30 miles from where I'm at. I'll put it on the Triumph. I opted for the Diet Mountain Dew. Amy thought maybe he couldn't buy it in his area and that's why he was willing to trade...

Celebrating a bit...

...and maybe Ben will be the only one that understands. I passed a very important exam in the IT world today (what I do to pay for my motorcycles and other debauchery) so I am enjoying some drinks and enjoying spring in the Wisco. DPR fo life!

The doggie

Huh?

Done!

Flyrite Frame

I guess I never posted up pic's of the frame I'm using. I picked this up a couple months ago directly from the dudes that make 'em. Flyrite Loner frame for Triumph Unit construction...sweet!

Primary side

Kicker side

Soon bitches...all the parts are coming together and the stars are aligning...its going back together soon!

Garage dayz...theze dayz....

Oh. my. god. I can't believe how easy it is to cut the tunnel out of a gas tank with a plasma cutter. I bet some other people I may know wish they could cut through metal that easy...hmph...guess they'll never be as cool as me...

Some new metal bumping tools I acquired these dayz...

Garage dayz dude...

The beginning...

...of the end. Been a while, huh? Decided to use this sporty tank instead. I'm going to attempt to narrow it just a little bit...but I only paid 22.00 bucks for it so if I fuck it up too bad, then I'm not out a whole lot...perfect steel tank with no dents...good donor to the cause...

Eh?

Little lax on the posting there eh? I have every right to say that, I just spent several dayz in da Canada der eh visiting my Mom. Love her to death, here are some pictures...

Chippewa Falls about 40 miles north of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada in the Canadian Shield...

Crossing the bridge at the border of the US and Canada...

My girlfriends Dad's 1969 S/C Rambler-Hurst (Scrambler)...so rad. And he has several super rad shops around his house/cabin. Its in Marinette Wisconsin, so not really in da Canada der eh. We spent a couple days in Marinette on our vacation to Canada. Only 1512 S/C Rambler-Hurst's made according to AMC...he has 8 AMX's and a Rebel to top off the several other AMC's and hotrods. I bought him the emblems for his AMC Hornet for Christmas last year and I think he cried...he has no knowledge of the internet and thats where I bought them from. So old skool...I love it...

Her Dad's sick ass Ford Fairlane supercharged and has nitrous not yet piped in...

What else is new? Haven't done anything to the Triumph except buff up some aluminum. I've been building up my shop with other cool stuff. Here's the latest of what my shop looks like these dayz...new plasma cutter and other viewz...

 

 

 

So I'm going to have a video premier and just general hang out and drink some beer in my garage on Saturday December 12. I'll provide the 1/4 barrel of Pabst or some beer depending on how many show up, heat, a few chairs, and video on my small 13 inch TV of Harbortown Bobber (hinging on if it gets here by then).

Everyone is welcome. More info to come...

Trump Clutch

Going to try to make Thursday evenings my day to work on the Triumph in the garage. I've got plenty of things to keep me busy without spending a ton of money right now. Ordered some new rubber bumpers for the cush drive in the clutch hub. These pieces of rubber cushion the clutch basket and chain from the torque of the engine. If the bike has been sitting long enough (which this one sat for 25 years), these become brittle and need to be replaced. So I removed the outer cover and used a screw and a drill to drill into the rubber bumper and pull out the old pieces of rubber. Greased up the new ones and with the help of a couple flathead screw drivers and a C-clamp I worked for a couple of hours to wedge them into the slots, it looks good now that I'm done. I've heard this is one of the toughest tasks of rebuilding the motor...it didn't go to bad for me...

New rubber installed...


A little red lock tight and the cover put back on...



Here is how the hub fits in the clutch basket. The clutch friction plates fit in between the hub and inside the basket. The chain comes around the outside...


A little damage to the clutch basket...these grooves if bad enough, which this isn't too bad, will cause the clutch plates to possibly stick together and not disengage, or engage. You can use a file and square them up a little or replace the basket as a whole. I've started to file them down a little and they are looking good...

Covers baby, covers...

Had a little miscommunication with the guy that was stripping the chrome off the side covers for the Triumph...he ended up polishing them too and charging me a little more than I had anticipated. Buuuuut, they look amazing. I was going to do the polishing myself, but this will just save me a little elbow grease I suppose. I finally put the patent plate on. I bought it over 7 months ago when I started this project. I still have to polish the primary cover (you can see the corner of it in the upper left hand side of the picture), probably this weekend.

Mods vs Rockers

I haven't actually ever been to this, but it seems like fun even though I don't own a cafe racer or Vespa of any sort. I picked the flyer up at Fuel this past weekend. I'm sure they wouldn't mind if I tagged along on the Harley. Maybe next year if I'm here...there has been lots of talk of the "d" word in early 2010 lately though...deployment...



The Triumph build has come to somewhat of a halt at this exact moment. Making sure my kid can run high school track is the priority and very expensive! I am going to go pick up the side covers I had the chrome removed from in the next couple of days. I'll get the motor finished complete with mag right when I come back from Georgia. I'm still not sure if I'll use the frame...I would save alot of money, but I want to get it right the first time.