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[Smokin]

Top marks for that mate, Looks awesome

[James Deuce]

Jim2 can't see where the extra f goes,I'm surprised Paul let him get near it in that case....

Aha!

There's an example of his influence. I normally have stuff left over.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Properly serviced and sorted these are good bikes BUT they demand a sypathetic owner. They usually telegraph impending disaster well in advance but if don't listen - kablooie.......

thats the thing, for me at least.

I really love the look of these bikes (late '60's Triumphs and Norton Commandos), but I ahve never owned one. Now I can afford it I am completely intimidated by the necessity to buy a bunch of new tools, and learn a whole lot of knowledge (and probably break a lot of bits and lose a lot of skin) if I ever decided to own one.

Having been brought up on japanese bikes (first proper road bike a GSX400 twin in 1981) I am used to only having to do the minimumil changes, spark plugs and points if they have them. Even the older stuff I have had has all been Japanese (Honda 4's) and stone-axe reliable.

Its for that reason that I seriously want a new Triumph Scrambler, just to bop about on: I would keep the Hornet, but the Hinkley Scrambler has the look of your bike, but hopefully not the maintenance intensity.

[MD]

I saw the thread title and was mislead. Now I've owned a 73 and a 74 Triumph TR6 and they don't look anything like what Paul has built. Just lucky he ended up with a beautiful looking Triumph Bonnie or similar.
Where's the retractable soft top? even doors for that matter?
This is a Triumph TR6. The only fuel injected Triumphs made in the 70s
Still, whatever you were trying to make Paul the end result is fantastic, well done.
Oh yeah and who can guess the scenery? The ... ... pub. And spot my front No. plate. I never got pulled on that one.
Triumph didn't just make cool bikes.

[James Deuce]

Lol MD. You Dick.

That's a Hairdresser's car.

[Motu]

It's not ''maintenance'' - it's being involved,becoming intimatly aware of your bikes mechanical heart,how it works,what it needs from you to survive.

Or you can just jump on your bike and turn the key....send it in for servicing and trade it in after a couple of years....

[MD]

Lol MD. You Dick.

That's a Hairdresser's car.

Blew mine away !

[Ixion]

It's not ''maintenance'' - it's being involved,becoming intimatly aware of your bikes mechanical heart,how it works,what it needs from you to survive.

Or you can just jump on your bike and turn the key....send it in for servicing and trade it in after a couple of years....

Haruumph. Real Triumphs don't have keys, just a magneto cutout button.

[Motu]

I was meaning his GZXR1 404 Avalanche has a key.The Triumoh had a piece of left over Mechano.

[et al]

Paul, you are a bloody legend! Great job, full respect to you for building that - something I could never do. Tank colour reminds me of my first Triumph (64 Triumph "Saint). Funny how in those days we tried to make them as "un-standard" as possible - when I bought this one it was all original, ex Police (as most of them were in those days) with the nacelle front end, etc. I butchered it with a "sports" front end, ape hangers, upswept exhausts, etc - what was I thinking!

[et al]

Goes without saying that I wish I had kept it - and the hair of course.

[Motu]

And a vege garden! Now that's something you don't see these days.

Nice bike - your mirrors needed to be higher.

[Biff]

Nowthatsabeauty.com

wavey dream sequence
"one day biff, one day"

[MD]

et al- man that pic takes me back to high school days. Friends had the 350cc (3TA?) and 500cc Daytonas. Added ape hangers of course. Couldn't stand the look or sound of those horrible megaphone pipes that were about in the 70s but Dunstall pipes- now they were good.

[Paul in NZ]

Lol MD. You Dick.

That's a Hairdresser's car.

Jim mate - a TR6 is about the least ghey car the brits ever made. The last of the really brutal sports cars and in the tradition of the Austin Healy's. The Spitfire was a bit ghey (but a lot easier to own) but the MX5 of the 50's / 60's was the Sunbeam Alpine - It had wind up windows and other 'girlie' features like a heater - wimps only apply...

My workmate just sold his ex racer TR6 as a easy restro project and trust me - that thing was a BEAST of a car and only suitable for manly men with a cleft chin, strong arms and a steely glint in the eyes (plus an enourmous wallet)