gazguy

Its been a while since ive posted anything and its been a while since ive done anything to the bike. I recently bought a bedford van and have been chipping away at the bedford every weekend to get it ready for the Burt Munroe Challenge. Over the past week and after getting motivated from the Smash Palace Bike Show. I bought a new pedal rubber at the Mcleans Island swapmeet, but the shaft was too small in diameter so i cut it off and welded a piece of 16mm round bar. To mount the mudguard i turned up some steel bungs and drilled and tapped them to M8, then cut and drilled a bracket out of some 50x50 angle. The angle was tacked to the frame. I wasnt too happy with the match of the radius of the mudguard and the tyre so i remedied it by using a method i saw on the lowbrow website using 2 bits of 2x4 to widen the distance inbetween the guard and in turn tightening the radius.. The black marks are refernce markd every 50mm To mount the middle of the mudguard i drilled and tapped some 16mm roundbard and cut some 22mm tube for the round bar to slip in to. I tig'd the 2 together and faced it up on the lathe. Another bung was made to go in the mudguard in the centre of the rib so the 2 bolt up flat together. Knocked up a kickstand at work from some 16mm round bar and some 25x25 shs Tacked on the brake stay tab on the chainstays and held it in place with a strong hand tools magtab. I'd recommend thes to anyone Front brake stay

I decided against using my round aluminium oil tank and chose to use what i think is a Pre-unit oil tank.Using a flat bit of 5x25mm flat steel with holes drilled either end I bolted the flat bar to the bottom hole on the engine mount on the seat post and the oil tank to the other, just to hold it into position whilst i figure out mounts for it.

If they're cheap enough I'll buy em, even if I don't need them.I've got a thing for zundapp tanks too

I was fucking about in the shed and was looking at the bars and decided to swap them out for a set i had in box and had been humming and harring over for a while. I payed $5 i think at the mcleans island swapmeet. Pretty happy with them and theyre staying on. Next up is to mount the mudguard and mount an oil tank.

Finally got round to making to footpegs, the BSA ones i had originally werent going to cut it and i wanted to use a set of Anderson style pegs that Ive had kicking around. The right one was pretty simple. I cut a plate out of some 10x25 flat, drilled and counter bored some holes to match those in the frame. Bent up some 16mm round bar and made a mount on my lathe to accommodate the bolt for the peg. Same sort of deal for the left hand except 2 bends to clear the primary cover and a shaft for the brake pedal to pivot on

its been a while since ive done any work on the triumph since ive been getting my vauxhall ready for its wof. To my surprise it passed 1st time, so its freed me up some time to get started back on my trumpy. So i knocked up some mounts for the solo seat on my lathe and pre drilled some holes in the frame I drilled a plate with holes spaced the same as the springs and used that to clamp against the frame so i didnt burn the shit out of my seat so now i just need to make the mount for the front bracket to attach to.

Thanks for the advice guys, I'll give them a try tomorrow

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=speedo+cable+extender&oq=speed&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0j69i39j0j69i60.2898j0j4&client=tablet-android-samsung&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=ckdgGcAuT_OcgM%3A Same as this

I've just bought a speedo cable with the correct ends from rare spares for my vauxhall viscount. I've put in a black 202 motor with a trimatic box until I can source a flexplate for the original engine and powerglide box. Because the new cable i bought is for a specific model it's shorter than what it needs to be. Is there anywhere in chch that can make/sell me a cable extension with the same female connection that goes to the clock and a male connection that will go to the speedo cable i just bought?

not really an update. i put the pipes back on that i originally built it with and mocked up an oil tank that im gonna use. i'll make a mount for it and probs weld it on this week. i'll try amd knock out some seat bungs too and weld them on i built up a tyre rack to get my shed more organised

was this in tuahiwi today?

cheers chris. glad the guard worked out for you. are you still keeping the original bird shit patina?

cheers seedy al. finally getting some motivation again to get working on it

threw the motor back the frame to get it off the floor cos i was sick of tripping over it. thought id throw some apes on just for fun. i'll stick with the original ones i had on.

my old man bought some harrows from a guy off trademe and told all the other stuff the guy had for sale. so i went to have a look and came back considerably lighter in the wallet. got myself a new front wheel also got a couple more mudguards a bead roller a little yamaha roller, does anyone know what model it is? and another front end

i'll measure it up tomorrow night and let you know

would these be any good?

ive got a couple i can take a photo of and show you. ones an old british rounded one and the other is a front mudguard from a heritage softail which i was gonna chop up

what style of rear mudguard are you looking for?

where did you get the tank sealer from?

had another tidy up and put the roller up on my bench and positioned the seat. im gonna ditch the coil springs for hair pin style

not really an update but ive decided on the colour im going for. ive sprayed the mudguards and tank of this lowrider that im selling. its right on the money to the colour i was looking for. and its an aerosol colour too

made myself a polisher from an old electric motor i had lying around, bought some arbors and polishing mops and set to on the top yokes. this is a before and after of how they looked. gonna give it another good polish.