Triumph 500 unit bobber

[gazguy]

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

 

[gazguy]

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.

[gazguy]

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

 

[gazguy]

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.

 

[Seedy Al]

shit you have a lot of fuel tanks

[gazguy]

shit you have a lot of fuel tanks

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

[gazguy]

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.

 

[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

 

 

[Seedy Al]

Fuck thst is looking beyond cool

[M Night Shamalayan]

bloody beautiful

[TimShadboltfan27]

awesome! will keep an eye out for you at the burt.

[kicker]

Very nice, love the curvy pipes

[governorsam]

I have a set of bars at home that I would donate to this. 6 benders. My first rat bike was a 5ta in an a10 frame.

[grunta]

cool bike mate , great work

[Chris.QCR]

Yeah this is looking sharp as

[gazguy]

awesome! will keep an eye out for you at the burt.

cheers man, unfortunately we wont be going down in the bedford anymore, we're gonna go down in my dads car and tenting in a camp ground. 

[gazguy]

So yesterday i tacked the rear mudguard mount on that id bent up during the week. To bend the round bar i just used my cheap pipe bender. I was surprised at how good it came out. When i was at work i bent each side to get the right distance to the bungs that I'd drilled and tapped to the dropouts. when i got home to mount it it looked like shit, it looked too bulky.

 

When i bent the legs at work i bent them too far down. so to straighten them i put one leg in the vice and it seemed to do a decent, tried the other one and....

I didnt really expect much else from it to be honest.

So I went out to my shed at Tuahiwi and used my shop press which did a better job. I shouldve waited to use that but i got a little impatient.

Here it is just tacked together. I'll fully weld it up at work or when i have some spare time at home.

 

I also made a little brake rod thing to attach it to the brake pedal. Before I'd just threaded the end and bent it and kept tit on with a couple of nuts and washers. It was just temporary until i could figure another way of doing it, So i made this.

 

[gazguy]

This things been put on hold for a while. Pretty much too many projects and the missus not too happy about me working on them. Plus they're all out at my parents place.

I've been trying to spend my time getting my Vauxhall and cf Bedford roadworthy. So it's about time I got started on it again. Put on a headlight I've had stashed for a while. Really suits the style of the bike.

[gazguy]

Shit 2 years since I last posted about this bike! This year is gonna be the year I really put some more effort in to this thing. 

I got these forks to replace the current ones. I'm gonna shave and polish the lower legs and give them a general once over.

Other plans for the bike are to remake the hardtail, so I'll get some tube ordered at work and get it bent up and fizzed together and transfer all the parts from the current engine into some good condition cases that I've got stashed away.

[gazguy]

Today I threw those forks on to see how they'd look,  I'm thinking a 2inch drop to get the frame rails parallel with the ground, but overall I'm pretty happy with them.

I also made a start on the exhausts with some 180 bends i had lying around. I'll get some more bends to do the other cylinder when I get the chance.