T120 Build

[edhaeuser]

I thought I would post some pictures of a T120 build that I have mostly completed for anyone that may be interested.

Long story short. My older brother passed away a few years ago. Many of my memories of him when I was young are of him bring home all these basket case British bikes and fixing them up. Well, he had left boxes of parts and one mostly complete Triumph on the farm where we grew up. I ended up with the bike stuff as that is all I really wanted. With those parts I am building a bike to remember him by.

 

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Engine build first. Took it down to the sludge trap (good thing...it was almost full of dirty crap). Soda blasted the cases. New valves bearings, and pistons. I sent out the head and cylinders for machining.

 

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cylinders and head back from the shop. I painted the cylinders with hi temp paint.

 

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Rebuilt the forks. Here is what came out of them and what they looked like. Ordered new tubes seals and handlebars.

 

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Starting the mock up with the Choppahead hard tail. Messy garage.

 

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More mock up pics. Wheels mounted and figuring out where things are going to go.

 

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Nothing better than motorcycles, airplanes, and pin ups.

 

[Speedfiend]

Looks great so far. Whats the drop/stetch on the hard tail?

There is an easy mod to dramaticly improve that connie front brake. Simply cut the brake arms and add a 1" long piece of 1/4"X1" flat bar.The added leverage really makes a diffrence. And it does not change the feel at the handle bar. Heres the wheel on my 71 Thunderbolt.

My friend did this to his B50 race bike and can do stoppies with it.

Anthoo, keep on rockin'!

 

[edhaeuser]

Looks great so far. Whats the drop/stetch on the hard tail?

thanks, 4 inch stretch, two inch drop

 

[edhaeuser]

There is an easy mod to dramaticly improve that connie front brake. Simply cut the brake arms and add a 1" long piece of 1/4"X1" flat bar.The added leverage really makes a diffrence. And it does not change the feel at the handle bar. Heres the wheel on my 71 Thunderbolt.


My friend did this to his B50 race bike and can do stoppies with it.

Anthoo, keep on rockin'!

I may end up trying that mod. those brakes are anemic at best. So there is enough travel on the lever to handle the increased length of the arms?

 

[Speedfiend]

Oh yeah! Theres still plenty of pull left at the bar. It's well worth the effort.

Wotcha gonna do for an oil tank?

 

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fabricated the seat mounts and fender mounts

 

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Bent and welded up the sissy bar.

 

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Factory metal works pipes

 

[smvirili]

shit dude, that thig is sexy!!
i think what you've done for your brother is second to none. pure awesome

 

[smvirili]

n i forgot to comment about them pipes!
sooooo gewd

 

[edhaeuser]

I painted up the frame with two part urethane after I welded all the tabs and such on and started the reassembly with the engine that I built. I had found an oil tank that I liked on ebay from a Triumph Tiger Cub. It looked cool but the capacity was too small so I borrowed an idea from a member of another forum and had an extension welded in the tank to increase the capacity. I cut the back off with a cut off wheel and had a two inch extension welded in. The metal in the tank was so thin I figured I better let a professional weld it up. I'm happy he did. I probably would have burned all kinds of holes in it. Plus, I don't have a TIG.

I got the remote oil filter housing from NAPA.

 

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And a side shot

 

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So next I had to paint the tins. PPG base with two part urethane clear. First pic is the tank all stripped clean and circles around all the dents. I always mark the dents so I can find them fast once the bondo is mixed up.

 

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After filler for the dents and may coats of primer block sanded between coats I painted the silver base. Then I masked the silver so I could paint the blue. Picks here are all without clear coat.