Lost 'n Found
- Thread starter buckeyebike
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That Triton is absolutely gorgeous and looks like it stepped straight out of the ear. It even has a finned oil feed. All the classic parts for a classic look.
Ported T120 head looks interesting and clocks up where they used to be back in the day. So many details to take in. Pure eye candy.
Thanks for sharing. What's the story with that bike?
Ported T120 head looks interesting and clocks up where they used to be back in the day. So many details to take in. Pure eye candy.
Thanks for sharing. What's the story with that bike?
buckeyebike
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Thanks- I was fortunate enough to acquire it from a fellow Ohioan who started the project in 1998 and then took four years to tediously assemble- it has 321 miles since completion in 2002. I have a binder and a CD with pics documenting the process, but I'll post the basic mechanical specs in a bit. I'll have to look at the title to see when I bought it, but it was about 8 years ago, I believe. I rode it once and decided it was just way too unique and well done to risk any whoopsie-daisies on the road or in the garage, so it's been housed since in my possession.
While I agree it is gorgeous, at the heart of it. it's just a motorcycle and it's meant to be ridden. There is little that cannot be repaired or replaced and some parts are easier to get than back in the day. OK so short alternator chaincases and tacho timing covers are a little harder I guess but GT750 front brakes and central oil tank and Lyta short circuit tank and so on are just expensive, not unobtainable. 
just take her out and let her soul run free.
just take her out and let her soul run free.
That bike is just right for the early Sixties look ........................... now get out there and ride the wheels off it, that's what they're meant for !
buckeyebike
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Lol, nah, have others for riding...
buckeyebike
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OK. Final offer. And I wouldn't make this offer to most people, but I will drive over to Ohio and ride the Triton for you.
I have built and ridden and raced enough Meriden Triumph twins over the years to give it a suitable thrashing. One caveat is that it must have a later Thruxton style one piece crank with light flywheel and the timing has to have been checked on both sides to eliminate errors in grinding the points cam.
You won't get a better offer than that.....
I have built and ridden and raced enough Meriden Triumph twins over the years to give it a suitable thrashing. One caveat is that it must have a later Thruxton style one piece crank with light flywheel and the timing has to have been checked on both sides to eliminate errors in grinding the points cam.
You won't get a better offer than that.....
buckeyebike
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A few basics on the Triton:
69 Atlas Slimline frame
T-110 cases,'61 T-120 head
4-Speed box with '78 T-140 5-speed gears inside
Map belt drive & clutch, dry primary
Woods Engineering rebuilt BTH magneto
Unity Special Equip tanks and foot controls
Ceriani front w/H20 Buffalo hub, Works rear w/ conical hub and modified swing arm, WM2 rims
The bike was assembled frame up by a renowned Triumph restorer who was a former flat track racer back in the day. It's well done and will be preserved that way...
69 Atlas Slimline frame
T-110 cases,'61 T-120 head
4-Speed box with '78 T-140 5-speed gears inside
Map belt drive & clutch, dry primary
Woods Engineering rebuilt BTH magneto
Unity Special Equip tanks and foot controls
Ceriani front w/H20 Buffalo hub, Works rear w/ conical hub and modified swing arm, WM2 rims
The bike was assembled frame up by a renowned Triumph restorer who was a former flat track racer back in the day. It's well done and will be preserved that way...
buckeyebike
Over 1,000 Posts
The offer of a lifetime!
