The cases are now one

Uncle Hank

The Triumph bug is going around. My buddy Hank is building a Triumph Chopper. Awesome!

3D rendering

Exploded View of the motor rendered in solidworks.

Footrest

One night I went through and found all the hardware for the footrests and brakes. The cool thing was I found everything. The bad is that most of the parts are really rusty and both footrests are bent.

Whats cookin?

Friday night the wife went out with the ladies and I cooked up some Triumph crank shaft bearings.
It was almost too easy. It's freezing outside, so I put the bearing on the back porch for a few hours. Then I fired up the oven to 350 (I chose 350 because my mother cooks everything at 350). I cooked the primary side first for 20 mins. I pulled the case out of the oven and dropped the frozen race in. I was ready to have to force it into place but I was able to push it in with my fingers. A few minutes later the race was not moving and in its proper place. I did the same thing for the timing side and the transmition bearing.
Next up reassembling the cases.

The Frame is coming together

As the long cold winter slowly passes through Chicago I have found warmth in my basement living room which I have turned into my winter garage. You might notice that the ceilings are just high enough for me to put the old handle bars one while the bike is sitting on my Mototrcycle/tv table.

This sunday the sun was shining and I had to roll the Triumph out to take some pictures for the seat I am going to build. I have decided to build a Solo seat with a back hump for cargo. I need to see where it was comfortable for me to sit on the bike before I built a seat.

Cheers,

Moving in the right direction

My son Alex and I played hooky from work and school one day so we watched motorcycle movies and worked on the Triumph together. I think we were very successful.