OK it's a 1966 T100 bitsa to keep the Wee-strom company - but at least I can call myself a Triumph owner again.
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e398/iansoady/bike/T100/0413ta3_zpsbacdb5ea.jpg)
Nice :thumbsup
Good for you. Let the love/hate relationship fun and games begin. :icon_wink:
:wings
It's a :tigger and it looks pretty tidy for a "bitsa" :thumbsup
So are you going to join us in Scotland in July then :nod
Drain the oil out of it and put it in the living room with a plant pot on it and it'll be making money while you look at it!! my first year of motorcycling in 69 gave me a complete aversion to anything that needs a whitworth spanner :icon_sad:
Quote from: Chris Canning on May 28, 2014, 11:27:24 PM
Drain the oil out of it and put it in the living room with a plant pot on it and it'll be making money while you look at it!! my first year of motorcycling in 69 gave me a complete aversion to anything that needs a whitworth spanner :icon_sad:
Yes, but the Wee-Strom is so reliable I need something to occupy me.......
Quote from: iansoady on May 29, 2014, 11:26:16 AM
Yes, but the Wee-Strom is so reliable I need something to occupy me.......
Hmmmm. Having owned machines of that vintage (a '67 N15CS and '71 Commando) I suspect that you will be occupied. :augie
That previous comment about aversion to Whitworth spanners struck a chord..
Quote from: Chris Canning on May 28, 2014, 11:27:24 PM
.... my first year of motorcycling in 69 gave me a complete aversion to anything that needs a whitworth spanner :icon_sad:
:ImaPoser
I just got back from a ride on my 1970 Trophy with same pipes as yours! A true joy to ride although alas needs a regular hand. Mines developed a "beyond normal" incontinence. Oh well, at least tools never get rusty :icon_cool:
Quote from: JTT on May 30, 2014, 02:23:00 AM
Mines developed a "beyond normal" incontinence.
Erm, what's beyond normal? Oil out the bottom as fast as you put it in the top?? :bad
I have three brittish bikes that are used and are oil tight. They are all Nortons....... oops wrong website :mut
Quote from: Boo on June 01, 2014, 09:48:40 PM
I have three british bikes that are used and are oil tight. They are all Nortons....... oops wrong website
I concur. Both my Commando and the N15CS dropped nary a drip of oil under my stewardship. Actually, that's a fib; the Commando had a persistent and microscopic drip from the swing arm bushing area.... as all you Commando aficionados know one uses 120 weight oil inside rather than grease.
I agree about Commandos - I had one for 20 years and used it to ride all over Europe and it never dropped any oil at all. I even parked on the marble forecourt of a little hotel in Pisa and it didn't leave a mark.
The Matchless on the other hand......