One more triumph project

[GreggAz]

ok, here are the pics, I picked this one up at the Big 3 swap in SD this year, and these are the first pictures I have of it. it seems to be a 49 TR5, many of the orig parts are still there, and what is missing wont be too hard to replace. I need to come up with new wheels for front and rear, and cut down the front end that was on it.

[GreggAz]

she was an ugly bike! nobody even looked at it when it was for sale, after we pulled it out of the bunch and had it at our spot I had a ton of offers on it!

[GreggAz]

I need to take a bunch of parts to get the old chrome stripped, and get the orig front end cut down and on the bike, the tank is off a KZ650, I dont think it looks all that bad, but I will see what I come across.

[GreggAz]

I like the way its looking, a sprung solo seat, triumph front brake and a 21in front, and a new rear wheel.

[Jeem]

Hey, do your feet touch the ground?

[Tim]

thats the same bike?

very nice http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[SamIyam]

Looking good homeskillet!

What does it look like with the thin tank on it all mocked up and lowered down?

Keep us posted as you build it...
Sam.

[Radshit]

Cool bike Greg.....does this mean you Triumph boys are gona start influencing my son?.......next thing you know he'll be commuting back and forth to Albuquerque on a bobber wearing a tie-die T-shirt and letting his hair grow out...hehe http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[GreggAz]

those forks were stock stuff extended almost 16 inches!!!

front and rear wheels were 16's, and that tank is on the shelf.

all I have done is change the forks, and unbolt the ugly.
I dont care for the small tanks, I love the look of a large triumph tank, I am searching high and low for a triumph TRW tank.

radshit, there is no influencing your son by us.... he is too into those damn german/jap things!
and Jeem... yes my feet can touch the ground... but I dont have a seat on it yet!

[gettingreasy]

WAYYYYY fuckin cool! I love it, whats wrong with that short front end and huge drum thats on it in the mock up pics? On a similar note I may have found a nice pre unit like steve's thats been sittin in a barn since '67 and I scored a Bultaco small drum brake and 19" wheel.
-Jesse

[GreggAz]

good to hear from ya, you back home now? you need annother britbike!

that front end belongs to chip, and I have similar fork covers in chrome, and I am going to shorten and rebuild my front end and have it all chrome... that is some sportster drum, and is too wide for my forks, and I prefer the look of the triumph drums with the scoops.