A new project! I like a new project.
Taken a while to get this far as previously bought frame and swingarm were rejected, (you gotta have your wits about you at autojumbles as sellers really shouldn’t be selling shite - but I’m sure to mention it when I see them again) hub polishing takes ages and the 2 inch zorsts look like they’ll work well.
Nice valanced wheels built - 3.0 on the back and a 2.5 front (Bonny normal is a 2.15 rear and 1.85 front) - I’m gonna see what size tyres I can squeeze on.
The telling bit will be the chain run but I could always space the sprocket out a bit and move the engine over to the left in the frame. Such fun 
Someone is just too cool. Awesome work, those wheels are beautiful!
I’ve managed to partly straighten the twisted yokes (they’ll go in the bin once I sort new ones) and got it up on it’s feet.
I tried these harley custom yokes with the nice internal stops as I have the forks to suit which would lower the front by an inch or two but machine work is required to get them to fit properly. They’ll stay in the stash as Ironheads are getting well cheap and look better with a wider front.
New yokes are on order. Just sat the seat unit off of the T140E onto the shortened sub-frame. Looks pretty good so I’ll go for something along the same lines. The trackmaster tank is looking well. Thinking black with custom red flames and gold pinstripes.
Taking a pair of forks apart 'cause they are bothering me
Sacrificed a socket as it’s just a bit too tight fitting down the stanchions. I’ve been meaning to do one for ages so now I’ve got one
And have found that the stanchions are not a pair. Confirming that the forks had been in a bash. You gotta watch the sellers these days, they want the money more than worrying about what they are actually selling.
I’m gonna go through my folder of receipts and find out who it was…
Well, found where I got them. A breaker for a lot less than a pair of sliders would be. So, got the sliders and a pair of dampers with a scrap pair of stanchions and yokes thrown in.
Not all bad news then, I get my trousers pulled down every now and again.
Post is getting a bit laggy due to Crimbo but stanchions arrived.
Along with the new old stock yokes everything looks straight
Built up the forks with new seals, (gonna try gaiters on this one)
And got it up on it’s feet. New brake discs new sprocket. Rear wheel needs spacers made up but I’ll sort that once I get the engine in to line up the chain.
Was a bit chilly on the old fingers this morning but warmed up over the day. So might be able to get on with a bit more this week.
Is half of it English and half of it metric? 
I like to keep my brain active 
an inch would’ve done but I would have needed another ruler
It’s the blue button on your vernier’s.
(Surprised you’re using one of those new fangled digitals 
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Continuing with the T120 build for a lot longer than I thought this winter. Doing the seat/cowl base.
The drag bars are for pushing it around and although they look pretty cool they’ll go in exchange for some western bars as I’m a bit scrunched up otherwise.
Looks to be an ex army T140/TR7 mudguard that I’ll use for this build. I know they used these bikes as I used to go to the auctions of ex Army stuff in Nottingham in the 70s. I remember the Bonnevilles were about £450 (which were too rich for me) but we once got a Daimler with a spare engine still in the crate for £1300. A mate of mine used to rebuild MkII Jags and made a small fortune on that one (he had to borrow money off of everyone but we all got a return.)
There’s a label on the mudguard that just has everything you’d want to know when maintaining a 70s Triumph (edit - these are normally stuck under the seat) . As this is going to be a black bike (not really any other colour for a bike is there) I’ll keep the label as it is. I’ll clear coat it once it’s all painted. Cucumber cool…
I love it! Indeed cucumber cool.
Takes ages to get right but slowly slowly
Giving myself a bit more room so subframe not so short as last time and cowl a bit lower - I’ll be able to get my arse back a bit more hopefully.
Coming along slowly but enjoying the learning…
Some more learning on the ex Army mudguard. I cut it shorter to fit how I wanted and bent to suit, the soon to be mounting, at the engine end. Unfortunately the info sticker was right there, so it’s gone. I can get another to stick on but the original is lost.
I wanted to keep the duckbill end which is why the length had to be cut to suit.
But the duckbill looked a bit square for my liking so right, let’s try to sort that by cutting out a triangle and bending it over. Like this…
Cut accordingly
Bash it over
Clean off the paint as welds don’t like paint (no paint under the olive green so must’ve been army and still had mud from the Somme stuck on there)
Weld it up, and the hole. And apply some clean up elbow grease grinding.
Tally bloody ho. Even if I say so myself
Just a few holes to weld up but quite pleased with that
Over…
New bracket made up for the mudguard. Stainless steel is a right bugger to drill, ok to cut, just an arse to drill. But no need to paint.
Drilled and mounted mudguard looking good enough for me.
I have battery and coil trays. Ok a bit rusty but that can be sorted. But the battery tray won’t fit onto the mufguard. Bugger, yes I remember now the factory mudguards have a dent in them to allow the tray to fit.
So, marked up the dent onto the mudguard. But I’ve no idea how to do a controlled dent. I could just cut the mudguard but where’s the fun (learning) in that.
I have some old panel beating hammer sets around so I lay on with one of those. It’s surprising how hard one needs to hit these old heavy steel mudguards to make any impression.
I was merrily hitting so hard I didn’t notice the hammer head coming loose. The warning sticker says to wear goggles but nothing about a hard hat for when the bloody thing shoots off up into the air and lands back on your head.
So, went and got a bigger hammer and laid into it with that. Sorted.
Battery tray slipped straight in.
I think I scared it into fitting. 
Ive gotta say @Iron your work is beautiful, I’m not into bare classic triumphs, bsa’s or anything old British but you do make beautiful custom bikes that are a labour of love (and don’t i know it) and you have the ability to a flowing style that’s good and finished well on the eye.
What I enjoy doing is similar but also opposite, I like the OEM look and I like to think whatever I’ve made is (or is not it really OEM?) I like to use std paint themes but not actual ones that you could get from that manufacturer or other mods that you have to question ‘was this a factory option, it must have been?’ type of mods.
Anyway keep up the fantastic work!! Eric
Well, thank you very much indeedy. From you that’s quite some compliment.
I get the OEM thing you have (just like Eric from the other place who will only use NOS stuff) but I can’t leave the pointy bits sticking out.
Thanks @Tigcraft thanks…
…now how am I gonna get a drum brake bike to use a disc on the opposite side? Where’s that hacksaw…
