I'm a stingy bastard, and I have a bit of debt, so I can't exactly stretch
right out and cover the tab on a round for the whole house just yet. But
since you're listening, let me buy _you_ a drink and mebbe we can have a
laugh and offer each other some helpful advice in the future.
I read the FAQ but I have to say that I'm not too good at memorizing stuff
and there is an awful lot of stuff in there. Expect me to screw up, when I
do feel free to tell me how not to, I'll try not to be stupid again, and I
think we'll get along alright. I can promise to try, I can't promise to do,
but I've never heard of "top-posting", I don't know what it is, I don't know
how to avoid it so I'll probably screw up and do it at some point., consider
yourself warned.
So. If you look at a map of the U.S.A and you zero in on Jersey I live
right around Trenton. I have been riding since the early '80s. My first
real bike was a '71 Triumph TR6C Trophy that I bought from a friend in '85.
My second was a '71 Triumph Trophy, too. And so was my third. I still have
all of them but none have been alive since 2000. It's a long story with
some bizzare twists and turns, and I have a garage full of trumpet parts
that I need to ditch someday, but I'll save the details.
In the late 80s a good friend of mine bought a '75 FLH. It was blue and
white and basically stock, except that the dresser parts were long gone, it
was just...the bike. Over the years we traveled many miles together, me on
my trumpets, he on the 'big bike'. This guy is the Godfather to my
children, he stood up for me at my wedding and I stood up for him at his
wedding. He had painted the bike white for his wedding and he and his Lady
putted away from the reception on his machine. So this is the machine that
I am the custodian of. It's something of a family heirloom, really.
The title changed hands pretty recently. I'm an itinerate tinkerer, which
is one of the reasons I ended up owning this bike. I replaced the rear
brake light switch, and in doing so I messed up the seal on the rear master
cylinder (I'll spare the details), so my next journey will be to sort out
that leak of rusty brake fluid. It's working, I just have to watch the
fluid level for now. Oh, and against my inner desires I stuffed baffles
into the drag pipes. I just couldn't bring myself to fire up the machine
early in the morning, I like my neighbors, we all get along very well, and I
would like it to stay that way but I want to ride, so baffles make sense.
And so I ride to work, taking the longer route.
I gotta admit, I'm outa my realm a bit right now. Anybody have any
questions about 1971 Triumphs? I'm all over it, I can tell you how to get
the main bearing out of the right case half (lay it on a kerosene heater
with the bearing aimed down, go clean your tools for a while and pretty soon
you can damn near push it out with your thumb) but as of now I am looking at
this machine and I know I have a hell of a lot to learn. Thus I find myself
here. I have a parts manual and the shop manual should be in the mail soon,
but hearing things from folks who've done it is a lot better than any manual
I've ever come across.
So there it is. More than you wanted to hear, a lot more mebbe, but there
it is. Since you're still here, lemme freshen up that drink for'ya.
dhr
Just Some Bozo wrote:
> I'm a stingy bastard, and I have a bit of debt, so I can't exactly stretch
> right out and cover the tab on a round for the whole house just yet. But
> since you're listening, let me buy _you_ a drink and mebbe we can have a
> laugh and offer each other some helpful advice in the future.
Thanks for the Pepsi. Next one's on me.
> I read the FAQ but I have to say that I'm not too good at memorizing stuff
> and there is an awful lot of stuff in there. Expect me to screw up, when I
> do feel free to tell me how not to, I'll try not to be stupid again, and I
> think we'll get along alright. I can promise to try, I can't promise to do,
> but I've never heard of "top-posting", I don't know what it is, I don't know
> how to avoid it so I'll probably screw up and do it at some point., consider
> yourself warned.
Top-posting is when you reply above what you're replying to.
> So. If you look at a map of the U.S.A and you zero in on Jersey I live
> right around Trenton. I have been riding since the early '80s. My first
> real bike was a '71 Triumph TR6C Trophy that I bought from a friend in '85.
> My second was a '71 Triumph Trophy, too. And so was my third. I still have
> all of them but none have been alive since 2000. It's a long story with
> some bizzare twists and turns, and I have a garage full of trumpet parts
> that I need to ditch someday, but I'll save the details.
Save the details and the parts, I might have a ditch for 'em when you
get ready. I'm kinda partial to 650 Triumphs.
<snip>
> So there it is. More than you wanted to hear, a lot more mebbe, but there
> it is. Since you're still here, lemme freshen up that drink for'ya.
A decent intro. Make a few IRL's and get the most outta rmh, you'll be
glad you did.
Les
'70 TR6R w/ homebuilt hack
http://triumphchoppers.com
On 4/29/2006 1:35 AM Les mumbled something about the following:
> Save the details and the parts, I might have a ditch for 'em when you
> get ready. I'm kinda partial to 650 Triumphs.
Any interest in a '74 Trident? It's in pretty sad shape, and the kid
who was going to take it realized it was going to cost him a pretty
penny just to fix it up. I almost decided to take it on as a project
myself, but I have 3 too many projects already.
--
Odinn
RCOS #7 SENS BS ???
Odinn wrote:
> Any interest in a '74 Trident? It's in pretty sad shape, and the kid
> who was going to take it realized it was going to cost him a pretty
> penny just to fix it up. I almost decided to take it on as a project
> myself, but I have 3 too many projects already.
I'm still interested! Ping me if you still want to part with it...
--
D-Rog
On 5/10/2006 4:36 PM D-Rog mumbled something about the following:
> Odinn wrote:
>> Any interest in a '74 Trident? It's in pretty sad shape, and the kid
>> who was going to take it realized it was going to cost him a pretty
>> penny just to fix it up. I almost decided to take it on as a project
>> myself, but I have 3 too many projects already.
>
> I'm still interested! Ping me if you still want to part with it...
> --
> D-Rog
>
Get on over here and pick it up, it's yours :)
--
Odinn
RCOS #7 SENS BS ???
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> right out and cover the tab on a round for the whole house just yet. But
> since you're listening, let me buy _you_ a drink and mebbe we can have a
> laugh and offer each other some helpful advice in the future.