Classic Bikers

robocat

robocat

robocat

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Newcastle upon Tyne
Hi guys,

Are there any classic bikers out there?

If so lets hear from you and would like to see pics of your bikes.

I'll start it off by showing mine. It's a 1957 Manx Triton which I built myself from scratch. Took me over 2 years to complete but was well worth it. The bike looks great, sounds fantastic and goes like the clappers.

Not bad for a 50+ year old bike.
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No no, Triton is a shed creation, Norton frames used to handle the best and the Triumph twin engines were the most reliable/good performance and so the two parts were combined resulting in the Triton, the best of all cafe racers!
 
I know it was originally a shed creation using the Featherbed frame, but the Triton is still being made somewhere. I watched a program on it.
 
Nice Triton, my dad used to hav a TriBSA, also various other Triumphs, BSAs, Matchless' and so on.

I never bothered taking my bike test after running round on L plates for a year. I really should have, because now 13 years later I have a real hankering for a Brit bike.
 
Still working on my 69 Honda Z50A K1 at the moment.

New seat, (left and right) handle bars, and other smaller parts are due in soon :)

Its a really slow re-build, mainly dictated by funds. Parts are not cheap, a headlight bucket only, for example go for £150+

I managed to nab a seat from German ebay for £40. They are usually £130-£140, Handlebars from the states, at about £80, usually £110+

It will probbaly be able to register and MOT it sometime in 2011 :)
 
Thanks to all of you for your comments, nice to see there are still some classic enthusiasts out there.

I know what its like sourcing parts, I travelled the length and breadth england and Scotland and Wales obtaining the parts for mine and they didn;'t come cheap.Keep persevering its worth it when you see the finished article, good luck
 
I know what you mean about parts..

I have handlebars coming from US, Seat coming from Germany, and met up with random biker enthusiasts (oo-errr) in service stations to buy parts.

Its worth it when you fit them though, very satisfying!
 
robocat said:
I'll start it off by showing mine. It's a 1957 Manx Triton which I built myself from scratch. Took me over 2 years to complete but was well worth it. The bike looks great, sounds fantastic and goes like the clappers.

Not bad for a 50+ year old bike.]
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Beautiful bike Robocat! I have been seriously thinking about a bike like this for a few years. Im currently building a 1952 Triumph Thunderbird. Hopefully by the end of the project I could maybe sink my teeth into a Triton build.
 
always loved the CB750 k1 alas dad/mum will not let me have a bike for as long as i live... even though my dad was a biker for almost 40years

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Still got my first bike, a 1980 Moto Guzzi V50-II, similar to below - dug it out of a garage after the previous owner left it standing for 18 years, and has been running perfectly for another 6. It's somewhat underpowered, but a good frame and low weight mean it's great fun to chuck around back roads. Pretty straightforward to work on as most things are so easy to get at.

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Will take some pics of the cb550 cafe project as soon as i can.

To the op, nice triton any info on the top yoke? Looks nice :) Looking to mod the one on mine, the clocks that came on the bike are too bulky was thinking of quite literally cutting the clock mounts off the top yoke and mounting the clocks on mounts for the bars (i'm running clip-ons so it should be ok).
 
PyroboyUK said:
Beautiful bike Robocat! I have been seriously thinking about a bike like this for a few years. Im currently building a 1952 Triumph Thunderbird. Hopefully by the end of the project I could maybe sink my teeth into a Triton build.
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'52 thunderbird? Very nice :)

Brando had a '50 t'bird in The Wild One and it looked the business ;)
 
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