The top end had pretty much anything fixed or welded possible but…. the bottom end is looking bad and needs a rebuil pretty much immediatley. The bike pulls strong, but the main bearing is making quite a bit of noise. Everything I own has ended up with a rebuild this year. It’s been an expensive year
Photos from Ton Up NorCal’s Vintage Invasion August 29th-30th
http://speedtwin.net/gallery/v/invasion2009/
Pictures from the 2nd Annual tracker night at the Barnaby Machine Company.
http://speedtwin.net/gallery/v/tracker2009/
Under all that caked on oil on the ’73 TR7RV was a head in terrible shape. Exhaust blowing up the front engine studs.. needs welding, head and cylinder need planning, cylinder needs to be bored out to .40 over, needs new valves and guides. There’s several other things but pretty much it’s going to cost more than twice what my last top end job cost. It had been run hard for a long time and tightened a down to prevent leaking and it shows.
Dust off your vintage/classic Triumph, BSA, Norton, Matchless, Honda, cafe racer. We’re doing our second annual Ton Up NorCal ride/event Aug 29/30. Meet and greet Saturday night (location still TBD).
Ride Meets at Starbucks – 9:30am
325 Sharon Park Dr., Menlo Park
LEAVES 10am SHARP!!
Update to date details can be found at: http://vintageinvasion.net/
With a bent frame on the BSA and me being too lazy to finish up the 63 right now (I’m just not motivated till something else is running good); it’s time to get the 73 holding more oil than it leaks. It’s been pissing oil for a while and only got worse so i stopped riding it a month or so ago. Originally thought it was the push rod tubes..it wasn’t..now I’m think it could use some head work. Taking it apart this week and theoretically going to turn this one around quick so I can get some riding in this summer.
I had all the broken fins on my BSA head welded up so the top end looks as good as the bottom end. However, the never-ending project lives up to it’s name. I’ve suspected and was hoping it was not the case, but I confirmed the other day that my BSA frame is bent and pretty much garbage. So before it hits the road again I’ll need a new frame.
Parts original to my bike left: oil tank, front wheel, triple trees, fork lowers, pegs, carb
Parts replaced: Everything else
Finished putting the top end back on. need to adjust he carb and tweak the timing a bit. It kicks over though (and then dies)
I have several boxes of snuff-or-nots so I though I’d try them out with straight pipes to see if I think they’re neat.
Finally got around to putting the pistons and barrells back on today. Need to pick up one new pushrod tube before the head goes back on.
