Last week I finally got my 1967 Triumph T120 Bonneville land speed race bike back into the shop and started to tear it down to do a few small charges. Well....It quickly became a huge list of changes! The goal is to really improve the aerodynamics of the bike and my riding position (I weigh damn near as much as the bike and I am 6'2" tall so I need every advantage I can get!) as well as fix issues we ran into on the salt last year and finish up a few things I never was able to finish to my standards due to time constraints last year.
I started by stripping the rear half of the bike down to install my new David Bird hardtail. This is a 6" stretch 2.5" drop hardtail so it will move my body down and back quite a bit to help get me into the most streamlined position I can get in.
I re-installed the rear wheel and started taking some measurements for the fender and seat mounts. I will be posting more pictures and updates as I continue modifying the bike.
78 days and counting!
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