When Dave pulled the bike out after his dad's passing he found a well-preserved example of a 1960's Triumph custom. The tank and fender were re-shot in mile-thick red metallic and the frame was cleaned and left in the condition it was found in. This bike had all the right shit from back in the day, a perfect pre-unit rigid frame and front end with MCM fork covers, Bates seat and headlight, Flanders bars, Wassell tank, and fender original pre-unit controls and 19-inch wheels, and every bit of the trim and hardware was chromed.
Every nut and bolt came off the bike at Classic Cycles in Orange, CA where Andy worked on rebuilding the engine and Tony and Ryan tore into the rest of the bike. For reliablty, the CC team swapped the old Lucas Mag for a Hunt and the charging system was updated with a Podtronics solid state regulator. They told Dave they needed to test ride this bike for a while and make sure there are no bugs....
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Solid, I took that part out after the fact since you misunderstood it, I must not have been clear. To me, luck meant having a cool dad that was into neat stuff like Triumphs and Mopars. No disrespect meant at all.
Sexy...just sexy. Man why can't I find a treasure like that? I think I may need to test ride it for a while after the CC guys to make sure there are no bugs too...
Awesome write up Bill... Didn't even know you did that, cool surprise! Probably would have helped if I was at our damn show, huh? Still pissed about that!
That is an amazing motorcycle, to have that kind of connection to your machine must be very special indeed. It must be like you have Dad with you all the time. To actually have the same experience as your father on the same machine, man I can't even imagine what that must be like. You are fortunate to have that piece of your Pops history and style with you. How could you ever sell that thing? I built a bike for my Son and he has had some tough times. Tried to get him to sell the bike but he just won't do it,. guess I might be the same way if my Pops built me something. One day you can pass that on to your kid and he (or she) can continue the sharing of the experience. That is defineatly heavy.
Another example of how cool bikes tend to either stay in the family, or come full circle to a close friend or next of kin.
Hell, my current project is one I helped a friend build nearly 10 years ago.
The bike is absolutely killer in person, pics are great but don't do the bike justice! Dave's dad Big Al must have been a really cool guy, he has pics of the bike back in 1962 when his dad turned it into a candy apple red chrome monster!! Somewhere at the shop we have a pic when Dave rolled it out into the light of day after almost a 40 year slumber. All of this and Dave is a really cool guy to boot.
saw it at classic cycles sick! having lunch one day heard a cool bike so I looked over my shoulder to see this bike going down main street at HB, sounds killer.
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i dont think it's exactly 'luck' when you lose your father, no matter what you inherit. it is a nice bike though.
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Hell, my current project is one I helped a friend build nearly 10 years ago.
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He did his dad proud, I'd bet...
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