Reba

Everyone loves a good fireball...

I painted a car once many years ago, so I knew some of the basics, but painting materials and techniques have come a long way since then. My experience was with one-part acrylic lacquer and a high pr...

The tank was a little different. It had a few little dents, probably mostly from road debris, but since there is no access to the inside, they had to be filled....

To hold up the tank and fenders, I adapted three cheap Harbor Freight adjustable roller stands by taking the rollers off, adding plywood cradles made for each item, and putting the stands on wheels....

Here is where one of my main concerns was. I had to mask for the black paint, but only had a few small pictures to go by.   Let me digress here for a minute. When I searched the Internet...

Initial polishing. The pieces will get another thorough polishing before installation....

Here is the tail light assembly housing after I had already stripped and painted it. I think the original color might have been silver, but I like it black much better....

Buttoned everything up......

  Well, I've ...

So I've been saving up my money for the exhuast system for the Daytona. The 30-odd year old Dunstall mufflers on the bike, while not rusted through, were pretty much just chrome containers full of ru...

Now that I have the tank painted and pin striped, it still won't be truly complete until the Triumph badges are mounted. The badges are chrome plated die cast pieces screwed to either side of th...

I had previously refurbished the original wire harnesses on tjis bike by removing what was left of the woven loom and replacing it with an expandable braided sleeve material with heat shrink at the jo...

After getting most of the wiring squared away, I turned to the contact breakers today. Though going to some kind of breakerless electronic ignition is a very popular mod to these bikes, I've decided...

  Had some time in the last few days to install the front fender.  I'd previously had the stays rechromed since they had rust spots showing through.  Also replated the stay bracket hard...

Mounting the tank! This week I got to a juncture I've been waiting a long time for: mouting the fuel tank. The tank has a massive amount of work in it from stripping, cleaning, repairing, pressure...

The good news is that as the crank shaft nut and the cam gears were tightened the crank has loosened up very slightly easing my mind on that score as well. New Morgo oil pump and oil pressure valve f...

This is the cam plate that came with the gearbox and I have no reason to doubt it came from another T140V....

Whilst spinning the cam plate through the gears I noticed one or two issues. 1. There is a track worn into the cam plate by the cam plate follower and 2. At some points - namely 2nd and 3rd gear the...