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...

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

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...

Shift & Kickstart levers and Kickstand The chrome shift and kickstart levers weren't in really bad shape, but just below the level I wanted to see, so I had them rechromed, and I zinc plated the...

Front Chain Guard   For some reason, probably known only to Triumph designers, the chain guard on this bike doesn't extend all the way to the drive sprocket housing. There is a one or two inch...

Getting really close to fished on this project. Just dealing with a few final issues. I'll outline them here, in no particular order. Mounting the Instruments I routed the tach and speedometer cab...

The seatcovers on these seats are stretched around the foam and then over the lip on the pan. While it's been done this way for decades without serious problems, that lip seemed awfully sharp to me,...

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...

  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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

  Well, I've ...

Buttoned everything up......

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....

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

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...

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....

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....