OK - T140V Feb 1976 engine arrived a few days ago and work commitments prevented my even unpacking the boxes. On first look over the engine seems OK but will need a lot of work. From looking at the bi...

I've been dabbling on the Daytona for the last few weeks.  I still work full time, and have had to travel quite a bit recently, so quality shop time is limited. I got the timing cover cleaned up...

Stripped the old paint off the Daytona frame over the last couple of nights....

Next, to the spindles. People who have bikes that leak from the spindles maybe wouldn't know, but since the spindles are steel, the exposed end will rust if there is no oil on it to protect it. Assu...

At it's deepest it is 68.3 mm so that's about 31 mm from pad face to rear of calliper. Regards...

I was ready to mount the forks on the frame, and, in an uncharacteristic flash of foresight, I realized that assembling the entire bike up on the work table may not be the smartest plan.  Do...

Refurb'ed and repainted to match the rear and the overall muted colour scheme... Looks good I think....

I got tired of pissing around with the round slide carb that came installed on the GB. It wasn't jetted properly, it didn't have the right cables, and it wasn't the right setup for this engine. I stil...

Pretty much ready to install...

The results of the first outing showed the following: The clutch behaves inadequately. As I suspected, the release bearing with NC-30 doesn't fit the 21-24 engine, it's too long. I had to temporarily...

I thought I'd install them and forget about it, but nope, turns out the exhaust flanges on the 21 motor are tilted differently than on the NC-30. Had to bend them again, try fitting them like 20 times...

Time to dip the twin Amal 626’s and get out who knows how many years of gunk, varnish , and other deposits residing in the carb bodies. I like this Gunk brand cleaner……….the gallon comes with the part...

I bought a 41mm Mikuni flat slide carb kit which has a plunger choke right on the carb. That meant the cable choke and its handlebar mounted lever had to go. I picked up a salvage CBR1100XX switch blo...

There is not much mechanically mysterious in the Triumph rocker boxes, but they do have a few wrinkles, and are subject to leaking in a couple of places. One potential leaking location is the gasket s...

Here are the two chain adjusters. The one on the left looked like the one on the right about an hour before. I took the opportunity to clean up the profile of the part prior to plating--squaring up...

On previous restoration projects (cars and other things--this is my first bike), I've always struggled with what to do about the hardware. In most cases, the hardware was zinc or cad plated originall...

Then, problems with the electrics began, as the order of the cylinder operations was different. I ordered an NC-24 ECU from China; the prices for them at the scrapyards were outrageous, but this one w...

There are bound to be issues with it - the main one is that it only has a four speed gearbox which is non standard. Not sure if I want to try this out or flog it and buy a five speed...these are going...

Flat surfaces seal better, so I wanted to make sure that not only the head gasket surface, but also the rocker box seating surfaces were flat. I used a process the Brits call "linishing", and we Amer...

Head was basically intact, but dirty, and some rust on the ferrous parts. Chambers were carboned up. Seats were a bit recessed, but no signs of cracks....