1973 T140 chopper

[Oldboy]

Oldboy started riding sometime in 1980, soon after he stopped falling over and figured out the concept of a kickstarter. Once past those hurdles he quickly learned to bolt on a plethora of useless parts on his bikes in a feeble attempt to get over the local speed limit. In frustration he went to a friend who test rode his bike, said it was scary fast and introduced him to the concept of the gear shift. From that moment on there was no holding him back (or up according to his level of sobriety). Now, 37 years later he is still bolting on useless parts on his bikes, but not going as fast as he once did. He does have a lot more experience riding and building bikes though, and seems to have mastered sobriety on his own somewhere along the way.
Thanks for reading my senseless rant. If you got this far I can promise you will receive no hate mail, prizes, or other bulls**t. If I can help.I will, but I still haven't found the time to learn everything.
Thanks and cheers, Rob

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

Well you can't argue with that introduction .
andto the forum from across the pond.
Hope you'll enjoy the forum.

 

[Rocky]

cool intro. Great sense of humor. I wish more were like that
Welcome to TT from the northeast

 

[Oldboy]

Well you can't argue with that introduction .
andto the forum from across the pond.
Hope you'll enjoy the forum.

Thanks for the welcome

 

[Oldboy]

I appreciate the welcomes I have received. I always try to look at everything with a sense of humour. How else can you enjoy this level of Hell and move on to the next?

 

[Oldboy]

A couple shots of my 70's style T140 chopper. Working on 21" over springer to re-create my first Triumph. I have a Dunstall cylinder on the engine, but it seized up in storage and needs new sleeves. Any suggestions, on a fixed income so I can't get too crazy.

 

[hemibee]

Welcome to TT from Southeast Texas.

 

[Oldboy]

Thank you!

 

[Qship]

Welcome from the soon to be frozen wasteland of Eastern Canada.
Cool old school chopper.
Great light hearted intro too.
Jump in and have fun.

 

[Oldboy]

Thanks to you for the welcome!

 

[Greyfell]

Welcome, Oldboy, from the San Francisco Bay area.

 

[Oldboy]

And a hearty welcome to you to the world of motorcycles!

 

[triumph david]

to TT love your "chop" reminds me of a younger time in my life.

 

[triumph david]

Also i really like that springier!

 

[Oldboy]

I appreciate your comments, I loved the bike just the way it was in the picture, but I changed out the girder foek for a 21" over springer to re-create the bike I had in the 80's, my first Triumph. Not changing tank or fenders though. I built the frame from the front half of a B*A custom frame and the back was a bolt on the hard tail from a 450Honda

 

[Oldboy]

A couple photos, first is a screenshot of my first Triumph (photo sent to me by the guy who bought it from me.) It originally had 5 gallon Fatbobs and chrome covers. The rear wheel was a 15" Invader with a 147/70-15 pirelli car tire. The front was a 21". The bike has been AWOL for over 25 years, I think I almost found it a couple years ago but the guy sold it before I could get there to look at it. Second picture is the fork going on this bike. I need a set of rockers and a top plate, I may cut my own. Later I will send photos of this frame and rear fender under construction. Have to dig them out of the archives.

 

[Oldboy]

Frame and fender photos

Three trailer fenders and some miscellaneous sheet metal gave their lives to create this.

 

[Oldboy]

Lower frame where I cut the old factory rear section, added 2"x2" box tube and added longer CB450 hard tail section