New Trophy Owner

[Jixr]

i'd rather not trash it out, but I'm also thinking about replacing the busted out headlight with acrylic, basically go to a hardware store, get a good 1/4" thick square, trace and cut out the shape, and put over it. May not be the best looking thing ( esp. after all the body damage ) but it would prevent me from having to put out a bunch of cash into the bike. I suppose if cars are allowed plastic headlight lens's, my bike should be no different when it comes to inspection time. the rear wheel isn't turning as free as it should, but also my rear brake lever got bent up a bit, so thats probably all that is.

If i really had the money, i would just buy some daytona 1200 fiberglass panels which you can still buy, and turn it into a daytona

Good news though, aside from the body damage, the forks are straight, and the only thing that needs replacing it seems are the rims. I thought i could fix the rear, but the inside is kinda flat, so even though it holds air, i figure best to just replace it.

I did ding the tank a tiny bit, but nothing major, and basically all the repairs i did on it from the first crash cracked back open, ( but my fiberglass work held nicely ) so i'll just have to re-sand, fill, and clean up the cracks ) quite a few tabs broke off, and my dashboard area got beat up pretty good, seems i tweaked the fairing stay quite a bit.

I'll probably hold on to the stain tunes pipes, I figure if i ever find a deal on some after market for another bike, i'll take those, and just cut the slip on part off and weld the new cans to the pipe, header wrap, and done!

I wish I still lived at home at my parents, i have enough tools and things there to basically "race out" the bike, basically go in and ditch all unnessisary parts, make it a little ratty, but in the race world, all the amature race bikes are all glued, fiberglassed, and zip tied together. too bad the trophy is considered a "nice" bike, if it were a sprint or other, i would have no troubble just hooning the thing out.

 

[Jixr]

Damage

It seems you can still order some parts for the bike through the dealership, and you can get a replacement headlight glass for about $250, expensive, but i suppose its what I gotta do.

 

[keystiger]

Ouch that really sucks. CRY

 

[DaveM]

Wow Jixr, you really have had a run of bad luck Keep positive it will all pass in time

 

[CarlS]

Double ouch!

 

[Jixr]

Welp, just got some info on my car, it needs a $5400 motor swap on a car thats worth only 4, so since the bike is the cheapest thing to fix i'll get parts ordering as soon as I can, so i'll get started tonight on all the major body work and see about straighting out the front stay, getting the rear brake looked at, and as much as i can do until i can order a set of rims. Just gotta make sure there is no engine damage or anything. ( it does still fire up though )

 

[keystiger]

OUCH again, good luck the Trophy back on the road for sure.

 

[The Seeker]

There are places online that can repair your wheels.

I hit the mother of all potholes on my Trophy once and messed up my front wheel. It still held air but it caused weird tire wear to the point it began vibrating. I had a hell of a time finding a replacement front. Rears were easy to get. Just when I was about to ship mine off for repair I located a good front one on eBay....but it wasn't cheap.

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[Jixr]

well, seeker, sorry to hear, but for me, i found a front and rear for under $300 shipped on ebay, so i got them on the way
they have a few paint nicks, but the seller assured me they were straight, the front was about $175 shipped and the rear was $100 shipped, even has a tire on the rear ( unknown condition )
my rotors and everything look good, so i don't have to replace those


hopefully i'll have it road worthy by next weekend assuming i find nothing mechanically wrong with it all. I wish i had more time to patch it up right, but for now
just some fiberglass work and filler where needed and zip-ties to get it back together until i get a car situation figured out, then i'll go back and properly sand, bondo, fix all the busted tabs, etc.

I may just try to run it without the side panels and 'dashboard' area for a bit as the front fairing stay is pretty tweaked, but instead of a replacement i'm just going to try to manually bend it back as straight as I can get it.

maybe one of these days in the spring i'll take a few days off and head up to my parents shop where i have a lighted shop and my welder, grinder and other tools and fix some of the things up a bit better.

I may even have enough left in my budget to go ahead and order a new headlight unit once i get the wheels up and rolling.

 

[The Seeker]

Just be sure to put threadlock on those rotor bolts!

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[Jixr]

*WARNING: Disturbing image*




poor poor pipe, its really gonna suck going back to stock pipes, I'll probably rig up some custom slip on one day though. I can't quite figure out how this happened, since the bend is on the inside, I would think the outside would be the part that got bent?

 

[Jixr]

Also, dumb question here, but is there any way I can basically put a car exhaust tip on the triumph without it being insanely loud? I'm not looking forward to going back to the stock exhaust, as i noticed a night and day difference of cars noticing me when I was a good bit louder than the near silent stock exhaust.

 

[DaveM]

Some years ago I had an issue with my pipe on my Honda and I ended up putting a straight through with the VW end pieces on it. It sounded great and really was not that load on normal running. They looked something like this. I see they make all different types now so something like this may work for you

 

[CarlS]

That pipe definitely got bent! Advertise on Craigs List wanted for that side only. You might find one.

 

[Jixr]

Yeah, it would be a mericle and I would start going back to church again if I could find anyone with any parts for a trophy 1200 on craigslist, I've never seen another trophy in person, and the only one i've seen for sell local was a pristine '00 and asking 4k for it. No one I talk to knows what the trophy is, I just often tell them a "an old triumph 1200" when they ask what I have, because they wouldn't know what a trophy is.

Today I'm getting my rear tire swapped over, and will just use the perilli front that the front rim came with, upon closer inspection my front tire side wall got cut up, so that tire is trash. It seems to be in decent shape, and no signs of it ever being punctured/patched, so lets hope that i can make due on that one for a while.

I've decided i'm just going to rat it out for now and skip putting the side plastics on and all that, and if i still have money left over, i'll order the front headlight unit, i'm sure it will take a while to come in, and no sense in putting everything back together if I just have to rip it all apart again anyway. So off to the store for the zip ties, safety wire, and a few other things.
As beat up as the front end is, I might as well just go ahead and rat it out into more of a sport bike look anyway.

And I've a buddy with a scooter who recently plasti-dipped his scoot, and it turned out really good, so i'm thinking of possibly just doing that to the entire bike instead of all the massive body work and painting it up. It last a while and peels right off when your done. just an idea for now though.

 

[CarlS]

Let us now how you get along.

 

[Jixr]

Yeah, i'm also don't know how the motor held up, it fires up, but with the wheels i obviously can't ride it. I'm glad I had been putting money away for a vacation trip, as i've already put out a few hundred bucks into my car to find its dead, and since the crash i'm already out around $450 in the bike, and would hate to fix it up just to see that its not running ( as it was not running that well before the off anyway ) I basically have to get the bike up and going by this weekend or i'm out of a vehicle again, Gotta give the truck i've been borrowing back on sunday.

 

[CarlS]

A lack of transportation is not a good thing. I hope you are able to get something running!

 

[The Seeker]

It's next to impossible to hurt a Trophy motor bar blowing it up or running it out of oil.

Since you're not too concerned about how it looks, why not drill a few holes in the side of that Staintune, thread some screws into the holes, and pull out the dent as best you can?

Then just screw the screws all the way in to seal the holes? It won't look pretty, but it'll at least work for the time being.

 

[devo]

It's next to impossible to hurt a Trophy motor bar blowing it up or running it out of oil.

Since you're not too concerned about how it looks, why not drill a few holes in the side of that Staintune, thread some screws into the holes, and pull out the dent as best you can?

Then just screw the screws all the way in to seal the holes? It won't look pretty, but it'll at least work for the time being.

I was actually looking at that bent can AJ. Would sealing one end and inflating it from the other with a good compressor pop out that dent.? I'm wondering if a radiator repair shop could help with that.