Oilyragman

[oilyragman]

Hi there, been riding old iron for years and upgraded to Hinkley products 6 years ago. Have a tatty '96 french thunderbird with sport engine and a 2005 T100 which is slightly modified! Looking to keep the bonnie for many years and lust after a Hyde upgrade, currently struggling to upgrade front brake after suspension upgrade last year (KYB shocks and fork brace/damper, front forks upgrade when oil seals are due!). Oh, and I'm restoring a 1946 Excelsior universal

That'll be me then......

 

[Rocky]

Hello and welcome to TT from eastern Canada
I fitted an EBC front brake kit (disc and pads) to my T100 and it improved the braking quite a bit.
I also fitted progressive for springs and Ikon rear shocks which improved the ride and handling a lot.
I left the exhaust system as is.

 

[DaveM]

Hello and welcome to the forum, the Thunderbird does not look in a bad condition at all for it's age.

 

[Greyfell]

Welcome, Oilyragman (Toby), from the San Francisco Bay area. I'm going to guess that you're going to become a "go-to" guy for information here on TT.

 

[oilyragman]

Thanks for the welcome. Not so sure I have enough knowledge to be a go to guy! The exhaust isn't an upgrade, the triumph loud ones rotted out and the 2 into 1 was the best (cheapest) stainless option over here! It's ruined the pannier fitting and I recently tried fitting my lenghtened centre stand only to find lack of silencer won't allow it to be used. Ah well, too busy with other stuff to care! Maybe next year....

 

[Qship]

Welcome to TT from another Canuck.
Glad you found us.
Enjoy your ride(s).

 

[shanered6]

Hi there and welcome to TT.... it seems there are plenty of after market goodies for the T100 but some are better than others when it comes to fitting them .

 

[triumph david]

to TT you found the right place, nice looking bikes!

 

[hemibee]

Welcome to TT from Southeast Texas.

 

[Triblade]

Welcome to TT, look forward to seeing what you develop with those bikes.