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[Sea Dog]

You must be a good person to receive such good fortune

Thanks Mike. My two teenage sons seem to think it's their good fortune. I hope they do not have designs on my good fortune. I keep reminding them that my best is yet to come. ( Youth and enthusiasm is no match for old age and treachery )

I know. If I start building another shed that may keep them at bay for a couple of years. Wonder if the wife will guess what I'm up to?

 

[Sea Dog]

I think those few small oil leaks will also just add to the character of what those bikes were about back then

You are spot on there Dave and the rear shock absorbers let me know just how far we have progressed.

 

[CarlS]

the rear shock absorbers let me know just how far we have progressed.

Thar's the truth!

 

[grandpaul]

I've got that Trident's near twin, but mine was previously fitted with a quarter-turn knob on the oil feed line to keep it from wet sumping when sitting.

NOTHING short of a classic F1 car, can beat the mechanical banshee howl that comes from those pipes at around 4,000 RPM, and just gets meaner as it revs up on the cams...

 

[T-RIDER]

That banshee howl was the trade sound of the Tridents. Myself and a mate, both had Tridents and often we rode together syncronizing our gear changes at about 8000 RPM. Even up to date there was nothing that could beat that F1 howl.
T-RIDER

 

[Sea Dog]

Arrrrr leaky fork seals. Must fix before hard chrome on stanchions is damaged.



Outer members off



Damping units cleaned



Polished outer members



Tape over bottom of stanchions to protect seals when fitting



Fitting outer members

 

[otherwise]

That old girl sure went to a loving home.
As said before keep the miles low and she will hold $ for you, actually the way it's being looked after she just may go north.

 

[devo]

Those lower members look amazing Bryce.Well done on the clean up.
Tell me are they chromed or just polished alloy.?
Mine are polished alloy with a protective lacquer and with the stone chips they are looking crap.I would love to get them lokking as good as that.

 

[Sea Dog]

Those lower members look amazing Bryce.Well done on the clean up.
Tell me are they chromed or just polished alloy.?
Mine are polished alloy with a protective lacquer and with the stone chips they are looking crap.I would love to get them lokking as good as that.

The lower members are alloy. About 5 minutes work on each with the bench grinder buff using the blue (fine grade) polish stick and job done. Being "new" and undamaged made the job easy.

To polish items attached to the bike (bit hard to lift it up to the bench grinder ) I fit a cotton polishing buff to the 4 inch angle grinder. The buff achieves excellent results. Using a polish and rag leaves very fine scratch marks in the alloy.

 

[devo]

Thanks for the tips.
My plan was to remove the lowers and sand and buff as some of the lowers has a matt type finish.
I succesfully refinished the front wheel on the speedy like that,
https://www.triumphtalk.com/showthread.php/6206-Bent-front-wheel?p=36000#post36000
however any tips for preserving that look would be muchly appreciated.

 

[Sea Dog]

Beautiful work on the front wheel Harry. The higher the polish, the easier to clean. Only tip is just to keep at it and don't let the grime sit on it any longer than the ride. Sorry I do not have any other solutions.

 

[DaveM]

Amazing job done Bryce it really comes out like new

 

[otherwise]

Amazing job done Bryce it really comes out like new

Sorry to disagree Dave but that job is actually better than new.

 

[DaveM]

I suppose you right

 

[CarlS]

Bryce, those lower members look absolutely stunning. Great work.

 

[grandpaul]

I'm suprised carl didn't offer the most solid advice regarding polished alloy protection:

WAX!

 

[CarlS]

And you have to stay on top of it with the wax!

 

[Sea Dog]

GP & Carl....you are holding out on us here. What type of WAX.

 

[CarlS]

I use Nu Finish car polish. It works well.

 

[Sea Dog]

I use Nu Finish car polish. It works well.

Thanks Carl. I'll have a play with the Auto Glam I have in the shed.