That is a sexy looking scoot, more pics of the stance please, that GSX-R front end looks dead on. How much you end up picking the rebuilt engine for? Reason I ask is because my jaw dropped as well when I began looking for a motor, and then dropped some more when I added the costs of new bearings, barrel, pistons, rings, etc.
68 Triumph rigid with Suzuki front end.
I'm building a bobber using a 68 T100 engine and a 71 Triumph frame. These pictures are of the first phase, ill go over the different parts and hope people find it an interesting read.
The frame was bought on ebay with the hardtail already attached. After a few weeks of gasping at the price of an old engine and then the cost of having it rebuilt I spotted a 68 T100 that had been written off 200 miles after a complete rebuild and quickly purchased it. A set of 09 GSXR forks have been fitted, to do this new bearings need to purchased and the 28mm stem needs to be turned down to 26mm. A 5/8 steel bar has been fitted into the stem for extra strength. New bearing cup and yoke nut were machined to mount the forks.
Luckily I found a new billet top yoke on Ebay going cheap, just had to machine it down to fit. The oil tank was made by Tony at specialist fabrication welding, after sending him a cardboard mock up, Tony did a fantastic job on the welds. The petrol tank has been de-seemed and the cap will be repositioned in the centre.
The rear wheel is the stock hub but replacing the 18" rim with a 16", the front hub is Harley sportster with metric bearings and a spacer for the disc. Central Wheel Components of Brum did the re-spoke. The rear lights are fitted with LED's and will be mounted into the license plate. Ill add more as it happens. Hope you enjoy what you see.
The frame was bought on ebay with the hardtail already attached. After a few weeks of gasping at the price of an old engine and then the cost of having it rebuilt I spotted a 68 T100 that had been written off 200 miles after a complete rebuild and quickly purchased it. A set of 09 GSXR forks have been fitted, to do this new bearings need to purchased and the 28mm stem needs to be turned down to 26mm. A 5/8 steel bar has been fitted into the stem for extra strength. New bearing cup and yoke nut were machined to mount the forks.
Luckily I found a new billet top yoke on Ebay going cheap, just had to machine it down to fit. The oil tank was made by Tony at specialist fabrication welding, after sending him a cardboard mock up, Tony did a fantastic job on the welds. The petrol tank has been de-seemed and the cap will be repositioned in the centre.
The rear wheel is the stock hub but replacing the 18" rim with a 16", the front hub is Harley sportster with metric bearings and a spacer for the disc. Central Wheel Components of Brum did the re-spoke. The rear lights are fitted with LED's and will be mounted into the license plate. Ill add more as it happens. Hope you enjoy what you see.
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Quick side to show her lines.
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68 Bonnie with an early 80's ? Suzuki gs 650 front end.
One of the sweetest handling bikes I've ever owned.
Im glad you guys like what you see. To answer DPWU, I didn't buy the hard tail but believe its a David Bird and the GSXR forks are untouched.
Ive just collected the tank from my welder mate. I need to pressure test it now, any ideas on what PSI I should pump into it?
Ive just collected the tank from my welder mate. I need to pressure test it now, any ideas on what PSI I should pump into it?
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Headlamp now fitted, its a Trippe spotlight made in Halifax, England in the 30's, I think. Firstly I had to make a little fixture to machine the bowl out, then I cut the back out of a VW Polo headlamp and using springs fitted it onto the back of the Trippe bowl. Haven't tested it yet but fingers crossed. A set of Lowbrow customs 1 3/4 Exhausts also fitted, a sleeve was required to fit them onto the cylinder head. Just waiting now for some brackets to be laser cut and more will follow.
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