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Hi guys... finally got some time to dig the trumpet stuff out and now... I'm stumped.
I bought this a few years ago... and figured I'd use a unit motor with a pre-unit swing arm front and this pre-unit rigid rear frame section.
Then I borrowed a pre-unit from a buddy, and got hooked on the pre-unit stuff.
But when I held this rear rigid section up to his stock '53 bike... things didn't look right!
They looked GOOD... but they didn't look RIGHT!
This is NOT an aftermarket frame... it IS a Triumph piece with Triumph part numbers on all the little bits.
It is 3" longer than a stock rigid rear section.
It sits TOO DAMN LOW with the lower frame section level to the ground. About 1 3/4" from the ground! The stocker was much higher.
The NEAT thing is that it also does NOT have any lugs for the kick stand... or the tool box thingie... or anything else.
Soooooooo... what is it? A factory Triumph race piece? (Bonneville Utah?)
Is it too damn low to run on the street?
Would it be a crime to cut it up or bend it for more ground clearence?
Triumph Gurus please help!
Sam.
They took the one lug off and brazed up the hole... maybe kept the other for foot pegs?
Also... is this wheel strung wrong? It sits WAY off to one side...
Thanks!
I bought this a few years ago... and figured I'd use a unit motor with a pre-unit swing arm front and this pre-unit rigid rear frame section.
Then I borrowed a pre-unit from a buddy, and got hooked on the pre-unit stuff.
But when I held this rear rigid section up to his stock '53 bike... things didn't look right!
They looked GOOD... but they didn't look RIGHT!
This is NOT an aftermarket frame... it IS a Triumph piece with Triumph part numbers on all the little bits.
It is 3" longer than a stock rigid rear section.
It sits TOO DAMN LOW with the lower frame section level to the ground. About 1 3/4" from the ground! The stocker was much higher.
The NEAT thing is that it also does NOT have any lugs for the kick stand... or the tool box thingie... or anything else.
Soooooooo... what is it? A factory Triumph race piece? (Bonneville Utah?)
Is it too damn low to run on the street?
Would it be a crime to cut it up or bend it for more ground clearence?
Triumph Gurus please help!
Sam.

They took the one lug off and brazed up the hole... maybe kept the other for foot pegs?


Also... is this wheel strung wrong? It sits WAY off to one side...

Thanks!