Project bike wanted.


Sold a beautiful 1961 T120R pre-unit Bonneville back in 2002. Had to get cash to move all my crap back to Brissy when my old man got crook with cancer. It was a US Export that had been turned into a South African coppers bike. It had all original tinware and even the factory paintjob .. all there except the 1inch handlebars and the centrestand. Got what i paid for it $5,000. Guy from Seaford bought it , concourse resto job and put $25,000 on it. Last i heard he still had it for sale.
 

He can keep his concourse resto there nice to look at and cart around in trailers. I prefer something with a few oil weeps from the rocker box's and the odd stone chip as I'm guessing you would to.
 
Alan Chance rebuilt the motor in my last early Triumph, a 68 Bonnie .. he insisted you lap the cases if you wanted him to do your engine build. He had this big sheet of thick glass and a tin of paste. Had it set up in the back of his tin shed .. man i f#ckin sweated lapping all the alloy on that engine . It never leaked one drop of oil though
 
TC ... did he goo 'em or gasket 'em afterwards as well???
 
ruzzle said:
TC ... did he goo 'em or gasket 'em afterwards as well???

Gasket and a thin smear of Permatex .. from memory. A few of us had engines rebuilt by Chancey back in the day... all had the alloy faces lapped and none ever leaked.
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Both mine wept a bit around the rocker shafts on the left hand side. I don't know if it had anything to do with being on the low side when the bike is on the side stand or not. I just learned to live with it gave my bikes a bit of character. A bit like the sticky needle and seat on my 72 TR6 with fuel running everywere. After riding around for a couple of weeks with the fuel tap just open a bit I eventually fixed that because it was a bit of a fire hazard.
 
Been offered a 1949 5T Speed Twin , locally. Matching numbers with a straight unmolested frame. Got a long jap front end and wheel .. Sportster tank and 16 inch back wheel ... some vandal has got his hands on it . Guy wants under $3,000 for it. Never even ridden a 500 Triumph and in a rigid frame suppose i could hunt up a sprung hub for it. Reckon i'll wait and see what else is available around the place , got another couple to look at latter in the week.
 
Went and checked out a 1962 650 Tiger 110 yesterday , Bath-tub model. 90% there , motors never been unbuttoned, unbelievable. Owner wants good money for it but it's a pretty rare bike. He's got 60+ unrestored British bikes in his shed. Place is like Wonderland
 
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