Another One Bites The Dust

I noticed my buddy Jeff's (Duke City Rockers) Triumph on Craigslist today. Times are tough. Bummer...

European Union

One of my co-workers took some very cool pictures of my old girl and his Beemer hanging out today. He's a Jaco Pastorius fan too... seriously, how cool can a guy be?

Madrid

Norton Mike, Justin & I made the run to Coffee at Dawn and then out the Madrid today. The weather was pretty killer and the Triumph ran like a top, probably cruising 75 MPH a good portion of the time. The roads out there are rough... I looked the bike over good for anything broken or loose after I got home. Good time though.



Ironically Justin's tail light (an original '32 Ford) was jettisoned when he arrived back in ABQ. Unbelievable he circled back and found it with only some slight enhancements to it's already fine patina. I'm betting a Chinese repop would not have faired quite so well. Probably not the first 30's Ford tail light to rattle loose on that road.

"New" Norton

40 years old and still in the packing... Unbelievable. Belgian auction site

JJ Triumph

Those baffles are crazy cool, I've never seen anything like 'em. I wonder if he made 'em. Nice bike.

Bad News

Update

I got my new floats installed and finally have the level set right, the old floats were WAY off. I took a wild assed guess on the main jet size required for the velocity stacks (skipped from 190's to 210's) and I think I nailed. It seems to be running really well. It's much easier to start but I expected that. Tires are different but I like 'em so far. I will probably try to make CAD in the morning.

Tires

I got the Deluxe Champs mounted today. Sorry for the crap pictures. Super hectic day today and the weather has sucked (snow & rain). I haven't even ridden 'em yet.

Happy St Patrick's Day

According to folklore motorcycles painted green are bad luck but no one seems to give a consistent reason why. Some say the olive drab Harleys used by couriers in World War II were often sitting duck targets and the association stuck. I've also heard that in the early days of flattrack HD's were frequently being dominated by Triumphs, many of which were British racing green. I think HD's team racing color has green for a while so I'm not sure I buy that one. Let me know if you have any other back story.

I'm sure you'll be fine painting your bike green as long as you run a gremlin bell...

Bultaco

How fricken cool is this image?

Triumph Photography

Reliable sources say a couple of people that regularly read this blog are photographers. This pretty much blew me away.

Firestone Man?

Move over Michelin Man. Got the tires as expected today. Looks like V is gonna employ his super Dizzy Gillespie abilities to mount them. I'm assuming that's the front... looks BIG.