Ran When Installed

Not cheap but in my admittedly bias opinion it is perhaps the most beautiful Triumph engine ever built:

Totally rebuilt close-finned all alloy 1951 Triumph TR5 engine (500cc), mount plates, with 1959 transmission. Ready to drop into a pre-unit swing-arm frame, add oil and start!
This engine has been totally disassembled, cleaned and inspected before re-assembly, any parts that were worn or out of spec have been replaced with new.

New Parts, Engine:
Valve Springs
Valves - Intake & Exhaust
Valve Guides
Head Gasket
Pistons +.020, Standard 7.0:1 Compression
Piston Rings
Wrist Pin Bushings
Cam Bushings
Main Bearing - Drive Side
Main Bearing - Timing Side
All Engine Gaskets
Tappets - Re-Ground
Valve Seats Re-Ground, Hand Lapped

New Parts, Transmission:
High Gear Bearing
Lay Shaft Bearing
Barnett Clutch Complete, Metal and Friction Plates
Primary Chain
Kick Start & Shift Lever Rubbers

Polished Aluminum Parts:
Rocker Box Caps
Rocker Boxes
Timing Cover
Inner & Outer Primary Chain Case
Inner & Outer Transmission Covers

Re-Chromed Parts:
Intake & Exhaust Push Rod Tubes
Kick Start Lever & Pedal
Shift Lever

Hardware:
All original hardware re-plated and used where ever possible. NOS hardware used where available. Re-manufactured hardware used where necessary.

Mount Plates have been cleaned, bead-blasted and powder coated gloss black. Includes all new mounting studs, washers and nuts.

Magneto has been disassembled, cleaned, checked, lubed and re-assembled per spec. It fires a hot blue spark. New metal core plug wires and caps. Ignition timing has been set per spec.

Valve lash has been set per spec.
There is no oil in the engine or transmission except that used in the assembly process, you must ad proper oil before starting!!! 

Albuquerque Motocross

Shameless lifted from my friend Wes' Facebook page. I practically lived at the Motocross & Enduro shop for several years.

Cooper Smithing

I met Joe Cooper though a friend a while back and was intrigued enough by some of his fabrication that I started following Cooper Smithing's Facebook page. The following is some of the stuff he's posted.

I gotta say the stuff this guy does is pretty amazing. If you require fabrication that's beyond your own abilities he seems well worth a shot.

Lot's of guy are capable of hand hammering fenders and tanks

Not many look like this with zero bodywork

His fenders are reasonably priced (considering the workmanship) through places like Lowbrow Customs

Fenders aren't all he makes either

Inner gas tank tunnel weld that will never be seen

one-off Norton primary

Stack of Dimes Weld

Stack of Dimes on a Dime

Return of Swap Meet Man

Swap Meet Man made a brief appearance this Halloween. He's got an NOS Triumph Delta Head but you don't have anywhere near enough money to buy it.

Savings Account

Wow!

Post by Moto Adrenalina.

Pre Unit Gearbox Needle Bearing Conversion

I had never heard of this conversion before finding the Franz & Grubb post. Pretty cool. I have to build a Pre Unit gearbox soon. I'll have to consider it.

Required parts:

1 closed end needle bearing part #57-1606

1 open needle bearing part #57-1614

2 thrust washers part #57-1607

Rust Inhibitor

Moving from the Southwest desert to the rainy Pacific Northwest his introduced some entirely new problems to me. For example... I've never needed to figure out how to prevent moss from growing on my front steps before.

There are lots of unfinished surfaces on your typical vintage motorcycle I've never had to worry about before either. Well in this climate they all flash rust. There are lots of plating solutions (CAD, chrome, Parkerizing, etc.) but some things are just unplated.  I had to search for some sort rust inhibitor.

This stuff has worked pretty darn well for me in the past. Apparently it's faired pretty impressively for others too. Unfortunately it's nearly impossible to buy off shelf anywhere.

Obviously this stuff has to be reapplied from time-to-time which I can live with. The other gun corrosion inhibitors I've tried don't work nearly as well which makes me wonder why the Eezox stuff isn't easier to find. Are there any other products, approaches or suggestions my friends from wetter habitats might suggest?

Baron's Speed Shop Video

Thanks to Vorhese for pointing this one out.

HD KR

From the legendary Metro archives. As a reminded Nate, not all Sportster's are girl's bikes.

Ran When Parked

1940 Harley Davidson UA Military WWll - This bike is way too clean and way too unridden but otherwise it's awesome.

One of only 300 74ci. Harley Davidson UA model produced for the US Marine Corps. This period correct and authentically restored motorcycle is perfect in every way. Every attention to detail has been taken to restore this very rare "pre Jeep" motorcycle back to the way it rolled off of the Harley Davidson assembly line back in 1940. Unlike the ten's of thousand's Harley WLA's produced for WWII, these 74ci motorcycles were only produced from 1939 to 1941 and very few survivors are known to exist. This motorcycle is another fine example coming from the David Sarafan stables and all attention to detail has been researched and applied to this ultra rare pre WWII military vehicle. An excellent machine for any military or motorcycle museum.

Ran When Parked

1955 Triumph Tiger 100R - Can you say Holy Grail?