'66 Bonneville ('72 TR6R motor). Not finished yet, still looking for a skid plate.
Looks like loads of fun!!!
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- The Show & Go Cycle Shop is my private two car garage located in the foothills of Central CA. I am building everything from early Desert Racers - Street or Strip Dragbikes - 1960's Style Show Bikes - to 70's style Radical Choppers. Specializing in Pre-Unit construction 650 & 500 twins and vintage aftermarket parts identification. Buy, Sell, Trade, parts made by Webco, MCM, MCA, Bates, Flanders, Wassell, Superior, Routt's Cycle, etc. Period photos wanted. If you have stuff for sale related to what you see here email me. I will post pics of my projects from time to time and keep an ongoing thread of pictures and old magazine articles featuring modified British Motorcycles from 1946 onwards.
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Nice bike. Anybody know what the front tire is?
ReplyDeleteFront tire is a Continental TKC80 I had kicking around. Definitely the wrong front for a desert sled! I like the way it works on the street, but when I wear it out she'll get a trials tire . . . just because I'm sick of everybody "educating" me on the fact that it's the wrong front tire for a sled!
ReplyDelete-Eric
Eric,
DeleteTrudy has been a big inspiration to me on my project. I first saw her over on the AdvRider site, and I really enjoyed your Bates seat build. What's really funny is that that same Vanity Fair cover with Mr. Willis was also a big inspiration for my build (and catalyst for my interest in Desert Sleds altogether). Now, almost 10 years later, I finally have the perfect candidate in the form of a basket-case early '66 T120C. Anyway, I say to hell with the people beating you up over your tire choice. For a while there 4.00x19 Trials Universals were nearly impossible to find. And Trudy is a sweet looking bike, with a lot of the right stuff. End of story!
Anyway, thanks for the inspiration! And I can't wait to see that coal shovel skid plate finished. :P