SHOW & GO CYCLE SHOP

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Jon Rispante's Grasshopper in The Horse

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Get a copy to see more. Family heritage. Bitchin' photo of Jon's dad, Jim Rispante that the Horse failed to include in the feature.
Sunday, April 17, 2011

Early 1950's Triumph 21" Spool Hub Racing Wheel

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Believe it or not I found this mid-day at the Clubman's swap meet. Why it did not get snatched up early is probably because of the a...

Factory Triumph Front Wheel Racing Hub

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Same as the hub originally fitted to the 1955 T100R but laced to a 19" shouldered alloy rim with a super cool Beck TT Special tire. I...

1955 T100R forks

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From the above clip from the Oct. 1954 special parts list we see that the complete T100R fork assembly had the H788 part number, but the m...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Van C. Kreaps Triumph 500 Chopper

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Built in '75. Bolt-on hard tail and the neck raked about an inch and a half with 10" legs. The "before" pic.

Super Rare Webco Rocker Oil Manifold Find

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As lined out in my previous POST on finned rocker oil manifolds for Triumph twins I identified this one from 1960 as what I believed to be...
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San Jose Clubman's Show Bikes 2011

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Here are my picks of the best at this years Clubman's Show. Unique Unit 650 Street Tracker. I'm a big fan of the pre-1957 Triumph...
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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Bill Lee's Custom Pre-unit Triumph

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Photos circa 1964. Painted Metalflake red by Bill. Dick Howell built engine, bike turned a 13:93 in the 1/4 mile. Anyone with a 1954-59 T...
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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Dick Howell / Bill Lee "Tinker Toy"

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Of the thousand plus old magazines I've scoured through over the years looking for this stuff, the one and only time I remember seeing a...
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1953 Bill Martin "Big Bear Spring Frame"

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The race that started Triumph's claim to fame in American Racing. The 1953 Big Bear race had 448 entries, with only 83 finishing. Four n...
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Show and Go Cycle Shop
Sonora, CA, United States
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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