The bike is missing some details and is not quite road ready, including a lack of any type of charging system for lights or a battery to use as a total loss system but it is one fine looking machine. More on this one in part II.1969 Cycle Guide
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Giroux / Kuhl Custom Chopper Part I
The bike is missing some details and is not quite road ready, including a lack of any type of charging system for lights or a battery to use as a total loss system but it is one fine looking machine. More on this one in part II.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Marty Pietruszynski's "Bad Seed"
This ride is the epitome of the freaked out, asymmetrical do it to be different era of the late 1960's. I would never build something like it and I don't think anyone else ever will and if they tried I think they would fall short. Some things just belong to a certain time period. Plus the good hallucinogenic drugs required for inspiration are in short supply these days. IF a bike like this is uncovered from the era it should be preserved and highly revered because some things just can not and will not be recreated. The story stresses the point that the Bad Seed is a street bike that is used regularly. That in itself is a trip I would like to take.1969 Cycle Guide
Friday, March 12, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Pipe Dream
From Cycle Guides 1969 Custom Annual. A great How-To 100 page magazine on the exploding chopper scene of the time. Definitely worth searching for. I've seen some of the other bikes from the magazine featured in other issues, but I've never seen anything else on the "Pipe Dream". This picture expresses the beauty of the Triumph motorcycle engine so well. Love the contrast of the paint, chrome and polished aluminium. This bike is really interesting with the unique gas tank and what looks to be a really stripped down swingarm design. Anyone know anything more about this one?Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Don Marcinak's Show-Go Triumph
Great combination of function and form with engine mods that add plenty of go without sacrificing reliablity.1969 Motorcycle Sport Book
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Alvin Duck's 1953 Custom Pre-unit Triumph
A good profile picture of the complete bike would have been cool instead of the artsy layout. The front end looks kicked out and it is. In the lower picture on the second page you can see that the triple tree has been modified for extra rake.1969 Cycle Guide
Friday, March 5, 2010
1968 MCM Catalog Bikes
Cover bikes. The black one was featured in a early issue of Ed Roth's Choppers Magazine.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Modified Triumph Fork Dampners
Pete sent these pics in of some custom dampners he found in a old set of pre-unit forks. Anyone have any info on them or have other custom dampners or modification tips? I like the rebound spring idea. You could put some on stock dampners to lower the forks a bit and get rid of that annoying "CLANK" as your forks shoot back down after hitting a good bump.Monday, March 1, 2010
Accessories For Offroad Fun & Adventure
If anyone has a pair of these Triumph Dampners made by Webco I would be very interested to buy or do a trade. Or if anyone has one they'd let me borrow so I could copy it and have a batch made. Wonder what the mod to the fork tube was.
To light your way through the wild on your stripped of generator sled.
Check the Q air filter behind the pipes.
NOS
WANTED: Vintage spark arrestors!
Will trade chopper stuff for front fork rifle scabbard mount!
Up the creek with more than a paddle. Triumph Cub, hunting rifle and fly fishing gear. Set!
Complete Travel, Fun & Adventure rig.
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