Junior's Chopper - on the road!

Junior and I running his bike up and down the road in the cold. It's tagged and insured, and getting some shakedown miles before Daytona. It's a blast to ride, and pretty quick too. I would need to have about 2 inches removed from each leg in order to ride in any distance though.

Junior's Chopper - Done with phase one

This is what a unit chopper/bobber should look like! Just the right balance everywhere, and it runs great too. It's ready for a good shakedown, and then he'll take it back apart for final finishing (after Daytona). I really love the headlight. It's an old Indian Chief one, which a spun brass rim made to fit the lucas 6.5 inch fitted to early post-war Triumphs.

Junior's Chopper - First Ride!

This is a bit long, but definately worth the watch. She runs really well, and has the best gas tank mounting setup I've ever seen on a bike!

Cam Bush Fitting and Crank Balancing

Finally got around to balancing the crank for my TR6R, used a knife edge balance and counter weights at an 85% balance factor.

Nothing says fun like attacking a major engine component with an air drill...

I also went a head and sized and reamed my cam bushes.

PowderCoating my Triumph Cases

I decided that instead of having my cases burnished or polished for my TR6R chopper that I'm going to PowderCoat them. So after a few hours of taping off all of the major mating surfaces and a few test pieces to pick a color that I liked, I went with a high temp factory gray.

The taping off of the cases.

The finished color which has a cool metallic look, with the cases bolted together.

Real Quick mock up in my frame.

There will be plenty more to come...

Turning Down Fork Lowers

I decided that for my '72 TR6R chopper, I'm going to run a 74 FX front end with all of the fender/brake lugs shaved off and the lowers turned down on the lathe. Originally I was going to either polish or powder the legs once they were fully turned down, but now I'm digging the machined look so much that I may just lay some clear powdercoat on them just for protection from the elements.

-Junior