Crossbones Update

After getting the aftermarket seat fitted properly and the fender in place the owner and the shop pretty much unanimously agreed that the struts that came with the kit needed to go. So we got to work on bending up some struts out of round stock, cutting some bungs and welding tabs to the swing arm. Here's what we ended up with, some nice subtle curves that blend in with the rest of the bike.

After getting the struts mounted up and in place we pretty quickly realized that the stock finish on the primary outer cover, derby cover, cam cover, transmission cover and rocker boxes had to be changed in some way (it was spotting like crazy). What we ended up doing was taking the covers off of everything and doing a little bead blasting/polishing/wet sanding to get the finish that's on it now.

Improving a factory 'custom'

mounted fender stays at an angle to match springer. fender was located to achieve this. fender was also located to allow for tire growth at mach speeds ! very important !

sidemount taillight / license bracket originally designed for rear axle mount but fender struts used up space, sooo... we filled the hole and mounted it to unused passenger peg bracket. killer. kustom. kool !

seat is in a much better location, lower and closer to tank. the provided brackets and spring posts about 3 inches higher. Yuck ! It looked like a satellite dish ! tune in tokyo! tune in tokyo !

here's the front mount,tigged and powder coated

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