Ola companeros

jeeee, 2 months without any news.  wtf is happening... well, just call it lazyness....So what has happened over the last few months...First of all, I did not buy the XT.  Not yet.  Funny enough, it was bought by one guy who put it back for sales for 500usd more the next day.  So, 2 things:  either the bike is not working or else, the guy is trying to make a quick buck.. Second, I finally came to terms with what I will do with the Triumph.  There are 3 types that I would like, here it is:

 Also, I find out that one of the bike I had sold to the Editor in Chief of a French Motorcycle Magazine called "Wild" had been chopped up by some real good custom builder in south of France for a beautiful results.

I also purchased an Enduro bike to go into the woods.  I bought a 2011 KTM EXC 300.  That thing is a beast. 

 

So I will use this one for trail riding but will keep the 200 SX for motocross track. 

On the 200, I put her original plastic and ordered some decals from Slovania to give her a killer look.  Too bad I don't ride as good as she look.

So as you can see not much on the building side, but more on the spending and pleasure side.

Same as last  year, I pack my bag to attend the famous Giddy up in New Braunfels, Texas, but this year, I stayed over cause I wanted to attend the pre party on Friday night.  

 

As a consequence, I ended up putting a sissy bar on the shovel.  Sissy bar that I had recuperated from the XS 650 basket case I had purchased few years back.  It wasn't ideal but it did the trick.

The ride was just awesome.  Due to familly issue I had not been riding for a while and it reminded me how good it was to pack and hit the road and leave every hassles behind. 

 

And how good the beer taste after a lond day of riding.  Especially when it's free, thanks to Lone Star Beer who sponsored the event.

 

The party was good and there was few good looking chopper. 

 

Funny enough the event was taking place on the parking lot of HD Gruene.  They had a 300usd draw for the evening and for the first time in my life, I won.

Well, at Harley, 300usd just buys you a shirt and a tees but what the h.. it's free.  Wish I had won the drawing for the panhead at the show but still nice to win something...

 

Back the next day, at the River Road Ice House for the show. 

And there I gotta tell you, in my opinion the best of show was a f... school project.  Why didn't I have a teacher like that. 

There was a lot of other nice stuff also, in particular the long, long fork from Love Cycles and the Pan from Evil Engineering. 

My Scandinavian friend would go crazy at this fork. 

After another uneventfull week spent on trying to find where the short on my chops was coming. I headed for Austin to watch the moto gp and check the "handbuild show".

 

I got lucky again to find a french bloke that got me into the paddock where I observed the way the teams operated.  And as luck struck out, I happen to be there when "the Doctor" came out to sign some autograph. 

  Time to head to the Handbuild... And there I will leave you to enjoy some of the bikes presented. 

And we could not leave Austin without hitting 6th street and some live music club.

 

 

 

 

Ola Amigos

am becoming lazy, have not updated my blog for one month, and have not done much on the building part.  BLAME IT to my new found passion for off road.  Indeed, have been spending much of my week-ends off road, trying to dominate the beast.   Still a long way to go before I can control the KTM...

Nice pic, ain't it???

What else not much, just cleaned and upgrade the "El Vis Repair"

 

And finally, apart from riding my XS 650 which is really a city bike.  Not good for the long and large Texans Highway,

 

I have my eyes on a XT 500.

Ola Amigos

I realize it's been a while, but as you know life can be hectic at time.   When that is said, my life is hectic all the time.  So to finish 2015,  I continued working on the Triumph.  I took the engine apart to its last bolt.  I plan to boost it up by increase the power to 750cc by adding larger piston and new cylinder.  I have seen already made kit for this.  Plan is to send the flywheel with the new piston to have it balanced. 

So until I get enough cash set aside to purchase the parts, I change my focus to the carb which I took apart

 

Am not sure if I will be able to salvage it.  I need to find out if I can find some spares kit to rebuild the Amal. 

 

and I continued my work with the tank.  I clean the tank and applied 2 layers of primer to it. 

I also ran into trouble with the XS and had to change the electronic ignition to Boyer and put brand new Mikuni carb which cost me a fortune.  Hence, why I need to wait for the Triumph.

I did a bit of going out as well.  I attended the yearly Lone Star Rally in Galveston. 

 

I find some more interesting Texas patches. 

 

In spite of bad weather condition  it was awright.  Saw some atrocities which seems to be a yearly occurence here but it's always nice to walk around bikers event.  

Better than Galveston was a Vintage Motocross Rally I attended at RioBravo Motocross Park. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It got me so into it that I ended up purchasing a KTM 200 Exc to go out trail riding (too old for motocrossing though am training on the track at the moment and enjoying every minute of it)

 

 

 

Ola Companeros

I forgot about the tank.  Spend some much elbow oil on it, had to share.

Ola Amigos

Carrying on with the Triumph.  To start with I did some research to start buying some parts, and when I uncover the frame number it turns out the bike is a 1964 Triumph Thunderbird TR6 650.  The engine number has been re-stamped.   So, here are some pics of the progress.  Am still not settle about what the final shape will be, if I will go rigid and with suspension.  So until then, I will work on the engine.  I stopped at Ace and Reagan told me that I should split the case cause the issue with those bike are vibration due to flywheel.  He know someone that can do that in Dallas.  So as of now, I work on taking the engine into pieces and taking to frame to its bare bone.   I did work on the tank to smooth it out and cover the holes.  It is now grinded to steel and ready for primer. 

ola Hermanos

awright, been busy, saddly not on the bikes.   But managed to work a bit on the engine. 

 

 

 

Ola Chicos

Awright lads,

The XS650 is finished: sounds and drive beautifully

 

And when one is finished, let's start on another one.

What a pain to get the engine out.  Had to take top head out.

Anyway, now the engine is out.  Lets get started.