Ola Muchachos

jeee, been a million years since I post something.  Let's try to catch up.  I left you early June building my little garden shed to free up some space in my garage. 

I gotta say, quite proud of myself.  The shed can house approx. 5 bikes.  So, with free space in my workshop, a new sandblaster, a new air compressor horse

and most importantly, space to move around I could start working on the chassis of the Triumph considering I had completed to full dismantling of the engine and sent it to Dallas to have the flywheel balance.

So the idea of the concept was to built a cross over between a MX 360 from 1973 and a Triumph TR6 from 1964.  I started by taking the MX apart,

and strip the front fork and the swingarm. 

It will come as no surprise, the swingarm was 1/4inch too wide for the Triumph frame. 

Grinding here I come... Then I chopped off the back fender of the MX and the Triumph and welded the part back on the frame in order to keep the rear fender look of the MX

Voila.....


Then I did a quick mock-up.  So, I used the Triumph handle bar, and the Triumph Tank which I had clean and prime first.  I used the seat of the MX to complete it.

Not bad isn't it?  I am still struggling, as usual on which paint color to apply but at present am contemplating painting the frame Chocolate brown, and tank and fender, turquoise and yellow, Just like Bill Dodge. 

In the meantime, I had found a cheap frame for my second CT 70, so I quickly mounted on the spare parts the guys had left me when I purchase it from him. 

Back to the Triumph, where I dismantled everything and started preparing the damaged parts,  

then sanding and cleaning

So much bloody rust under the paint.

 But I turns out fine after the primer.  You can also notice on top of the frame that I had to weld a little hook to hold the seat.

 The I decided to try out some light turquoise paint.

 But wasn't satisfied.  Will have to get something bit darker

 So until I get the engine back from Dallas, this one is gonna stay in the shed. 

 Got a headlight from ebay. 

Voila for now.