Motorcycle & Scooter
Related: About this forumA box full of parts, most of them wrong.
Ordered lots of parts. Painted. Licensed and then

jambo101
(797 posts)
jambo101
(797 posts)On giving life back to that box of parts
I've got dreams of doing something similar to a mid 60s Triumph 500
safeinOhio
(34,856 posts)They weren't rounded on the sides. Glad I bought some scooter tires. Even with those on it, it steers like a tank. The last 2 owners couldn't get the motor to fire. Turns out the cam for the points was off of a 1959 model, a 12 volt system, not 6. Took a bit to figure that one out. My buddy just got a late 60s T100 for a winter project.
jambo101
(797 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 21, 2014, 02:37 AM - Edit history (1)
I got a long way to go before my project is realized, first hurdle is to get out of this apartment in the middle of the city and get a place with a garage, then i got to find the worthy project bike.
My First bike looked a lot like this one