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19 minutes ago, winddown said:

Ahhh, thou too shall be forgiven then

I was out doing the same Friday but hotter.

Tomorrow will only be 35° but more tractor work to do.

Hanging for a cooler day and will do a run through Barrington Tops.

Alcohol! No good story starts with a salad.

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Double wind screen "solution" installed, see here:

 

It might well be that this solution actually creates more problems, I'll report soon 😁

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2 hours ago, Tenerider said:

Double wind screen "solution" installed, see here:

 

It might well be that this solution actually creates more problems, I'll report soon 😁

 

Lower the windscreen and install larger side deflectors.  I'm 6' tall with a 32" inseam.  Problem solved for me.

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1 hour ago, r1superstar said:

 

Lower the windscreen and install larger side deflectors.  I'm 6' tall with a 32" inseam.  Problem solved for me.

The low screen has been tested successfully, this is only a bit of experimenting. The larger side deflectors will be considered, thanks!

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Hepco&Becker Rally crashbars removed. About to install the R-Tech plastics kit tomorrow.

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1 hour ago, RMMark said:

Installed the rally tower and removed the EVAP 🙂 

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@RMMark  how many of those helmets are "past their prime" ? That is quite a collection

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39 minutes ago, RMMark said:

Probably about 50% some are from the 50’s and 60’s tbf

Cool looking collection - good on you for keeping them for display.

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@RMMark The other bikes looking interesting... whats all is in that garage?

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12 minutes ago, Hibobb said:

@RMMark The other bikes looking interesting... whats all is in that garage?

Hey bud, 

 

there’s the following in this garage. 

1958 Triumph T110/T120 TT special 

1967 Triumph T100R Desert Sled

1938 Triumph T80 special (beach racer)

1968 Triumph Chop with a very rare Harris T140 guilardni engine

1952 Triumph T20C 

2 x 1972 Yamaha AT2 customs

1974 Honda xL125 

my wife’s Vstrom 650

 

 

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14 minutes ago, RMMark said:

there’s the following in this garage.

 

Those are some super cool bikes...

Well Done!

There is section on this site called "Other Bikes", someday if you are bored you could post some pictures (please).

 

Bob

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36 minutes ago, Hibobb said:

 

Those are some super cool bikes...

Well Done!

There is section on this site called "Other Bikes", someday if you are bored you could post some pictures (please).

 

Bob

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loads of pics on my Instagram @retrogrademechanica and 

you can see two of my builds here:

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Mark Drury is a vintage Triumph nut, and this sharp Daytona 500 desert sled is proof.

 

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Even if we had a couple of modern Triumphs in the dream garage, we’d have to park a vintage one right alongside. And this Tiger T110 restomod would do just fine.

 

 

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@RMMark

 

Mark,

I went to the two links you sent... WOW! Super job on the old bikes.

The old bikes are cool, some of my favorites are the early 70's Penton MX bikes.

Myself, I don't have the patience or skills to do what you do, but I have HUGE respect for it.

Very neat to have you here with us and you ride a T7.

 

Bob

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7 hours ago, Hibobb said:

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Mark,

I went to the two links you sent... WOW! Super job on the old bikes.

The old bikes are cool, some of my favorites are the early 70's Penton MX bikes.

Myself, I don't have the patience or skills to do what you do, but I have HUGE respect for it.

Very neat to have you here with us and you ride a T7.

 

Bob

Penton, and well all 60's/70's Scramblers rock!

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17 hours ago, RMMark said:

Installed the rally tower and removed the EVAP 🙂 

 

 

 

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What did removing the EVAP do?  What does it do and why remove it? (I have no idea) 🙂

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@Hibobb I used to ride and race a Penton 125 back in the '70s. Sure wish I had kept it! 

 

A lot of KTM riders aren't aware that KTM was a bicycle company before John Penton came along. 

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15 hours ago, RMMark said:

I shall buddy, 


loads of pics on my Instagram @retrogrademechanica and 

you can see two of my builds here:

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6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn Retrograde’s white hot Triumph T100R Daytona desert sled

Mark Drury is a vintage Triumph nut, and this sharp Daytona 500 desert sled is proof.

 

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6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn Vintage Perfection: Retrograde’s Triumph Tiger T110

Even if we had a couple of modern Triumphs in the dream garage, we’d have to park a vintage one right alongside. And this Tiger T110 restomod would do just fine.

 

 

 

I REALLY love the T100R Desert Sled! Very noce job!

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1 hour ago, Hollybrook said:

Sure wish I had kept it! 

 

Hollybrook... Don't we all!!!

 

Here is a clip that most of us have seen already, but well worth re-watching.

Malcolm Smith talking about the early days...

 

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6 hours ago, RMMark said:

Scramblers rock!

 

They sure do! I love the resurgence of them. Sad that the news ones look so damn fat next to a classic version, but so do I...

 

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Today I took my T7 out for a ride. Low temperatures about 5 °C  but no rain or snow, perfect. And the bike needed a bit warming up pretty badly after 10 days of snow.

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Back in the 70s I rode bikes that are called 'classic' today. With age 16 to 18 a rode Maico (please call it "my-co") 50cc 6gear 6.3 HP. It had 16" rims and was pretty low.

Along with the drivers licence for big bikes at age 18 I bought a '65 Ducati Mach1 from a friend while he was doing time. It had some modifications and reached a top speed over 180 km/h when my girl friend's mother followed me in her Mercedes S one day. The speedo on the bike ended ~160 km/h. After that we had a little discussion about her daughter as a passenger on the duke...

 

Sorry for the blurry pics. I took these with a simple camera back in the 70s. In the 80s my sister bought a yellow Ducati 450 Scrambler (example pic). I wish we still had those bikes.

 

 

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On 12/11/2023 at 9:22 PM, RMMark said:

Installed the rally tower and removed the EVAP 🙂 

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You might want to refit the small black valve with the pipe on it if you didn't. It is the roll over valve, keeps the breather from pissing fuel out when the bike is dropped.

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8 hours ago, roygilbo said:

What did removing the EVAP do?  What does it do and why remove it? (I have no idea) 🙂

 

Helps with starting issues when the fuel tank is full and the bike is left in the sun. The charcoal gets saturated when the tank vents and essentially floods the bike, making it harder to start.

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3 hours ago, Tenerider said:

Farkling day!

 

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Wouldn’t that be called “reverse” sparkling?

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