Featured Mk1 Speed Triple

Thanks very much Riffraff, I really enjoyed painting it, you get instant satisfaction

 

I'll say it quick cos it still smarts a bit - £140

 

OK, so I had a bit of a sense of humour failure yesterday, the groove in the swingarm really annoyed me. I got on with something else for a bit, stopped for a brew and decided to stop moaning. I had a quick look around but couldn't find a suitable replacement.
Thanks to David Cooper on here for the answer to my wanted post.
Then I went to see the boys in a nearby unit, had a quick chat and 10 minutes later had a nice little bead of ally weld in the groove, dressed it up and painted it and you'd never know, happy days.
So here's all the bits ready to go back together and in the frame.

 

Thanks Dilli. Hope you enjoyed the IOM

 

Morning All, sorry that I haven't updated this thread for a while, things have been a bit manic with work and everything.
So here we are up to date, all the suspension and swing arm back in the frame, lots of lovely fresh grease and new bolts where needed, the swing arm pivot bolt is a b**tard to get in, there are so many bits to line up and the end of the shaft is flat with an internal thread so you can't hammer it. I made this little tool from a bit of nylon I had laying about, a bit crude but it worked a treat, the recessed end fits in the shaft and protects the thread, the pointy end lines everything up for easy fitting. If anybody wants one let me know!
The engine is back in its rightful place, it was a bit of a twat to get in to be honest, especially as I didn't want to mark the nice new paint job.

 

Hello, been way too long, sorry for that. Work has been ongoing although not as quick as I'd like, life seems to get in the way. I've been really slack at taking photos and updating this post but here are a couple of photos of progress so far.

 

I've been busy picking up random bits of 'zorst from ebay, the link pipe was a decat pipe for a Kwak, I had to cut it down and get the welder out to make an adapter but I'm happy with it for a tenner The end can is from a Suzi GSXR, I didn't have to do anything to that. Both bits are SP Engineering, nice quality stuff they turn out. It's just dry fitted here as I need to make a hanger bracket.

 

So work is moving on, I'm busy sorting out all the little dinks and chips in the tank ready for painting, front mudguard is rubbed down and in primer already. I have a problem though, maybe someone here can help?
I called Morelli Paint today armed with the paint code for Diablo Black that I got here on the forum, thanks to Stevej for listing them all, trouble is Dupont don't make that colour anymore. Anyone know of an alternative? It has to be right because I've got the original ST side panels and I don't want to have to respray them too, the decals are expensive! Cheers

 

Cheers Adie, I'll check out RS and see what they can do, I hadn't thought of calling Trevor, I should have as I've been getting a good few parts from him, thanks very much.
PM me your address and I'll stick a swinging arm bolt helper in the post to you.
All the best mate.

 

Agreed, I visited Sprint a while back as I was passing, I spend loads of time travelling to and from Devon and Cornwall with work so it's on the way. This is also how I know that 'dreckly' down your way means any time in the next 3 weeks .

It's a good point about the side panel covers, sadly I don't have the seat hump, originals are like hens teeth so I'll probably go with a repro one from Trevor. I have been remaining optimistic that a gentle tickle with a very fine polishing compound and a good buff up will bring them up to spec. I'm ignoring the fact that her last owner didn't love her properly, didn't look after her and blew her engine to bits

I hadn't thought of getting the decals reproduced though, we've just had our new vans done at work, maybe those boys could do it...

I'm really grateful for the advice, thanks very much

 

Tank's all repaired, rubbed down and put in primer. Massive thanks to Adie P for putting me onto RS Bike paint, they have dispatched the paint today, fingers (and everything else) crossed that it's the right colour
Spent most of the weekend fannying around with the rear caliper that had a broken off bleed nipple. I thought it would be an easy little job but turned into a swearing fest, I've never had much luck with easy outs sadly that is still true! After drilling out the nipple as much as I dared I used the thickest easy out I could get it, the bloody thing snapped off
No chance of drilling that out so I had to use a nut placed over the broken nipple and filled the hole with a weld, first go didn't work, more swearing ensued followed by a beer break. I had another go and turned the amps up a little, this got the nut glowing orange, I sprayed it with WD40 until it was cool and out it came, happy days.
Why is it always the little things?!

 

Result today.
I checked World of Triumph and the tank decals are £15 each plus postage
I found a company called The Image Works online, I called them and now have the tank decals in the post for £8, I checked and the bloke reckons they're fine to clear coat over. If you have need you can find them at;
http://www.bike-stickers.com/homepa...5aWaUpbXMV23aqHiCvHaBNvM3Hd5mRSE2it7JWpr1q4X0
Paint turned up today, temperature is great for spraying with the nice weather, photos soon.