Nice BIke Cheshire Bloke
I like it, it's real, not like a lot of the show bikes you see being built these days. (That Chanel Bike for example!)
Yes, my Dad lives in more money than sense land with all the footballers in Bowdon near Altrincham. I keep threatening to go and p*ss off his neigbours and drip oil on his drive with my bike, needless to say I wouldn't be welcome

All the best

Webby

Cheers for the comments Webby, my Triton was a bit of an experiment a long time ago when I was still an apprentice, so for an 18 year old at the time, I can forgive myself a few (ok.. loads of!) basic errors in the build, and it was intended to be a workhorse and everyday bike, which it did quite well. Yours will be the stunner that mine wasn't.
And I drive through J7 M56 everyday, this is the junction for Altringham, getting a bit bogged off with the Land Rovers, Audis, Porches and Bentleys pushing in everymorning

I'm amazed by the cars (mostly driven by wa*nkers!) that I see in that part of the world, but not a single old bike. I guess most of us are not stuck up our own ar*es enough to frequent places like that
I forgot to ask, what was the engine you fitted? Looks like an early T140 (750cc). BTW your engine number looks a little dodgy

Webby

The engine is/was a T120/TR6 hybrid with the eight stud head and a single carb. Oh and the engine number does look a bit dodgy doesn't it! never noticed it before you pointed it out, but it's what was on the log book so it's all legal and tickety boo .
And to make the bike more authentic I even got the vehicle inspector down to ratify it as a proper Triton so from birth, up to the present day, it is registered and taxed as a Triton and not a Norton or Triumph as most 'Tritons' are.

Cheshire bloke wrote:The engine is/was a T120/TR6 hybrid with the eight stud head and a single carb. Oh and the engine number does look a bit dodgy doesn't it! never noticed it before you pointed it out, but it's what was on the log book so it's all legal and tickety boo .
And to make the bike more authentic I even got the vehicle inspector down to ratify it as a proper Triton so from birth, up to the present day, it is registered and taxed as a Triton and not a Norton or Triumph as most 'Tritons' are.

Do you still have it, or know where it is today ?

Webby

Sold it years ago to a friend who then sold it on to another friend who I bump into regularly, so it is still local. He has changed it dramatically, put a trident engine in it and modern forks, twin discs etc, looks good and I'm glad he developed it further, its something I couldn't do at the time of sale, so my baby still lives .

All I have is some old tax discs and photos and I think I have the receipt for the engine somewhere. And I just remembered that I made the rear number plate holder out of a piece of plate titanium , little bit of bling on the old girl and keeps the weight down, I wonder if he knows about that? hope he didn't bin it thinking it was ally or some other cheap stuff!!!

Just a quick update.
Real work has been getting in the way lately, but I've had time to make one rear/center engine mount plate and fab up another plate for the head steady.
Pics to follow once everything is finished. I've also ordered a gas (fuel) tank today, I decided upon a short circuit sprint style alloy tank. Have a look here http://www.tabclassics.com/product.php?id=29
380 UK pounds plus a very reasonable 55 pounds shipping to Belgium, the price also includes a second fuel tap (petcock) boss added free of charge. and a lead time of 5 to 6 weeks.
I'll post some pics soon.

Webby

Finished off the center rear mounting plates today. They are quite a bit smaller than my prototypes.



Also figured out the position of the rear sets, nothing to radical I wanted the bike to be sort of comfortable.



Looks like the gear change lever flipped over will work well for a brake lever, it clears the primary case and the pivot point is about the same length as a Bonneville. It might get modified to look like a brake pedal.



Webby

This arrived in the post whilst I was away, it was ordered from TAB II Classics in Wales (Great service, Richard the owner seems like a great bloke and a very good price 385 GBP plus shipping)



Fits a treat

It's looking great, Brian. Baker made a tank for my very first client; they are high quality at a very reasonable price. (just don't be in a hurry)

grandpaul wrote:It's looking great, Brian. Baker made a tank for my very first client; they are high quality at a very reasonable price. (just don't be in a hurry)

Thanks GPZ,

The lead time was pretty good, about 5 weeks, I'm more than happy with the quality, price and service.