Introduce yourself and your classic bike(s) - with photos!

[C.M.C.E.]

Greetings from SE PA. My name is Tom, and live in the Philly area. My everyday bike is a 75/6 BMW, and my not-so-everyday bike is a '75 T160 Trident. I've had it for 30 years, with my brother-in-law being the original owner. It's currently got 2,400 miles on it, and other than a Tri-Spark Classic ignition and a T150 air filter it's completely original, including the tires and paint. It's been in museums, a concours d'elegance, and a ton of shows but I think it's time to just start riding it. I know "it's only original once", but it's too good of a motorcycle to just sit there 99.9% of the time. Over the winter I'm thinking about putting on new tires, brake pads and shocks, and start using it like Triumph intended.

 

[Vector]

Gorgeous bike! I grew up just up the road from you in Skippack/Center Square area.

 

[C.M.C.E.]

Gorgeous bike! I grew up just up the road from you in Skippack/Center Square area.

That closeup photo was taken at the Skippack show a couple of years ago.

 

[grandpaul]

Greetings from SE PA. My name is Tom, and live in the Philly area. My everyday bike is a 75/6 BMW, and my not-so-everyday bike is a '75 T160 Trident... Over the winter I'm thinking about putting on new tires, brake pads and shocks, and start using it like Triumph intended.

That sounds like a proper plan. I had that bike's near twin, but it was never that shiny. Gotta love the mechanical banshee howl when it comes up on the cams...


Howdy from Central Texas.

 

[brooke]

Sweeett

 

[martin1200r]

1978 T140E, 1st of the E's with Amal Mk II's but still positive earth, was imported back to England from the states around 1990.

 

[grandpaul]

1978 T140E, 1st of the E's with Amal Mk II's but still positive earth, was imported back to England from the states around 1990.

I re-commissioned an almost identical '79 a few years bike. Very nice bike.

 

[triumph david]

TO TT, from Mississippi,very nice bike!!!!!!

 

[GreeboIOW]

offhand it sounds like the classic timing chain and sprockets wearing out and then skipping a tooth to run retarded. dunno how often that problem surfaces with your machine. how many miles on it?

or the cam chain tensioner itself could have gone south.

retarding the valve timing will cause the motor to be low on power, may not even start. the noise won't be any better.

I've been told it's the classic fault with the original triples. Behind the clutch is a plate with springs on it that don't last long and should've been modified.
Apparently the black engines are the old ones the silver are the later and already modified. Both this one and my other Daytona have black engines. Typical. I'm hoping that one of the previous owners modified my newer model 2001 dual exhaust (BUMBLEBEAST) seems much more powerful than the T595.

 

[grandpaul]

This thread sure has become a mess since all the "unpopular" photo hosting sites died...

 

[tbconcrete]

A few of my toys. 1973 Tiger 750. 1976 Bonny 750. One is right foot shift and one is left foot shift. They let me know when I am not thinking.

 

[grandpaul]

A few of my toys. 1973 Tiger 750. 1976 Bonny 750. One is right foot shift and one is left foot shift. They let me know when I am not thinking.

Nice pair of classic Triumph big twins!

 

[speedrattle]

lol

i have a commando too which is right shift but one down three up.

between the normal right shift bikes and the modern left shift one-up something-down machines, i m too stupid to remember what to do with my feet while im riding.

the only one that makes sense is my old T120 that i bought 45 years ago and is permanently ingrained into my muscle memory

nice machines you have. classics both of them

 

[Dashfixer]

I posted earlier in a different forum. This is my 79 T140E. I got it cheap with a snapped crankshaft and signs of a lot of abuse. I decided to do a complete rebuild with a few modifications. It's not quite finished and I want to do a couple more mods.