Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Gone

Well I sold my little Hot Rod Bike last weekend. It was a 1969 Triumph TR6C Tiger that I chopped up and built an old school bobber.






She came to me as a '70s chopper. Molded frame, tiller bars, chrome swing arm, the works.





This would never do, so I started tearing her apart. Pulled the motor, swing arm, and the tins. Bolted on the 4" over 2" drop hard tail. Cut the rear fender. Hung the original tank on the wall (ZigZag Man kicks ass), and built a bad ass seat for her.

I procured a Mustang tank from my good friend Ray.

Painted it up with a beautiful black paint job, and then...

...took 3000 grit sand paper and sanded through it to make a nice patina.

All the wiring was ran through the backbone. The points were replace with a Sparxx ignition and all the remaining dead weight was removed.




The result was an old school bobber, debuting in the middle of the winter.



Pictures from a photo shoot.

I put her up for sale and right off the bat I got contacted by a kid in Elko. He wanted the bike real bad and started digging up the cash. In the mean time I was getting calls from all the "experts" trying to talk down the bike and low ball. 

Wanting the Elko buyer to take the bike home I went onto the online classifieds that I had it listed on and raised the price to detour people from calling, giving the first guy a chance to procure the Triumph. Low and behold, a couple months after first contact he showed up. He was so geeked out for the bike he didn't even take time to go for a ride. I showed him a few of the things you need to know to own a British bike and away they went.

She was a fun build, a good looking bike, and a learning experience. Now that there is some real estate freed up in my garage it is time to think of what is next.

Thats my story.
C






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