Stroboscopic Disco Inferno time! A smidgen adjustment had to be achieved on the Boyer pick-up points. With the aid of a strobing time gun, with it’s pick-up lead attached to cylinder #1’s plug lead and the engine revved to 3000 rpm, the timing mark on the rotor could then be lined up with the timing pin at 6 o’clock in the inspection opening. Twiddle pick-ups a wee bit and Bob’s yer uncle! She then revved up like a good un when the throttle was twisted with attitude. Just need to take ‘er out on the road to see what the pick-up is like and power as the speed increases…
The light of days past: here is an evocative snapshot of a Triumph owner from sometime when the Bonnie was the Latest and Greatest. Here a ’66. The clarity of those old Kodachrome photographs is sublime. A ’63 Mercury Comet sits in the shade behind. Apparently this is Thompsonville CT. The colour scheme for that year was white with a triple orange pinstripe throught the tank; complete with chrome fenders, grey topped seat and a sorted 650 engine: about as good as it gets.
Milla Jovovich (илица Йовович) – action gal of The Fifth Element as well as Resident Evil, here tops off a vintage Triumph in fine modelling style. ATGATT? Not Likely Mate!
A superb image of McQueen as a ’64 ISDT rider taking his TR6R Trophy steed through its paces along a wooded gravel trail in East Germany. The concentration is intense.
…and hoof it down! On a hot day you need to dress appropriately; here Steve is checking out his racing desert sled, prior to or after one of the California Sunday events. A speed worn patina enlivens this moto perfectly.
Brick by brick by brick: a full size model Triumph bike constructed entirely of LEGO blocks. The streamlined fairing and black engine superbly fashioned.
The original Daytona; the beefy triple from Triumph in the mid-nineties. A modern classic!
I spyed this on a posting over the weekend on the local Craigslist motorcycle listing. A 1944 wartime Beeza in near ‘original’ patina condition – a wipe down with wd40, oil change, new sparkplugs and tires; I’d bet she’d kick over and thump along the road with nary a beat missed from decades holed up under a dusty canvas tarp in the back of some Midwestern shed. That strong half litre single lunged engine pulling like an old mule. $3,750 and she’s yours! Now where did I put that penny jar?
The talk show host Jay Leno is a discerning collector of all things automobile and motorcycle. An envious number of both two and four-wheeled items in his garage. Here showing a liking for the Hinckley badged Thunderbird moto.
A successful installation of a ‘new’ timing cover to the old gal today. Well ‘new’ from Ebay anyroads! A fairly straight forward job as I had ensured the electronic points were replaced in exact realignment so no timing had to be done. She kicked over first hoof of the kick-start lever. Now what do I do with the old cover? Well some folks place a suitably sized clock in it and hang ‘er up to count the misspent hours fettlin’ the bike in the ‘mancave’. Back to Ebay….
One film where the bikers lifestyle plays a part is the classic Quadrophenia. The Who soundtracked, Phil Daniels starred story of mods versus rockers. An antagonistic rowdy London crowd: on one side the anorak wearing, Vespa and Lambaretta riding guys and gals; the other a rough, oily leather clad gang of Triumph and Beeza rortin’ lads and lass rockers.
Here a moped mod gets gunned down on the A3 by a swarm of British iron…
Nice graphic; evocative of the open road on a Triumph. Indeed there is a dedicated site to our Mr. Toepfer and his motorcycling and photography exploits. It’s better in the wind. There’s even a great short film there.
After the CAD bike a couple of posts ago here’s a video which takes it a step further. A full real life/animated short. A neat wee story about the trials of Norton ‘ownership’. Masterfully created by Steve Twist as part of an Undergraduate Degree in Computer Visualisation and Animation at Bournemouth.
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