Here’s another project from the past; the rebuild of a super classic BSA RGS; the final swan song of the pre-unit 650cc engine in the A10. The project was picked up with a Home Depot rented truck on a snowy January from a snow-bound tin shed at a trailer park in West Chicago in 2001. A couple of carboard boxes held parts and another engine. An oily jigsaw indeed!
I chose a cafe racer look with rear sets and clip on handlebars; it ran like a champ and had that wonderful twin rort. However no easy place to store and difficult insurance forced it to be sold to another owner.
People just want to be seen on a Triumph…
See the World, well Europe, on a Honda ~ fantastic graphics, colours and character.
The pick-up; a lift with the help of Dean Rennie and his truck. Then used his garage to break the bike down to its component parts for rebuild evaluation…
Frame cleaned off and sent to the powder coater came back looking spiffy… likewise the tank was sandblasted to base metal for new filling and painting.
The rebuild in stages…
“A lot of people go through life doing things badly. Racing’s important to men who do it well. When you’re racing, it… it’s life. Anything that happens before or after… is just waiting.”
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