1965 and I replaced the rear tyre of my Norton Dominator 99ss from an Avon GP to a Dunlop K70 because it was £1 or so cheaper, a big deal for an 18 year old apprentice on £4 a week. The first time I cranked the bike over in the wet the back end snaked away and I hit the deck. This happened twice..I never came off that bike with the Avon! Just hoping your new Dunlop K series are better!! Lovely bike you've got though.
Haha. Sounds like my life. They all had KTM and fancy mopeds and I had a fckg French Solex from 1967 with front engine. I still hv that thing and today it is vintage cool. 😅
@@frankbasler6673 when I said to my parents I wanted a BSA/Triumph they said, a bicycle is fast enough for your needs. I was crushed! Now, vintage is pretty expensive but I am so glad those like yourself have the nice motorcycles and have them posted. Be well.
Real café-racer, not a starbucks-poseur, as most of today's hipster BS with shitty tyres, even knobby ones, which is an heresy... Your looks very much like the K-81 TT100 of yore, but not exactly so. What are they?
@@frankbasler6673 where do you find them? As most Starbucks-poseurs use shitty tyres, I thought old tyres of yore like the Dunlop K81 and the Michelin PZ-2 were not available today. I've ridden café-racers almost all my life and I ended using other more modern sticky modern tyres. Sadly, today, the most sticky ones are only found in 17 inches, so that's what I use on my current ride for twisties, a Duke 690 thumper, which has the spirit of old café-racers but sadly a garish off-road Supermotard look...
That is a though one. I found mine in the UK some years ago. There you really have to look around and be prepared to spend. Mine are a bit woody now, but I don’t beat up the bike anymore like I used to. So for a joyride they still work
Tritons are built by ''Blokes in Sheds'' ...apart from Dresda...drinking endless cups of tea and smoking Old Holbourne 'roll ups' thats why they always look more authentic than anything built by the Starbuck brigade...
I notice you have a VIN plate near the headstock. Is it difficult to register a hybrid or special in Germany? I worked for a dealership near Paderborn in the 80's and 90's and noticed that German documents were very different from the British version.
Hi Sophie, you are absolutely correct. Lots of papers and to register is a drag. It depends really on the local MOT person. If they want to they make it happen, they find a way. If not, disaster. I had a nice person. I had to invent a chassis number, Hammer it in and the manufacturer is myself, the model is triton. He took all the measurements and technical test - zoom it was done. To register as Norton or Triumph or Triton was not possible. No type approval exists in this configuration. The bike came from the UK with little papers, so we had to get creative. What helped was something unexpected. In the Little round thing where the registration tag is displayed on the bike we found a big bunch of stickers going back to 65. So when this was running in the UK for so long, the Tester said, we have to make it happen here. :). I guess all Tritons registered in Germany have their own story 😅 Cheers Frank
I built a Triton a few years before moving to Spain in 2001. it had a original MOT which lasted for six month or so. Then I had to re-register it, an Engineers report etc,etc!...The Bike had no lights, which was the first stumbling block and the fact the Bike was two Bikes blow the mind of homologation conscious inspectors. I used the Triton on many Concentrations over the next few years... trailering the bike to various venues. but in the end I sold it to a collector in Valencia. It was a great bike, was photographed a good deal..... Norton slimline frame, a Triumph thunderbird pre-unit engine 1959 vintage, with a twin carb head, plus all the other parts associated with these bikes...All I have now are various trophies the bike won.....it was great while it lasted.
@@frankbasler6673 I use a Triumph Street triple now... Owning Tritons Tribsas or other hybrids etc in UK isn't a problem as long as everything works Okay ...Spain though has a draconian homologation system...the ITV (MOT) check everything, even in some cases the tyres.its just impossible...
Hi Dave my name is jay .kickstarting in converse boots. . wow. Watching the guy feel for the compression kick on the bike was awesome . Love watching guy kick over those bikes
Frank, my Bobber build is coming on good. I noticed in this vid that you have the same chain tensioner as me. I have a David Bird Hardtail and have to mount it facing forward like you, but it looks like you have switched it around somehow. My arm to the skateboard wheel is on the other side to yours. Did you change the chain tensioner around? Cheers from London.
Hi there, all the Best for the project. There are many tensioners out there. With most you cannot change direction. I did buy mine from lowbrow Customs USA spot on firmly frame and direction. It fittet Plug and Play and works perfekt. I just took the ugly roller off and added the bigger skateboard roller. For that I had to fab a new axle. Check out www.lowbrowcustoms.com/catalogsearch/result/?order=relevance&dir=desc&q=Chain+tensioner They have all sort of directions. Weld and bold on. I hope that helps. Cheers Frank
Frank, thanks for getting me into Greg Brown's music and through that, Iris Dement and John Prine! Great singer songwriters! For your Motogadget speedo, do you use a sensor on the front wheel or electrical impulse? I will go with a Motogadget speedo but not sure which one yet. Cheers from England!
Christopher Smith Hi and I love that Song :). I use the small sensor on the rear axle and the magnet is fixed on the pinion drive. It is basically invisible. Cable runs incl the number plate cable through the rigid frame. Cheers and hv fn building. Frank
Frank, that is a beautiful Bobber! I'm building a 66 TR6R with 6" Hardtail at the moment. I want it finished by May 2019. Love your forward controls but not sure if they will work on my bike as I have low twin exhausts.
Thank you. That is a good question. I would go first for forward controls best for riding position. That is usually first. Unless you build a show bike and not a rider. The exhaust has to follow. Best of luck with your project! Cheers
@@frankbasler6673 don't worry my bobber will be a rider not a show bike! When the engine is back in the frame and exhausts on, I'll take a look if I can fit forward controls. The look I want requires low exhausts.
Lovely Triton, what's the front brake? I don't recognise it, but it looks like the front wheel has less than the usual British 40 spokes, so, Japanese?
Thanks! The front brake is a giant very early grimeca double duplex with innercooling in the center and the front wheel is an Akront 36 spoke from Spain. The year I don’t know, but it is an old one.
Nice bike - what kind of handlebar is it ? I'd love to have one like this for my TriBSA caferacer (1961 BSA frame with 750cc Bonnie engine) Thanks in advance for your info !
Hi there! I hv got them from www.trumpet-classics.de Ask for Dietmar. Cool guy, he sure can tell you the manufacturer. His shop is in Stuttgart, Germany. Cheers Frank
Ok thanks anyway I think I'm just going to go disc front end I'm a bit over it lol But check my channel I just uploaded a vid of my bike finished check it out 👍🏻
Hi frank could u pleas make a little vid of the front brake setup Showing the front brake stay how u set it up I'm struggling to get mine to work properly with triumph hub and Dna springer Cheers
Hi there. Unfortunately I am for a while not in my place and the bike is wrapped and stored. It works just like a original drum brake for the springer. The brake stay is the biggest headache. In the end I used a double ball joined fixed at the big arm of the fork, it is about 3 inches log. MOT tested it and approved. Sorry mate, in about 6 weeks I am back. Cheers
