Thank you for another wonderful episode, Bill. Liam’s camera work is great, but his commentary is priceless….. “Show off.” 😁 You’re a better man than I ever was, riding side-hilled single track on that beast. As I’ve said before, I ❤️ that bike, and your setup mods are on point. What I appreciate the most is you’re not “restoring”, maintaining all of its hard earned patina. Good job!
I grew up in Vegas in the '70s. About '74 or so I knew what dirt bikes were, sorta. My uncle gave me a '73 GT 80 when he bought a '74 YZ 125. By that time the old school desert sleds were replaced by KTM, HUSKY, MAICO, CAN AM and the Japanese bikes. It still blows my mind that madmen railed the desert on those old British bikes.
Very cool I need to get my 56 tr6 going I've had it since 76 bought a new set of high left side pipes TT pipes now nothing sounds better than a 40in Triumph with straight pipes!
Just love your videos - great family effort on this one, inspiring your kids, perhaps just like your dad did. The TR6 is a beaut. and sounds wonderful.
Sure wish I could ride with you on my Rickman Metisse Mk III TR6C. But I'm in Alaska. Nothing sounds like the beautiful sound of an old pushrod British twin.
Looking forward to the teased long trip on the desert sled. I’m guessing you’ll wait till it cools off a bit! 106 here today north of you. Happy Trails! Troop
The bike looks great, Do you know how much ground clearance you have on the bike? I am trying to have an idea of what can be done with 6.5 inches that I have on my scrambler. Thanks
Isn't it interesting how we all tend to lean the bike into the hill on a single track trail that runs sideways to the hill. Where at some point the rear wheel loses traction and slides down the hill a bit. If we can see ourselves doing this it will be obvious to keep the bike vertical. My best soluion has been to stand-up and put more weight on the foot peg that is on the down-side of the hill. But I'm still working at it.
“C model” triumph had cast in pullback riders in the top triple lamp. This was opposed to the rubber mounted “R model” road going models which flexed and moved in a way totally unsuitable for off road duty.
