Danilo writes in:
Love your site. Thought you'd get a kick out of my Parilla 250 project. Purchased it in Minneapolis last month, hadn't run in years. Cleaned up the points, new battery and swapped out the VHB Dellorto for the original SS1 with remote bowl that came in the parts box, gave it a couple of kicks and... Nothing. Took it out in the alley and it bump-started on the third try.
Put 50 miles on it this weekend, including a stop at Acetoberfest in Chicago. Still bumping it, but as soon as I get new points and condenser that'll be a thing of the past. When winter hits the frame goes out for checking/bracing, and then I'm going to give it the cosmetic treatment.
That's a heck of a find! Perfect starting point! Thank for the Pics!
What beautiful engine!
Phil Writes in:
Hi,
My name is Phil G. and i live in Portland Or. I would like to share some pics of my 71 cb750. This has been my project for the last 2 1/2 years. I would like to sit here and tell you that i did it all myself but i have to give credit were credit is due. While the over all concept and design of the bike was all me there are a few very important elements to it that would not have been possible without help from some very talented friends of mine so i have to say thanks to Sam Hill for welding the custom oil tank and the 5" stretch into the fuel tank, and to Sean Smith for laying down the beautiful black paint, Paul Burdette for the stage 3 port job and general engine building help, Ginger Mccabe of New Church Customs for the seat pad, and to Deon Staffelbach for the awesome photography,other than that i pretty much did everything myself.
here is a list of mods and custom parts
engine bored out to 850
stage three ported head
super flow valves
webcam 63a grind
cyclex super rods
balanced and lightened crank and rotor
under cut tranny
all new bearings and chains inside
cr 29 carbs
custom aluminum oil tank
stock fuel tank stretched 5" with knee dents
custom rear sets (modeled after dunstall rear sets from the 70's)
custom s.s. muffler
Anyway, thanks for looking
Phil
My pleasure Phil. Thanks for sharing!
Jack Michaud Writes in:
Hi,
My dad turned me on to your blog. Nice stuff! Here's a pic of my 1989 Honda Hawk 650GT. Why Honda gifts this market segment to Suzuki I'll never know!
I couldn't agree more. This bike was years ahead of the SV and they gave just up on it too soon. Damm shame.
Paul Robinson sends in a pic of his interesting build.
Hmmm... There's a lo of potential here. I never thought of these bikes as tracker material. There's a million of them out there too at affordable prices. Just saying..
This may be the nicest CM400T on the planet. Damm that is cool.
I've said it here many many times. You do NOT need big money or big engines to build fantastic bikes. And here we have another excellent example of that. This beauty was built by Mario Trigo Salorino wo writes in:
Hello, my name is Mario and I write from Spain. I'm a fan of your blog for a long time. Always show the style of bikes that I like. It is a daily appointment required.
I want to show a personal project I recently completed. It is a Honda CM400T, base uncommon, has been done by me and some friends. I do not define his style, bobber, track, brat ... is a modest project but I'm very happy with the result. Major changes are, handlebars, handlebar switch, repositioning of the electrical components and battery box, exhaust, rear set, clocks, modified original seat and paint job. Appear on your blog would be a reward for my work. I hope you like.
A greeting and continued with this great blog. Muchas gracias.
PS. Sorry for my English.
Your English is fine Mario It's an excellent build. I am labeling at a Street Tracker but you're right it has elements of other styles in it as well. ! Thank you very much for sending in these great picture!
A Brough Superior of course.
Thanks to an alert reader!
Hi there! Thanks for a brilliant site.
I was walking around the Imperial War Museum in London yesterday and came across Lawrence of Arabia's SS100 Brough Superior. I'm not sure that it's suitable for the site, but I thought you'd like it. Lawrence owned eight of these beauties and they were all called George!
Thanks again
Jezza
Jeff Strom Sends in Some pics of his buddies bike (that I think I've seen before). And What a beauty it is. Those pipes are pure porn..
He Writes in:
Hey,
Love your blog, thought I would suggest a bike. I rode with
Mark (who built and owns this buzz bomb), with some triples,
about a month ago. This bike runs as sweet as it looks ...
Also found right here ...
http://kawasakitriplesworldwide.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=55493&start=3
4
... keep your bitch'n blog going, it's a regular stop for me!
Cheers,
Jeff Storm
(aka: K_trip - with that green '74 H2)
No Problem Jeff. Thanks Much for the great shots!
Matt from the Machinehead blog (be sure to check it out. Lots of great stuff) finished up a very nice build of an 1950 Panhead.
He Writes in:
Hey steve...hope your doing well....I've just finished my latest bike....a 1950 panhead....I'm happy with the way it came out ...was lots of work but it rides beautifully....anyway in case you didn't catch it on the site here are some shots....guy from greasy kulture is going to do a piece on it.......my attention to the Mark 1 Lemans now....
Hope all is good
Matt
Thanks for the pics Matt. Like I posted on your comments I think it a very well balanced build. Looks like you could ride the tar out of it. Can't wait to see that Mark 1!!
Lee Thiessen from Canada send in the gorgeous Triumph Bobber. That a stunner. Hits just the right notes.
Thank You Lee!
When Ron sent in his Favorite five submittable he included these pics of the one he "should have never sold". Oh but how we all have an old bike like that. She's a beauty indeed.
Aaron sent me a nice silhouette shot of his stable the other day along with a link to his flickr stream. While perusing his photos I stumbled across this stunner of a custom Triumph Scrambler. WOW! Aaron I hope you don't mind (and if you do I'll pull them immediately) but I'm a huge Triumph fan and couldn't pass these up.
By the way your original submital is excellent and included below. I'd love to see more angles of the Duck and especially Beemer.
Thanks Very Much
Aarons original note:
Hey!
I got a bit inspired on Sunday and had some fun with my DSLR and Photoshop; I ended up with what I think is a very good photo of my two bikes ('75 BMW R75/6 and '06 Ducati Multistrada 1000s) that you and your readers might like. The original is attached, and other sizes are at my flicker acct (under a Creative Commons license, so feel free to use what you like), here:
Cheers!
---Aaron
Here's the shanghaied Triumph...
And the original submittable. Excellent Shot!
From Hans Prost
Heyhey,
What a great site with great bikes, love it.
Sure like to see my Back 2 BasiXS between them.
Keep the beauties comin'!!!
Greetz, Hans Prost. Holland.
My pleasure Hans. Beautiful Build! The attention to detail is amazing.
Scott sends in some pics of his brothers sweet old iron.. In a perfect world with a bigger garage I'd definitely own a nice old American sideshift flathead with the obligatory "8-ball" shift knob. These are in just the right shape too. Ansd looking in the background it seems like the kind of shop you could loose yourself in for a while.
Hey man - great blog!
These bikes were built by my Brother, George Trerrotola. Thought you might dig these pics. Feel free to post them if you like. Cheers!
Scott
http://scottso-newyork.blogspot.com/
Thanks Very Much!
Thank you for the excellent Pictures!
Reader Chris Cullen Sends in a few pics that really being home just how far Triumph motorcycles have come on their long and convoluted journey. My eyes like them both but my back would probably prefer the older one
Then...
And Now..
Really excellent shots Chris. Thanks Much!
Apparently the universe is sending me some really nice choppers lately and I've definately learned NOT to screw with the universe. Here's a really nice Triumph TR6 from Michael Haar.
Thank You Michael!
