Friday morning post

Thursday after work I stopped by Greg to see how the Triumph was coming along, more on that after this...I did exactly 22 miles (unusual) last night in a brisk 48 degree temp w/ a steady NW wind. Headed north against the wind 10 miles, went west a bit, then headed back. Was wearing 3 layers on top and two below. Was a bit chilly at first but was really nice after blood was pumpin. Good ride averaging 16.75 mph. Had to stop by B & Tskinny's to use tire pump since I felt like I was draggin a 50 lb weight for the first 20-30 minutes. Nice pump B! I want one now, a lot easier than filling up the compressor for a couple of tires that's for sure.

After that the little lady and I were going to go out to eat for our anniversary but neither of us were really that hungry so we decided to go and get some pumpkins instead. We have a couple good ones and may spend tonight carving them up. Here's little T and the big baby...Motorcycle Project

I could do a whole lotta writing on this but will try to hammer it out in a real quick manner-
This is what it looked liked when I bought it on March 31st of this year from some guy in Clintonville.
1967 Triumph T100C

I've wanted one of these for some time so when I got it home and rode it around the block a few times I started disassembling and ordering parts to make it into the bobber I wanted.

So I get the bolt on hard tail, the solo seat, new tires, seat shocks, bars, grips, light, license plate mount, chain, air cleaner, ignition switch. Then asked JZelle if he could help me w/the fab/welding needed to mount rear fender. After some looking of the OE fender he strongly advised that I get something else. I order up an Exile Choppers 6" blank and we measured and cut it up. Also got some cool rigid fender struts off ebay and we did the same to those. JZ really knows how to work w/ metal and has the equip to boot. So after being at his place for like 4 weeks I take it home and paint everything black. Assembled it back to a roller and started working on the wiring, which has to be all redone. After making a little progress off of what info I could find I took a hard look at what I had and made the decision to have an experience hand finish it up for me. I want it to be cool, but more importantly safe. So I took it to Greg. He was super crazy busy when I dropped it off on July 31st, and didn't get a chance to do a hard look at it until Sept 10th. I paid him and he started work on it the next day. And even though I know I'm missing some info that brings up to today.

So I stopped by his place after work yesterday to see how the bike was coming along. He has fabbed up the top motor mount, found a new head for the motor and was assembling it back together. He thinks he should be wrapping it up in the next week or two stating that most the past few weeks has been waiting on parts which I know is the case since I've done a lot of that myself. So here's what it looked like...