Triumph TR6C restoration-ish

[Kevin Maxwell Ostrom]

My good friend Dirk asked me to make his old Triumph look and run like/better than new. The poor bike has been through a few people's hands that were not as skilled as they should have been, and the motor nearly ate itself late last year. I am finally getting around to working on it. A friend of mine actually did his engineering apprenticeship in the Triumph factory and has the skill and knowledge to completely restore the factory finish on the old cases. These are the before pictures. Pictures of the finished project will follow soon.

[gomango]

My good friend Dirk asked me to make his old Triumph look and run like/better than new. The poor bike has been through a few people's hands that were not as skilled as they should have been, and the motor nearly ate itself late last year. I am finally getting around to working on it. A friend of mine actually did his engineering apprenticeship in the Triumph factory and has the skill and knowledge to completely restore the factory finish on the old cases. These are the before pictures. Pictures of the finished project will follow soon.

My father had one of these when I was young. I'll watch your progress with interest!

[Too Tall]

Thanks for that. I'll follow closely. I'm a HUGE fan of folks who work with their hands.

[dave1215]

Thanks for that. I'll follow closely. I'm a HUGE fan of folks who work with their hands.

ah, so you're client #9?

this tr6 thing caught my eye - a buddy of mine did a complete restore by completely disassembling a tr6 and rebuilding with new replacements for every gasket and other degradable part. what a project - practically building a car from scratch out of a kit. wish i had pictures to show. perhaps we'll get some from KMO.

[Kevin Maxwell Ostrom]

My friend Mike at Engine Dynamics Co. in Petaluma applied his "magic" technique and restored the finish on these cases. I cannot wait to see what the case covers look like!!!

[hmbatrail]

Mmmm,clean cases. Looks nice.

So was the sludge trap completely packed up?
Did you have any problem with the Whitworth bolts when you pulled the jugs off the case?
How many phillips head screws were stripped out (most or all of them)?
Are you going to electronic ignition (please say yes)?
How about a 3 phase alternator? It works great because you can run a headlight and not have your brakelight act as a kill switch. :)
Since it is a TR6 you have the 2 into 1 carb manifold, correct? If the slide on the Amal is shot to shit you can always convert it over to a Mikuni.
The gaskets from MAP are hard to beat when it comes time to buttoning the whole thing up and giving yourself a fighting chance to keep it from marking its territory.

Looks like a great start and I will watch intently.

[TJ]

Any updates on this beast?

[ramjm_2000]

very nice!! Subscribed...