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Tastefully done,I think. No hipster schtick.

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Re: Dresda Triton

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I don't like it, but it is well done, apart from the rev counter cable
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Re: Dresda Triton

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60 year old engine. 60 year old frame.

What a waste of time.
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Re: Dresda Triton

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Should have had bell mouths! :thumbdown:






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Re: Dresda Triton

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Yorick wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:48 pm 60 year old engine. 60 year old frame.

What a waste of time.
You or the bike :think:



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Re: Dresda Triton

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Headlamp bracket looks a bit 'mecanno afterthought'
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Needs a brown seat
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Re: Dresda Triton

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In my yoof I lusted after bikes like that. Looks good to me.
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Ditchfinder wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 4:27 pm Headlamp bracket looks a bit 'mecanno afterthought'
Yes. And I use the same type!

I think it’s a 750cc T140 Bonneville cylinder and head on a 1963-69 650 bottom end.

Maybe this Triton vibrates less than mine, but without rubber mounting of the headlight, bulbs lasted about four days.
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Oh look- it’s leaking oil from the tacho drive!
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Re: Dresda Triton

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inewham wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:56 pm I like it but I think a pre-unit engine looks better, unit engines always seem a bit small
And only the long chaincase rigid Triumph engine/gearbox setup fits properly, with a reasonably short rear chain.

People stick Dresda badges on their Tritons for prestige, but Dresda’s history is not all prestigious.
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Not dissimilar to something one of my fellow students was running around on (and occasionally falling off) back in the late 70s...
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Re: Dresda Triton

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JackyJoll wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:01 pm
inewham wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:56 pm I like it but I think a pre-unit engine looks better, unit engines always seem a bit small
And only the long chaincase rigid Triumph engine/gearbox setup fits properly, with a reasonably short rear chain.

People stick Dresda badges on their Tritons for prestige, but Dresda’s history is not all prestigious.
Dave Degens did time for handling stolen bikes/parts as I recall...
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Re: Dresda Triton

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mangocrazy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:13 pm Dave Degens did time for handling stolen bikes/parts as I recall...
Brilliant name,Terry Pratchett would have stolen that. Rat innabun.
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mangocrazy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 7:13 pm Dave Degens did time for handling stolen bikes/parts as I recall...
According to legend, even many years later Police Triumph frames could be seen sticking out of the mud in the Thames, at very low tides.
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Re: Dresda Triton

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Nurse! I have just emitted into my undies!
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Re: Dresda Triton

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Yorick wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:48 pm 60 year old engine. 60 year old frame.

What a waste of time.
The guy who made time made plenty of it.
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