The riding challenge game. Pic of your bike 'somewhere'

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Bloody hell,that was quick!

I was out anyway, stopped to give my bum a rest, and had a quick look, I was about Equi distance from the Shepherd and Dog, Trowel and Hammer or Cat and Mouse, Shepherd and Dog won because it's on the nicest road.

This is where I was

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[dern]

I was just heading off to a memorial when my ride was terminated

[Mr. Dazzle]

Next your bike with a building, bridge or similar permanent structure which displays a date in its 'fabric'. I.e. not a gig poster stuck on.

[ZRX61]

I didn't know it was possible to make a Triumph look so wrong... What happened?

[Mr. Dazzle]

String of Kawasaki owners had it before me, you know how bad their taste is

[Mr. Dazzle]

Serious answer though....P O'C, the name on the fairing, is/was my FiL. He bought it off a racer in 1973, that's where the blue frame came in. FiL was first road registered owner.

The fairing is a different fairing from what the racer had, but it's always had clip ons and rearsets.

The rest is 50 years of ownership on various levels of budget

[ZRX61]

[mangocrazy]

Serious answer though....P O'C, the name on the fairing, is/was my FiL. He bought it off a racer in 1973, that's where the blue frame came in. FiL was first road registered owner.

The fairing is a different fairing from what the racer had, but it's always had clip ons and rearsets.

The rest is 50 years of ownership on various levels of budget

It does all look a bit low-slung - probably the exhaust contributes to that. I don't think I'd find the riding position very comfortable...

[Mr. Dazzle]

I don't find it very comfortable either

But yes it's very low. If I put both feet flat on the floor there's daylight under my bum.

[ZRX61]

I think the issue is the ratio of fairing to the rest of the bike.. & those tulip mufflers instead of reverse cone mega's, especially with the swept back headers

[Mr. Dazzle]

Got a set of reverse cone megas. They have just too many holes, there are only supposed to be 2 in each pipe

[Bigyin]

Next your bike with a building, bridge or similar permanent structure which displays a date in its 'fabric'. I.e. not a gig poster stuck on.

If i wheel the bike to the front of my house i guess it doesnt count as the name of the cottage and and build date of 1879 is built onto the front

[Skub]

Next your bike with a building, bridge or similar permanent structure which displays a date in its 'fabric'. I.e. not a gig poster stuck on.

If i wheel the bike to the front of my house i guess it doesnt count as the name of the cottage and and build date of 1879 is built onto the front

Must be cool to live in a house that was built on your birth year.

[mangocrazy]

I don't find it very comfortable either

But yes it's very low. If I put both feet flat on the floor there's daylight under my bum.

I suspect it could benefit from a set of longer shocks to raise the rear a bit. Are you constrained from making any major changes to it while F-i-L is still an interested observer - bit like a prized family heirloom? If it was mine I'd probably start making moves to return it to standard-ish and gradually lose the cafe racer vibe. To be perfectly honest that fairing doesn't help the overall look of the bike. IMHO, of course.

I like the swept back pipes, but they should 'kick up' at the second bend, not just droop.

[Mr. Dazzle]

He'd have a job to observe, he's under the apron at Bruntingthorpe He was a founding member of the Lightning preservation group there.

Forks and shocks are both sub optimal levels of bouncy TBF, it also grounds out very early but I can't work out where.

It's never had standard bars or pegs. The first owner changed it right out of the factory and its never been back.

[mangocrazy]

Ah, OK. Didn't know his 'pushing up daisies' status so assumed the best.

So - what are you waiting for? The world is your bivalve...

In the grounding out stakes I'd have those zorsts as favourite. They need pulling in closer to the bike's centre line and raising a tad. I'd be happy with the rearsets; they look like they improve ground clearance. But the bars look a bit like a torture rack...

[Bigyin]

Next your bike with a building, bridge or similar permanent structure which displays a date in its 'fabric'. I.e. not a gig poster stuck on.

If i wheel the bike to the front of my house i guess it doesnt count as the name of the cottage and and build date of 1879 is built onto the front

Must be cool to live in a house that was built on your birth year.

ironic to be called old by the bloke who sat next to Noah on his big boat full of animals

[Skub]

If i wheel the bike to the front of my house i guess it doesnt count as the name of the cottage and and build date of 1879 is built onto the front

Must be cool to live in a house that was built on your birth year.

ironic to be called old by the bloke who sat next to Noah on his big boat full of animals

I never got on with that cunt,I mostly spent my 40 days and nights with the monkeys. Those guys know how to party.

[Mr. Dazzle]

I like the swept back pipes, but they should 'kick up' at the second bend, not just droop.

Like this...



Trouble is, you lose the rear pegs. My wife does want to go on the back of her Dad's old bike. I have suggested she learn to ride...

That pic also shows how low slung my (wife's) bike is in comparison, need to figure out why.

[mangocrazy]

I like the swept back pipes, but they should 'kick up' at the second bend, not just droop.

Like this...



Trouble is, you lose the rear pegs. My wife does want to go on the back of her Dad's old bike. I have suggested she learn to ride...

That pic also shows how low slung my (wife's) bike is in comparison, need to figure out why.

Yes, that's a lot more like it. But even then at the second bend the pipe is only parallel with the ground. I'd want them canted up by 10-15 degrees at that point, not where they join the silencer/mega. I'd be surprised if you couldn't find an off the shelf solution, given the number of folks making parts for old Trumpets. If not, splash the cash and get a set of bespoke pipes made to your exact spec.

Similar with the footrest mounts - I'm pretty sure you could buy/make (or get made) some pillion footrests that double up as silencer mounts. That's the way most pillion footrests are constructed by OE manufacturers. It's just such an obvious thing to do.

But yes, yours is definitely a low rider compared to the cafe racer pic. Something odd is definitely going on and it will be a contributory factor to the poor ground clearance. I'd check out shock free lengths and wheel diameters for a start.