PRE-UNIT PERFECTION: RECREATING A 1950S DESERT SLED

[weeksy]

https://www.bikeexif.com/triumph-desert-sled

[KungFooBob]

Can I get one that isn't brown and doesn't have a cream seat?

[ChrisW]

Can I get one that isn't brown and doesn't have a cream seat?

I could live with the brown if the seat was black..

[Wossname]

Nice build, spoiled by the colour scheme imo.

[Buckaroo]

Not sure about the bat mobile paint design on the tank.

[JackyJoll]

It is wise to secure the brake cable away from the tyre.



Can’t see that exhaust pipe bracketry staying tight for long when you’re out sledding in the desert, either.

[Skub]

What's the current deal with brown seats/grips/paintwork?

It's not like I ever remember loads of brown bikes,aside from military vehicles.

I like the clean,simple lines of the bike,but not the colour or those straight thru pipes. That will be loud.

[Count Steer]

It's an interesting read and helps to understand what he was aiming for. It's not really my cuppa and it'll be waaay to loud. What's the point of building a bike to take you off the beaten track if you're going to destroy the peace and quiet when you get there? So it's a

[Demannu]

This is my kind of bike........buuuuuuuut did they just give up when choosing a colour scheme, and those pipes have zero leg protection from the heat. First time it gets ridden there'll be either burnt nylon stuck to them or leather/belstaff rubs.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

The exhaust routing is silly, the could have gone under the right hand side of the engine and still been higher than the frame rails, then swooped up to get the high level exit required for going through puddles (like this thing will ever get ridden off road)

Also the left hand footpeg appears to be bolted to the engine casing, it's going to vibrate like a black mamba with Duracells, and the first time you land from a jump it will break the casing. Just noticed both footpegs are bolted to the engine. Yet another edit, looks like they're mounted to the engine mounting plates - still not great.

And while I'm nit picking, the footpegs are too high and too far forward for an off road bike, that is going to be horrible to ride stood on the pegs.

[DefTrap]

Does nothing for me.

[The Spin Doctor]

And last time I checked a sled was wheel-less.

[Mr. Dazzle]

I thibk those footpeg mounting points at pretty much standard. But yes they vibrate like a dildo with duracells.

[mangocrazy]

Does nothing for me.

Or me. Can't really find anything to be positive about. There was one in similar vein a week or so ago that was far better in every way.

[Skub]

But yes they vibrate like a dildo with duracells.

Sounds like the voice of experience.

[Mr. Dazzle]

But yes they vibrate like a dildo with duracells.

Sounds like the voice of experience.

Total pain in the arse i tell ya.

[JackyJoll]

Also the left hand footpeg appears to be bolted to the engine casing, it's going to vibrate like a black mamba with Duracells, and the first time you land from a jump it will break the casing. Just noticed both footpegs are bolted to the engine. Yet another edit, looks like they're mounted to the engine mounting plates - still not great.

And while I'm nit picking, the footpegs are too high and too far forward for an off road bike, that is going to be horrible to ride stood on the pegs.

They look like standard Pre-unit Triumph pegs and mountings.

There’s nowhere you could fit them that wouldn’t shake like hell anyway.