New website/new blog

With the creation of the new look of our website (www.speeddeluxe.com), we've moved the blog from blogspot to wordpress. All of the old blog posts are now accessible via the website, and all of the new blog posts will only be available on the website. Therefore, we'll be shutting this blog down, but make sure to check out the new format on the website!

Riviera Blue

Color is always the toughest decision on a build, it can either make it or break it and oh boy does Riviera Blue make it!! The pic doesn't do it a lot of justice but just wait until we get this bike out into the sun (when it appears)!

Triumph update

The frame and parts came back from Auto Cycle Powdercoaters in Redbank and they have done an awesome job, probably the best job I've seen to date! The build up has begun and the first job was to put all the wiring back in the frame while it was easy to move around. Keep posted for updates.

MIni buttons

With the Triumph having indicators I needed some way of activating them. Here's the fitting of the mini buttons into the bars, I will detail the wiring in a later post.

Positions marked and punched

Pilot bit should be approximately the size of the tang on the final bit.

Drilled

Tapped

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Fabrication, done.

Time for strip down, final welding, grinding and sanding.

Triumph Custom Oil Tank

Pattern

I bead rolled the center section

Hammer and dolly time

After hammering, shrinking, stretching and trimming it's time to start welding

Finished and mounted, just need to add the filler neck which is in the post

Bonneville rear lights

The twin rear stop and tail lights will also function as rear indicators, always a good safety option on a bike that will be ridden daily. I found these vintage glass lens lights and went to work.