Triumph powered what???

[firko]

Thanks Ola Martin..... Holtworks are very expensive though.

Or you could go to the original at http://www.cheneyracing.co.uk/ . If you can manoeuvre through one of the worst website designs in cyberspace to find what you want, you'll find that there are no prices listed. Then after you send Simon an email asking him about whatever it is you want, you'll grow into a bitter old man waiting for a reply. But, if you do manage to get through to him and actually order, you'll pay through the arse, wait for months for the parts to arrive and then find he's either sent you wrong or badly made, unfinished parts...or both as was my case. I'd sent him precise measurements of my frame to make sure I was sent the correct side panels but what eventually arrived was two flat sheets of aluminium with the layout laid out in felt tip pen and a message written on them for me to cut them myself as he wasn't sure of the right shape. No number beading, no louvers...nothing...but he still charged me for the finished product. When I complained I never got a reply, and phonecalls went unanswered.

That was my experience, yours may be different.

[firko]

Here's one of the UK's more famous TriBSA's, the John Hobbs TriBSA Classic Bike magazine cover bike. That issue gives good detail on building the bike.
                                                                                           
                                                                                                                 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLASSIC-BIKE-MAGAZINE-February-1991-/110951253451
                                                                                           

[bazza]

 have been to simons shop and as Firko says unfortunatly Simon seems to be a chip off the old block,just like Eric dont know how the business has lasted

[TM BILL]

Thanks Ola Martin..... Holtworks are very expensive though.

I think the cost is relative , i dont have the skill or equipment to make products as good as what they sell so i am happy to pay for them 

[firko]

Thanks Ola Martin..... Holtworks are very expensive though.

I just spent half an hour going through the Holtworks website and they certainly make some tasty stuff. I agree with Bill that if you want the best you couldn't go past this stuff. I don't think it's that expensive when you consider the amount of work that goes into the panels and tanks. I'll be shopping there when I start looking for bits for my Tribsa.

[FourstrokeForever]

Holtworks do have a lot of very tasty morsels all made to great quality. I guess I'm just a tight arse  I think that comes from doing most of my own fabrication work and knowing how easy (relatively) it would be to knock up a set of side covers if I had a bead roller.... I think I will buy the holtworks covers as buying a decent bead roller can't be justified for the work it will do.
I don't reckon I'll be going to cheney any time soon.....I get really pissed orf when I get ripped orf.... Thanks for the advice you lot. Now back to the thread......

[firko]

Here's Brad's new pre 65 TriBSA, a good looker that'll look even better with a tidy up. The stuff's still out there folks. You just have to dig it out . With the Brad on board it's got pointy end potential and with a fork and front wheel change it'll be more than competitive in pre 60.
                                       
                                       

[TM BILL]

Holtworks do have a lot of very tasty morsels all made to great quality. I guess I'm just a tight arse  I think that comes from doing most of my own fabrication work and knowing how easy (relatively) it would be to knock up a set of side covers if I had a bead roller.... I think I will buy the holtworks covers as buying a decent bead roller can't be justified for the work it will do.
I don't reckon I'll be going to cheney any time soon.....I get really pissed orf when I get ripped orf.... Thanks for the advice you lot. Now back to the thread......

A lot of my mates get wound up about the price of fuel , I don't really consider it as if I did I would probably get all bitter and twisted 

I consider the alternative , dig a hole in my back yard and hope I strike oil , then build a refinery to refine the crude oil . That all seems a lot of effort and I need fuel every day so I pay what price the current  market dictates 

I outsource my blasting , painting, powder coating, zincing , Ali welding and machining , I will probably eventually buy myself a lathe and a mill and maybe update the compressor and get a decent blast cabinet . I have not done any lathe or milling work since trade school 35 yrs ago but would enjoy having a play ( its more about the satisfaction of doing it myself rather than saving a quid though )

Brads beast looks the goods  never thought in a million yrs Brad would be seen on one of those what's he call them ? oil drippers 

[bazza]

 How good is life when even Brad can be inticed to the dark side

[FourstrokeForever]

Another music maker on the start line.....sweet. Looks like someone had fun bastardising the old beast though. It needs some help at the moment.

[r4brightred]

These Brit mongrels are very cool. Aussie VMX is a good deal different than we have here in the USA. Pre 75 is dying a slow death here while you are still building pre60 stuff. I commend your efforts.

[firko]

Here's a nice Tribsa......not. It's Gus Priems almost fifties period perfect XS650 Yamaha. You could be forgiven for thinking the photo had been taken in the mid fifties instead of 40 years later.
                                                                               

[09.0]

Cant wait to get out on it! 

[EML]

Here's a nice Tribsa......not. It's Gus Priems almost fifties period perfect XS650 Yamaha. You could be forgiven for thinking the photo had been taken in the mid fifties instead of 40 years later.
                                                                               

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That is sweet, and clever.
Be nice with some enduro lights on it to ride to the shops.