RIDE-CT: 'This Old Bike' update and other biker briefs (Republican-American)
It's now disassembled and parts are scattered across Connecticut. That's only a slight exaggeration of the status this week of the 1969 Triumph T100R Daytona undergoing restoration by "Team T100." While the motor components (rockers boxes, cylinder head and cylinder block) sit on a countertop in a workshop in Falls Village, the tins (gas tank and fenders) are on a workbench in my basement and ...
Time to get going on the T100 restoration (Republican-American)
It's time to get to work. Brit Jam is only three weeks away and, after six months of inconsistent progress, the 1969 Triumph T100R Daytona that's undergoing a top-to-bottom restoration isn't back together — yet. Meeting the goal of displaying the bike at the British Iron Association of Connecticut's annual meet in East Hampton is certainly attainable, but it will now take some full-throttle ...