I finally took my truimph out last night for a shakedown run. This is my first street bike build that has taken way too long.
It is still not fully finished, and needs the carbs readjusted, but she fired up on the second kick and ran like a demon. A little bit of kicking and missing, but I did not rebuild the motor, so I am guessing she needs to have 20 years of barn storage run out of her, and the carbs readjusted when hot.
She is a bit much to manage, and you have to manhandle the thing to turn it -(boy the drag bars LOOK good, though).
Not exactly a nimble bike. What a kick to get on it, though. She is all there. Goes very well in a straight line, and is surprisingly comfotable for a stretched rigid.
The carbs are all rebuilt (3), new coils (3), wires and point sets (3) are all new. Kick only 750 triple, right side foot shift.
I only went down the dirt road I live on, and a few around it, as I am not done with all the wiring, and she might not be quite legal yet.
About 2 miles down the road, the exhaust shook loose (it IS a rigid, after all) and the muffler bounced once off the road, hit the liscense plate bracket and put a nice big ding in it. Aside from that, all went well.
What say you, mud...do I lose the rattle can job (a gas spill on the tank took care of some of that for me) and paint her up pretty? Or do I just leave her as a bit of a rat and hammer it.
crappy pics of bike.
