A few pictures of the disassembling, cleaning up, and inspecting components for the restoration of Gary Nixon’s 1967 Daytona 200 winning Triumph. This bike will be the first of a few factory racers we will be restoring over the next year or so.

We are sacrificing two bikes to Ebay, both starting at $1 with no reserve.

1968 Matchless G15CS

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-MATCHLESS-G15CS-NO-RESERVE-AUCTION-/261216112261

A few photos of the completed 1953 T100C project. The bike is running and being test ridden. We displayed at at the 1 Moto Show in downtown Austin last weekend. The leaping tigers are hand painted.

We had a fun and successful weekend of racing with AHRMA at NOLA motorsports park this past weekend. We took three new bikes out to the races for the first time; our recently completed T140 production racer, a race prepped 2012 Thruxton, and a pre-war Triumph from the Gordon Menzie collection. The pre-war bike has seen plenty of racing action in its time, but this was its first weekend out of retirement in years. Also out of retirement was Keith who was riding the pre-war. NOLA is a fun track with a good rhythm. Our new rider Joel quickly adapter to the production racer and shaved close to 30 seconds of his lap time from the rider’s school on Friday in the races on Sunday. He took slight mishaps and teething issues in stride and claimed second place in the heavyweight production race on Sunday, making impressive progress through the field during his first ever race weekend. I was uncontested for the win of Saturday’s sportsman 750 race. Keith led Saturday’s pre-1940 race up until the very last corner of the last lap when a miscalculation in gearing saw the other guy get a better drive out of the corner to pass Keith by a wheel over the line.
On Sunday, Joel got a good start in the production race and began to make his way up the field. Every lap saw him progress further up the order, finally settling into second place. Joel was nice enough to give me an opportunity to race his Thruxton on Sunday. I had never ridden a Thruxton at all, much less on the track. The first practice session was interesting, and it became apparent I was going to have to relearn the track for the different lines the Thruxton wanted to take. I gathered it all together in the second round of practice and felt pretty good about my chances. My old BEARS adversary Ivan Messina had also procured a Thruxton ride for the weekend and had won the race on Saturday. I started in the very back of the grid and within a lap or so had made my way to the front pack. I went back and forth with Walt Bolton from Transportation Revolution for several laps eventually getting far enough away to concentrate on trying to reel Ivan in. It seemed I could make progress in the back section and close the gap a little, but his bike had more speed down the long straights and I would have to make it all up again. I finished in second place which I was happy with since I had no experience going into the race. The top three finisher’s fastest laps were all within fractions of a second from each other. I had fun on the Thruxton, the electric start and lack of mechanical woes was a welcome change. It was also nice to put in a good ride on a bike some of the other Thruxton guys were scoffing at earlier in the weekend. I did not fare so well on Sunday’s sportsman 750 race; I got tied up with a racer from the sound of thunder class and lost enough time for Jeff Hargis to pull a gap I could not close. I finished the sportsman race in second. Keith got a great start on Sunday’s pre-1940 race and led the whole way. We had changed the gearing to suit the track better and the results were obvious. He dropped well below the his lap times from the previous day.

All in all it was a good weekend, and we claimed some great awards from our 2012 season at Friday’s award ceremony. Ryan got the Triumph International Owner’s club award for best performing Triumph. I received the Barber Dairy Trophy for the sportsman 750 championship. Both Trophies are adorned with former Big D racer Chris Stoubaugh’s name. So it was cool to bring them back to Dallas. We would like to thank Richard Asprey and Aggressive racing, the NTNOA, Joel Rush, Fulmer, and the AHRMA crew.

This 1963 Triumph T100SS is an older restoration; it was restored by Big D Cycle in the 1990’s. The frame and motor numbers are matching and this is a titled motorcycle. There are a few flaws in the paint. The worst spot is clearly photographed beside the right hand side tank badge. There are a few others under the seat; they are not visible unless the seat is up. This model runs of ET coils, so there is no battery required. Not many miles have been put on it since it was restored. It has been stored in a private collection. Once we received the bike, we checked everything out and easily got it back into excellent running condition. This is a very correct restoration that looks great. Every little piece that’s supposed to be on this bike is accounted for. There is a cream type liner inside the fuel tank; they were all the rage in the 90’s. The liner appears to be holding up, and no traces of it were found in the fuel lines or carburetor. The new owner may want to fix the paint on the tank, so that would be a good time to get rid of the liner. Repainted or not, it’s a really nice looking motorcycle and a somewhat rare Triumph model. This bike likes to warm up a little on the choke when cold starting. Not many “bathtub” model 500’s running around as nice as this one.

Just in today, a numbers matching 1966 Trophy Sports Roadster. This is a running bike with a title. Here’s the link to the auction.

This Triumph is a really nice new arrival. We are going over the fork seals and a few other things before making it available. An excellent by the book restoration with attention to detail in every nut and bolt.