Hello all ... newbie here to the forum ...I have been working on this '73 tiger bobber the last month ... I have never built a bike before ... wrenched on some , use to ride Trials did most my bike work so I could ride in those events.
Lots of wrenching on vintage dirt bikes to ride on our south central ohio farm ... but other then that total newb to the building thing.... I have learned more about bikes in the last month then my 25 years around them LOL...
Any way this looked like a good place to hang in the off hours and maybe get some pointers from more experianced people..
This bike has the '73 forks and front wheel assembly, Motor, and soon will have the '73 conical hub rear wheel ... I tried to use a 16 hog wheel laced to a '61 500 tiger hub ... it just won't work the way i want it too ... The frame was built by someone else for all the '73 stock parts ... Hence why the 16 won't work on it .... It could ;would just take more work and building experiance then what i have available ... Plus i want to get this thing on the road soon ... Bought the 750 tiger at mid ohio vintage days 2 years ago.
the bike has a custom seat made by roberti customs in texas .. The rear fender is off a harley FX I believe it has been cut and flipped around back/front ... The cool thing about this bike is the 61 tiger 500 tank it is different then almost all the other triumph tanks i see used on bobbers. It has the nice 1" wide chrome strap that runs down the center of the tank I don't have on yet in the pics.
Lots to do still as you will see ...Wiring .. brakes....rear and front tire ...
oil tank .. smooth all the sheet metal and paint it.. controls ... speedo...line everything up all kinda fun stuff
I am also waiting to finish this to start building a more standard looking Triumph bobber using a 64 t120 frame i have and a 63 650 t120 motor.
Hope to post more pics as I finish it ... Till then may all rides be safe and all builds go quick.
Primate