Triton/Norvin inspired homebuilt project

Hey all,
Heres a project you wont see everyday
I like the looks of 60s cafe racers especially Tritons & Norvins,so here goes
I started with a Beemer R80 frame & added an american Kohler 726cc v twin mated to a Triumph pre unit 4 speed,Guzzi forks,Benelli front hub,jappa swingarm & rearwheel,Norton derived fibreglass tank,seat & rear guard & Rickman fairing
Sounds easy I know but Ive spent A LOT of hours in the mancave!
Have a look here for the build thread:
Note that youll need to join up & log in to see the pix
http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=8418.80
OR heres a couple of pics:
http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8418.0;attach=21833;image
http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=8418.0;attach=22146;image

welcome Eurodave
have reg'd at dotheton but havent got an email from them yet, so havent seen the pics yet
im liking cafe racers more & more at the moment so Im lookin forward to seeing what you've done

brett7777 wrote:

welcome Eurodave
so havent seen the pics yet
im liking cafe racers more & more at the moment so Im lookin forward to seeing what you've done

Hey brett7777,cheers & nice to be here !
have a look at the 2 bottom pic links on my post.....

here we go

[quote="brett7777"]here we go
Nice ,thanx for that, Im a bit of a computer noobie!& arnt too good at the posting pix thing

it's cool, a real retro racer.
i like the ingenuity with the home made covers for the Konis (great shocks, I used to have some on my Sportster, back in the days when it was comfortable )

brett7777 wrote:

i like the ingenuity with the home made covers for the Konis

Yeah, those fire extinguishers never saw THAT coming...
Its a shame you cant see most of the earlier pix on the build thread, theres a lot of other home made stuff on this bike

Hi Dave. Welcome aboard. That is very cool. Is it running yet?

Irishjon wrote:

Hi Dave. Welcome aboard. That is very cool. Is it running yet?

Thanx for the welcome ,good to be here
That motor needs to be reassembled & itll get some go fast tractor race goodies from yankland while Im at it
Ive made inlet manifolds & will try the 32mm Amals first, see what needs rejetting

Excellent project. Looking forward to hearing it run.

Nice one Dave, That sure is a sweet looking build. Oh yeah and welcome aboard dude. Good to have you on here.

Just trying to get my head around pic posting,lets see if this works
norvin triton inspired project 1 by eurodave96, on Flickr
As you can see,its getting close to the paint,chrome & powder coat stage

triton norvin inspired project 2 by eurodave96, on Flickr
Next up its exhaust making 101 and then while its dismembered for finishing coats, I can rebuild the donk

good on ya mate, that's gonna be a very unique bike & a blast to ride I would think

Heres updated progress pics, things are moving right along, Ive finished the paintjob & pick up the stainless pipes aftergetting TIGed later this week

lois progress2 by eurodave96, on Flickr


lois progress1 by eurodave96, on Flickr

that paintjob is freakin excellent mate!

Yeah, not bad for this 50 year old amatuer spraypainter eh?
This project has come a long way in the last couple of years, be good to finally get it finished & actually ride the thing!

The bike looks incredible Dave, Nice job man.

Previously Id made header patterns & had them scanned & mandrel bent out of 38mm od stainless @ Autobend & so finally got Lois' exhaust back from being TIGed up & then spent way too many hours dissassembling/grinding/sanding/polishing/reassembling repeat etc
but came out OK, so now its on to the next drama

lois stainless headers DONE1 by eurodave96, on Flickr

Lois muffler DONE1 by eurodave96, on Flickr

Lois Progress 3 by eurodave96, on Flickr