J-R-
XS650 Member
Hello everyone, my name is J.R. and I have a problem... I'm a gearhead.
I am a welder/mechanic on tugboats and fuel barges in Seattle that started out playing with cars, my first was a 27 Model T when I was 4, welded my first subframe (75 Pacer front clip on a 56 F-100) when I was 12 and that truck is still on the road. Worked in a street rod shop for a while and that was when I learned that you don't do your hobby for a living, I have had everything from a 70 challenger with a slant six to my current year round daily driver a 69 Dodge short wide bed with a built slant six.
About a year ago I started itching for a bike to play with due to lack of space and too many car projects so I picked up a 64 Triumph with no engine that had been hardtailed. I have a build plan for it but right now I am not at the point that I want to be to build it the way I want. I had a 56 Oldsmobile taking up space in my driveway that I had lost interest in, had just picked up a chopped 50 Chrysler and decided that the olds had to go. My buddy had this XS650 chopper project and we traded straight across.
I'm learning as I go and this site has helped me a lot so far!!!
The 56 Olds with a 57 Buick grill...
The daily...
64 Triumph that will be painted to match the truck...
Current toy the day I got it home...
I haven't really done too much except a bunch of research so far. I did a quick sand on the tank, fixed the kickstart spring (thanks to a thread on here), took the harness off the 1980 frame that came with it and that the engine was originally out of. I got it all laid out, took off what I needed, matched it up with the new harness parts that came with it and figured out what I need to order.
Plans are for a Pamco ignition and Hugh's PMA after I reweld the hardtail, clean up the frame and figure out if I want to go with a cleaned up stock frontend or a springer.
Based the stripped harness on this diagram just to get it down to a manageable point and to get rid of everything I don't need.
That's all I got for now.
I am a welder/mechanic on tugboats and fuel barges in Seattle that started out playing with cars, my first was a 27 Model T when I was 4, welded my first subframe (75 Pacer front clip on a 56 F-100) when I was 12 and that truck is still on the road. Worked in a street rod shop for a while and that was when I learned that you don't do your hobby for a living, I have had everything from a 70 challenger with a slant six to my current year round daily driver a 69 Dodge short wide bed with a built slant six.
About a year ago I started itching for a bike to play with due to lack of space and too many car projects so I picked up a 64 Triumph with no engine that had been hardtailed. I have a build plan for it but right now I am not at the point that I want to be to build it the way I want. I had a 56 Oldsmobile taking up space in my driveway that I had lost interest in, had just picked up a chopped 50 Chrysler and decided that the olds had to go. My buddy had this XS650 chopper project and we traded straight across.
I'm learning as I go and this site has helped me a lot so far!!!
The 56 Olds with a 57 Buick grill...
The daily...
64 Triumph that will be painted to match the truck...
Current toy the day I got it home...
I haven't really done too much except a bunch of research so far. I did a quick sand on the tank, fixed the kickstart spring (thanks to a thread on here), took the harness off the 1980 frame that came with it and that the engine was originally out of. I got it all laid out, took off what I needed, matched it up with the new harness parts that came with it and figured out what I need to order.
Plans are for a Pamco ignition and Hugh's PMA after I reweld the hardtail, clean up the frame and figure out if I want to go with a cleaned up stock frontend or a springer.
Based the stripped harness on this diagram just to get it down to a manageable point and to get rid of everything I don't need.
That's all I got for now.
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