On the hunt; barn Triumph, follow along if you want.

Picked mine up from original owner after it sat for 40 years in a barn (‘75 T160). Really neat he put it away after running poorly after big D bore kit, I found bad wiring, frayed wires on zenor diode and misc other issues. Starts, runs, sounds good and almost ready for first ride after 2 years working on it.

Has a lot of good custom stuff on it, any Triumph is a British tank built as a grandfather clock…

As picked up:
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After refinishing and putting its original parts on (rims):
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Has new oil lines, fuel lines, brakes, brake lines, rebuilt carb, fluid changes, etc. Love the sound of it!
 
I thought about that, I really did. I reinstalled the 40 year old battery and nearly let the air back out of the tires. But I figured I'd be helping get it on a trailer so............. It's far from a runner just a huff of carb cleaner is what it fired off of. 'sides it's not the bike's fault all the drama happened.

Prolly very much for the best I never got to meet the son. I did talk with her about my take on the debacle and mentioned that the son did her no favors. She claims the relationship is "very good".
I saw her driving two different late model cars. And the whole time saw no evidence that she's not "with it, rational, and thinking clearly". I wasn't stealing food from an impoverished old couple.
This would have been backburner bike project # 6 or so.
I'll be looking watching for others, LOL

Back to my regular XS bodging..
I'm going to be nice. These people who sold the Triumph to you are as unethical as they come. No one should deal with them under any circumstances. What they did was wrong. No two ways about it. I'm angry just thinking about it.
 
I'm going to be nice. These people who sold the Triumph to you are as unethical as they come. No one should deal with them under any circumstances. What they did was wrong. No two ways about it. I'm angry just thinking about it.
Well said, only not harsh enough. Gary is one of the nicest guys on this Forum, so I understand him yielding and brushing the whole thing off. But those people are jerk-offs. There, I said it.
 
Whenever I've gotten burned by somebody and it's usually over money ( give me a week and I'll send you .........)
I always say I hope it really makes them happy
I doubt it does but for a few minutes they probably think they are
 
Just imagine if it was the reverse situation.

“Can I have my money back??? I don’t think I really want this old bike and my wife is not too happy I bought it…”

go over like a ton of bricks haha.

gggary is a stand up guy here. Don’t get too attached to em, who knows how long they’ll last.

Just make sure the money they gave you back wasn’t counterfeit…
 
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