not fishing related but for all you old tappet head motorcycle lovers out there

couple of pics of my triton rebuild so far if you don't know what a Triton is it is a triumph engine (in this case a 650 boniville) in a Norton featherbed frame should be finished in time for the perth bike show , going to enter it in best british custom

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Nice.

Sat, 2015-01-31 21:27

 look froward to the completed job. How long have you been at it?

No oil patch, must be dry sump lol.

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dont worry mate

Sat, 2015-01-31 21:34

she leaves the tell tale brit bike oil patch any one that has on old pommy bike and says his dosnt leak oil is a liar or needs to check his oil levels

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Rust prevention

Sat, 2015-01-31 21:49

 my brother calls it rust prevention , gotta love the old trumpys and nortons 

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Nice

Sun, 2015-02-01 09:58

How many hours on the build so far Peter?

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yep going to look

Sun, 2015-02-01 10:24

good

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freshened up my dommie as well

Sun, 2015-02-01 23:08

freshened up my Norton Dominator as well it looks nearly as good as it did the day it was bought in 1962 , it is very original no replica parts on the Dommie all are original or I have fixed / refurbished them

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hours spent

Sun, 2015-02-01 22:57

big john lost count of the hours , the problem these days is finding some with the skills to do things like lace a rim up , one of my tradesman when I was an appy offered to teach me how to lace rims , but I chose the pub and chasing girls , I regret it now

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I have a 75 Commando

Tue, 2015-02-03 16:36

I have a 75 Commando Roadster, but only had it for 14 years. :-). It doesn't seem that common to have real interests in both boats and bikes, or is that just my faulty perception?