The 1963 Triumph - Part 8. The Big Reveal

The end of the build came fast and furious as Jimmi was setting a pace to finish the bike by The 1Moto Show in Portland at the end of April. But, with the looming deadline, a lot still needed to be completed. Namely some final frame work. 

From being modified multiple times over its life the frame needed some support. Jimmi set out to slug in some solid stock in unneeded holes, strip the old paint down to the frame, and get to work repainting the frame. This corresponded with sending the tins out to Andrew at Triples Paintworks which was covered in our last blog.

After final assembly was nearing complete Jimmi focused on the small details, fusing his work as a coppersmith with the build. This included making copper washers and fittings to move your eye from one part of the bike to the other. The end result was both subtle and well thought out.

There is a point in every build, sometimes as late as just before the shake down run, that everything seems to come together. For this build it really was when the tins came back and you could see the vision and design work of multiple craftsmen come together to form something that speaks to itself. It was at this point where the paint accentuated the copper work, the copper work the added details from friends near and far, and where the vision came together in a visible and tangible way. 

It came together in the nick of time. With only a few days remaining the shake down run was of the upmost importance. Of course, we could have brough a roller to the show, plenty of people have done so in the past, but it was important to us to show the bike was functional – that it was truly brought back to life after almost being lost in a fire. That, to us was the story that needed to be told. 

The shake down went well. While clocking around 80 on a country road however, the shift arm decided to peace out and I had to roll to a stop and hike back to retrieve the piece. Luckily it was not damaged by its maiden flight – and was put back on with little hassle. If that is the only real issue, then we are doing good. On to final cleaning and prepping for the show. 

 The 1Moto itself is a blur. Load in began Thursday in the early afternoon, and until Sunday afternoon it was non-stop stimulation. Whether working the booth, checking out bikes, or talking shop the days were long (7am-10pm), but well worth the endurance test. The surprising thing to us was the number of people who came up to talk about the bike after reading about its progress on this blog. Thank you all for the read.

At the end of the weekend, exhausted and recharged, the 1963 Triumph turned some heads and we can’t wait to put some more mile on it over the next several months. See you out there. 

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