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.
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This update is more about what it looks like coming out of that dark tunnel and seeing color again. As the bike finished its fabrication and all the rust was removed it was time to send the tins out for paint.
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While we applied to be part of The 1 Moto Show back in October, we had frankly let it fall of the radar in the month or two following the fire. But word came that the bike had been accepted as part of the show. So now the question pivoted to - can we even make it in time.
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By early December we were beginning to see the bike take real shape. It felt it was only a matter of weeks before we could send the tins out to paint, paint the frame, and begin working toward a final assembly. But, with every build speed bumps got in the way. Only this time those speed bumps had nothing to do with the build itself.
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The fine details are what makes or breaks a custom build. Each design choice has to work in concert with each other. In this week’s blog we look at some of the obvious, as well as little noticed, details that have gone into the 1963 Triumph build.
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Last week we learned more about Jimmi, and his approach, and this week we take a look at the starting point for discussing the build, and the early frame work in order to get the bike to a starting point to work from.
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In our first installment of the 1963 Triumph build blog we introduced you to the bike, and its many quirks. Now, we want to introduce you to the builder taking on the project – Jimmi Davies. Long time readers of THE TON may already be familiar with the name Jimmi Davies. Afterall, his bike Slingshot was one of the first bikes we featured back in our first issue three years ago.
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Part of me has always been fascinated with Triumph motorcycles. In my younger, and more formidable years I was intensely obsessed with youth culture. Throughout the 1990s I walked a fine line in many circles as someone who was at once both a “mod” and a “rocker”. We colloquially called such people “mockers” in the pacific northwest.
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In its ninth year the One Moto Show (aka 1moto) offers something for everyone. The show celebrates the old, weird, rare, custom and unconventional in the motorcycle world from extreme forks, sleek drag racers, chopped scooters, and period correct restorations.
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I had no previous intentions of going to the second Paradise Road Show – to be honest, I had only a passing awareness of the first one. I was just riding back from seeing LA’s legendary Flesheaters at Pappy’s, and had time to kill in Palm Springs before heading back to Washington.
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