Triumph stuff...the ugly duckling.....

nah...ridin em is WAY too dangerous!!!! You might better move those bikes by the shed....it looks kinda old and delapidated....ready to fall....unless it's actually FAUX PATINA!!!!!!...(heeheehee)....

Is the chev ready for color?...lets shoot it

 

That's exactly what I was gonna say. That ****er is sweet. And if you need I'd ride it for you.

 

Hatch,
Killer bike man! I never thought the OIF's could look so sweet. I want sooo bad to build a trump or a BSA it's silly! I sold my harley 2 years ago to free up some money for a baby and I regret it now..anyways, You'll get a kick out of this! There is a place you need to visit sometime when you're in the area, actually an old barn building, about 5 miles from my parents house in Southeastern WI, that looks similiar to the pict Donzie posted. It was called "Maury's Place", well, stilll is but there's a long story that goes with it. Basically a Brit bike shop in the 50's through the 70's. It was an old barn that all the guys would hang at at and work on there bikes, drink beer, you know what I mean. My Dad was one of those guys. Anyways, in the 70's, not sure, might have even been the aerly 80's, Maury and his wife were murdered by whom the police thought was their son. The son was convicted and put on death row for I don't know how many years, only to be let off after a handful of Outlaws who ran the state line between WI and ILL, were convicted of the murders years later. The barn building was basically locked up, as is, for years and years, and sort of forgotten about because the parents were dead and the son was on death row. My Dad says he remembers the stalls of the barn next to the building the bike shop was in, being full, crate after crate of Bezers, Trumps, Nortons, still in wooden crates, just like they were delivered!, rows of them, 50's and 60's stuff. And rows of new, used, bikes, parts, you name it, it was in there. Anyways, that stuff sat there for years until about 5, maybe 6 years ago I believe, when the son opened "Maury's place" up again and started to build these bikes again. Unfortunately, Mostly all of the bikes were bough by a private collector for who knows how much, but there is still a bunch of stuff there, and the place is still like it was back in the day, it's unchanged! They don't advertise, it's all word of mouth. Christ, you don't even know it's there when you drive by, no sign or nothing! and now it's the guys who hung out there in the 50's and 60's, who are now in there 50's and 60's who go back there just to walk around in the place and remember the "good ole days", and other die hards who are into 'em My Dad took me there a couple of summers ago aftyer he had heard it was open again, and it was the first time he'd been back since Maury was killed. He said the hair on his back stood on end when he went in there, "it was like stepping back into time" The crazy thing was, hanging across the rafters there were 20 or 30 handle bars, and pointed to 1 and about **** his pants and said " these are the bars off my BSA I hung here when Maury and I put ape hangers on my bike in '68!" We talked with the guys for about an hour or so, and they were super cool, defdinately way into it like I imagine you being. If you're ever in the area shoot me an email and I'll take you there. Sorry to ramble, just though you guys would enjoy the story.

Casey

 

damn man i thaught you had the yamabob gone. hey i need to call you to pick your brain a bit on this one i got goin'. you gonna be around later in the weekend?...ken....

 

bike rules, weird oil tank but very cool

 

took the words right outta my mouth.

NICE fukin scoot Hatch

 

lookin good man...damnit i need to get me a bike

 

Nashman - That's a cool story.

Hatch - I've got a question for you. If you're using the OIF frame, where the oil goes in the frame, why do you have an oil tank under the seat? For the battery?


Ed

 

The frame type oil tanks are prone to cracking and I also wanted to fill the void between the fender and downtube.

 

I just want to say thanks for all the positive comments......makes it easier to go out in the shop and cut grind weld...cut grind weld...cut grind weld....well...you get the picture......hatch

 

Where's the ugly bike? I dont see any ugly bike?

 

Sweet, I like em' simple.

 

how in the heck did you make the oif into a good-looking hardtail? mine is still an ugly duckling?

 

Hatch... That looks great!!

Can't you just WD40 it... It looks wicked in bare metal..

Although... Your climate ****s as much as ours or not... I had mine in WD40 for a year. In the winter time you can't stop the corrosion.

I really like the bare metal tank with the red emblem though!

Anymore pics... I wanna see it's stance.

Maurice

 

Here ya go.....profile!!

 

man Hatch, the more i look at it, the more i likes it.
to be honest, i had never even heard of a OIF bike till this post. learn sumtin new alla time here man!

Viva La HAMB, and thanks for sharin yur scoot

 

Hatch whered that finned side cover come from that would look good on a certain triumph I know of and I need the points cover too! I dont think it fits the style of your bike go ahead and take them off and send them to me I will dispose of them properly Re them forks stock or cut? Did you do anything to the neck?

Later Shoe

 

Most everything I have is for sale....NOT the cover !!!!....They are being repopped though and I've seen em on ebay for three hun.

 

Chuck is actually working on doing castings for the primary

and i use mags so i think i have a couple of those timing covers

ones even finned.......

 

and Hatch the stance on that one is perfect

clean and lean and mean

nice job man

 

Thanks...I'm too poor to be trendy....that's why some styles are never wrong....well, at least in my driveway.

 

Kool keep me up to speed on that .

Later Shoe

 

Thanks for the pic Hatch!

The ribbed cover looks nice!

Not many people who can look an OIFer this nice...

M.

 

Thanks MO....It's easy to build cool when we start with cool....but I like a challenge sometimes. This one is actually my favorite....I would love to keep it for the summer if no one prys it away from me!!

 

looks good in my monitor!!

 

Man that thing does look great!

I happened to catch an OIF chopper up here last year and a European motorcycle show last Oct.

Think I took pictures though?

I'm an idiot....but take word for it ....the can be cool.

 

Just add clear coat and maybe some whitewalls. LOL, Looks pretty Kool Hatch.

 

Whitewalls ****...no wait....whitewalls are GREAT!!!!.....no wait....whitewall on the back works....(Looks like you found the place!!)