Tim's Motorcycle Diaries

Tim's Motorcycle Diaries is a blog about motorcycle travel, photography and mechanics written by former millwright & IT technician who's now a technology teacher. This is not your typical motorcycle blog. If you're looking for cruisers and biker life, this ain't that. If you're into thinking about motorbikes in technical, dynamic and creative ways, Tim's Motorcycle Diaries will take you there. If you like a post, please do share it on social media.

Showing posts with label 1971 Triumph Bonneville. Show all posts

Sunday, 5 March 2023

Rings and Carburetors: Swimming Upstream on this Vintage Motorcycle Restoration Project

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The never ending winter drones on up here, so I'm putting my back into getting the '71 Triumph Bonneville project closer to a state ...

Sunday, 10 April 2022

1971 Triumph Bonneville T120 Sensible Bodywork Bolt Replacements

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I'm in the process or stripping the last bits of hardware from the frame and bodywork in order to clean up and paint the frame and bodyw...

Sunday, 27 March 2022

1971 Triumph Bonneville Restoration Project: Frame Breakdown & Rear Brakes

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I'd initially planned to do a rolling restoration of the 1971 Triumph Bonneville project , but the state of the engine and my desire to ...

Wednesday, 16 March 2022

1971 Triumph Bonneville Project: Engine Out

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The weather's all over the place at the beginning of March this year. Last weekend I had both road-ready bikes out for a shakedown , th...

1971 Oil In Frame Triumph Bonneville Restoration: Tire Choices

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The old Bonneville needs new tires and inner tubes so I'm wrapping my head around olde fashioned, pre-metric motor-bike tyre sizes. Thos...

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Timothy King: An art student in college, I dropped out to apprentice as a millwright and then an I.T. technician before going back to school for English and philosophy degrees. Now a published writer, award winning educator, relentlessly curious digital explorer and avid (though atypical) motorbike rider.

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