WHAT???? Probably empty oil tank 馃槈.
British bike has a bad reputation for leaking oil, off course the tolerances where different back then, but many hobby mechanics must take much of the blame. (cough me included cough)
Agreed! Horizontal splitting seems obvious now!
When I stripped that RD200 down I replaced all the soft crosshead screws with with allen screws because the originals were a git to get out
I'm a big fan of Allen screws! Phillips are a pain!
This is me (12 yrs. old) on my mom鈥檚 bike. The back of the photo is stamped December 1975, but I remember the bike to be a 1976 Honda CB360T. Sorry for the quality, it鈥檚 a pic of a photo.
Since then I have had several street and dirt bikes ranging from 80cc to 500cc. Now I鈥檓 just too broken to ride anymore.
When I stripped that RD200 down I replaced all the soft crosshead screws with with allen screws because the originals were a git to get out
I'm a big fan of Allen screws! Phillips are a pain!
I was lucky that my early aviation training exposed me to many cross head screw varieties. Phillips, PosiDrive, Reed & Prince, Dassault, Frearson etc.
As a result of seeing so many chewed screw heads on aircraft because some idiot had tried to use a R&P on a French screw (for example) I always double checked the type of screw, and therefore came to know of JIS screwdrivers.
I always used JIS on my Japanese bikes and never had any real issues and only once or twice had to resort to an impact screwdriver.
Still have a set of JIS even though I drive a European car and ride a German bike.
I like British Motorcycles and Swiss Watches, preferably Omega!
1970 Triumph T-120 Bonneville
2018 Triumph ThruxtonR
I love the Thruxtons.
If I was going to get another bike it'd be one of these.
I love the tip half fairing on yours, very retro.
The only thing I don't like on them, and it's a trivial thing, are the bar end mirrors.
The pipes are gorgeous too, I can almost hear them.
The T 120 is a classic in it's own right 馃憤
Thank you! Unfortunately, 2024 is the last year Triumph will produce the Thruxton. I hear you on the bar end mirrors, but I really love them because they give me a much better view of what's behind me. And, yes my Bonneville T-120 absolutely ROARS with its twin pea-shooter pipes
I like British Motorcycles and Swiss Watches, preferably Omega!
1970 Triumph T-120 Bonneville
2018 Triumph ThruxtonR
I am a fan of that Bonneville.
Last week, after much anticipation and not quite enough patience, I finally took delivery of this little thing:
Yamaha XSR900 in Legend Red. While I prefer vintage to retro when it comes to watches, I don鈥檛 mind the latter at all on a bike. The only thing I鈥檓 missing on it at the moment are actual Marlboro stickers for the color scheme. 馃榿
