Gauging success of the T100R rebuildThursday, August 28, 2008 @ 9:12PMThe words were encouraging. "I think we're pretty much on target as long as you don't get crazy," replied Greg Bidou earlier this week when I asked him to assess the status of our ongoing restoration of a 1969 Triumph T100R Daytona.
The Itch: August; little summer sun but a glittering future beckons the braveThursday, August 28, 2008 @ 6:10PMThe mixed messages kept on coming this month. At one point the imminent downturn "won't disturb IT contractors," and then a few days later, "Downturn unsettles IT contracts."
T100 UPDATE: With spring comes renewed excitement over projectThursday, August 28, 2008 @ 9:13PMNow comes the hard and nasty part — the application of elbow grease. It has been 12 weeks since a derelict 1969 Triumph T100R Daytona was removed from cold storage in a barn in Falls Village, the goal being to make it road-worthy again.
RIDE-CT: 'This Old Bike' update and other biker briefsThursday, August 28, 2008 @ 9:11PMIt's now disassembled and parts are scattered across Connecticut. That's only a slight exaggeration of the status this week of the 1969 Triumph T100R Daytona undergoing restoration by "Team T100." While the motor components (rockers boxes, cylinder head and cylinder block) sit on a countertop in a workshop in Falls Village, the tins (gas tank and fenders) are on a workbench in my basement and ...