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Well I signed paper work for a loan for my bike rebuild to day. I now have a 4000 dollar loan on my bike which gave me 2200 for parts. After much wishing for a Rocket III front end I called triumph and order stock fork tubes 200 each and a front rim 650. I still have to add tax and shipping in to those prices. That is going to put me just over 1000 so far, dam it goes fast. I am planing for about 500 for the tire and labor to have the forks rebuilt and the tire put on. That will give be about 500 for a tank and some odds and ends. Now that I am waiting for parts I am going to take the cut off wheel to the back fender and redo the lights. My goal is to ride it from my fathers to my house about 5 miles for storage before the snow flys. If anyone has parts this a list of stuff I still need.
Stuff I need:
Rear break leaver ( bent it back but looks funny )
Front master cylinder cover
Clear turn signal covers
a rear fender ( talking cheap maybe even prebobbed )
Tank ( ya I know there are a lot right now I'm waiting till after the front is done to get one )
Right peg driver and passenger
Rear break leaver
throttle cables ( usable but if someone has a spare set I would like to replace them )
Thanks for the help and support I miss my bike so much.
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You've listed the rear brake lever twice so I figure you need one pretty bad. I'll have a look on my "shelf 'o' parts" in the am and see what I got to offer. Best of luck getting it back together. I know it feels like the snow isn't far off up here already. 
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I may have the pegs,if so, there yours,have to check when I get home.Merrychristmas.
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You've listed the rear brake lever twice so I figure you need one pretty bad. I'll have a look on my "shelf 'o' parts" in the am and see what I got to offer. Best of luck getting it back together. I know it feels like the snow isn't far off up here already.
Thanks I bent it some and a friend says he can do it better but if I could get my hands on one cheap that would be great.
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I may have the pegs,if so, there yours,have to check when I get home.Merrychristmas.
Thanks ya they arnt bad but defiantly scraped up
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I have a set of new Speedmaster cables if they will work.
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sorry dude I'm out of all the bits you need. Hope you get back on the road soon.
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So far I got mirrors, a brake cover, a rim and fork tubes. I'm going to bob off the damage on the back fender. Then hook up a light thing that turns the turn signals in to tail lights. I just won a bid on a gas tank for 115 shipped. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...RK%3AMEWAX%3AIT Now I got to save money for labor to have the fork rebuilt and to buy a tire. should I just get a Metzler or should I change tire brands? Here are some pics of the mirrors I bought and of were I think I going to bob the fender    
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I can't wait to see the fender after you've bobbed it. If you would, how about posting
some shots of the work as you progress with a little commentary on the work. it
prove useful to those of us who haven't decided weather the look is worth the effort,
or in my case determine just how badly I could mess it up.
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thats why I had the mods put this up here I like to post the progress and get feed back.
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I can't wait to see the fender after you've bobbed it. If you would, how about posting
some shots of the work as you progress with a little commentary on the work. it
prove useful to those of us who haven't decided weather the look is worth the effort,
or in my case determine just how badly I could mess it up.
just so you know, theres dozens of pages in here somewhere of bobbed fenders that members have done themselves
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I think I have a rear brake leveler at home...I will check tonight...
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I'm guessing you mean to paint your tank but if you need a new tank, I've got my original 06 Speedy tank in black. Great shape. Let me know if you are interested.
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Are you bobbing the fender because of the damage or because you want too? The reason I'm mentioning this...that fender is repairable.
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Are you bobbing the fender because of the damage or because you want too? The reason I'm mentioning this...that fender is repairable.
both I wanted to anyway and now I have a reason to cut off the damage
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I got the triple tree fixed for 30 buck the guy is great with a welder  
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Life need a little Triumph!
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Life need a little Triumph!
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Life need a little Triumph!
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no little dings in that tank? good price!
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Ya my front fork tubes are on there way to my house $375 shipped. Thank god for good dealers. The rim is on back order so its still going to be some time befor its is ready but I love progress.
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Interesting to watsh the progress, thanks for charing.
Looking forward to see more pics later on :-)
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Hopeing to win this and save me a lot of money. The seller says it was a take off because a racing rim was installed. Is it bad that front and back rim wont match? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...RK%3AMEWAX%3AIT
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I did I just hope it doesent look to bad with two diffrent rims but saving 400 dollars is so great I might get new bags and easy mounts. Im going to get every thing I have to do first but im so happy right now.
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So, does the new (used) tank fit on the frame or do you have to mod anything to make it work since you had the new style tank originally?
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I have do tryed it yet but from what I have read it will bolt right on
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I got the forks back from being rebuilt and put them on I also got the foot peg hanger powder coated and put that back on. I decided I wanted the rim black so I am waiting for that and I sent the head light to get powder coated. 
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Rims on and boy does it set every thing off wonderfully. I am going to take better pics latter 
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Very , Very nice 
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Man, I really like the look of those black powdercoated rims!
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heres a better pic of the front end 
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Well I hit a big wall today I when to get the tab fixed. The bearing press we were using kept slipping so I'm at a loss for how to fix it. The I when to ride it down my yard to put it up for the winter and something is lose in the head so thats got to get taken apart and retorked and checked. Well not much elts is going to get done I had to get it out of my dads garage for the winter. My shed has no power and no tools.
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Bummer, Chuck. I've enjoyed following your thread here. Let us know when you get back at it and keep us updated. Good job so far. I'm looking forward to some more pics.
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Well I worked on my mirrors. I wanted the end pieces to fit in side of my bars. So I mad a lathe out my my drill. Put a bolt through the piece and use a metal fill to cut it down. To boniest it came out a lot better then I though. I will get some pics of the mirrors on the bike soon. But the weather change and I haven't been able to get out to take pics. The two sides were the same when I started  
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