 Now this is a sweet retro Triumph
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Learned Hand
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Beautiful. 
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Check Pants
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Check Pants
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This fad with mounting retro tires on custom bikes. Well, I'm not getting it. Would look more appropriate with some nice modern Avon s or even Dunlops. Those retro rubber donuts would be right at home on a '53 Hadley Abelson, not on a Cafe.IMO 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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There are no rules. It's custom. Either you like it or you don't (either choice is fine).
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Check Pants
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Check Pants
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Love the bike, Just, I would change the tires out.
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Bar Shake
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Bar Shake
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Yep, I kinda like this one. 
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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Loquacious
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This fad with mounting retro tires on custom bikes. Well, I'm not getting it. Would look more appropriate with some nice modern Avon s or even Dunlops. Those retro rubber donuts would be right at home on a '53 Hadley Abelson, not on a Cafe.IMO
There's a FEW Rocket Scientists  on TCU and in THBC that are using REAL vintage tires on their custom, rat bike/ death trap creations! 
And you may see me tonight
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J. Prine
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Learned Hand
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Love it! 
Strangler
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Fe Butt
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Cool lookin' Cafe Racer, alright. However, yeah, I agree with Ryk about the tires. That baby is meant to be leaned over, and those old school tires(Continentals, I think) aren't anywhere as grippy on the edges as even the old school Dunlop K70s were and are. Yep, like Ryk, I say those are best left to H-D old school choppers...machines not meant to be leaned over all that much.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Worn Saddle
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Cool lookin' Cafe Racer, alright. However, yeah, I agree with Ryk about the tires.
Hey let's not leave out the solid wheels...this baby needs spokes, too. Like you, I'm pretty much over the retro Firestone look, even on cool new bobbers. This bike is just screaming for tall 19 or 20 inch spoked wheels with narrow tires fore and aft.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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New Tires
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Ditto on the tires and wheels. Very nice find, cool bike. But, my question to those who have better eyes than I, where is the oil tank? That not being a stock 76 T140V "oil in frame" frame. Maybe the custom frame is OIF but with a lot less capacity. Thoughts? 
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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Worn Saddle
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If you follow the Cyril Huze link you'll see a left side picture that shows an oil fitting at the rear of the tank. Not enough resolution for me to tell if it is to the tank or the frame but it makes for a neat package.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Stickman Yogi
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Love the bike, Just, I would change the tires out.
That, and a black seat instead of brown.
Live to love, love to live.
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