This is just something to think about! This happened in NH & Maine. A buddy & I stopped by a friends that had a Farm. This was in my drinking days. He knew that I had been to the Triumph Factory School. He said that when VN ended , he bought a NEW Triumph. After a few hundred mi , it quit on him going to work one morning. He checked inside & found some metal fragments! He pulled the eng. & never checked it again. He asked if I wanted to buy it as it had been sitting in his barn. I told him that I didn't want to insult him , but I really didn't need it! I built Bikes part-time out of my garage. The bike was a '70 & I remembered that some '70s had soft rings & the co. would warranty new rings & a rebore. I gave him $25 & threw the eng. in my car. To make a long story short , I rebuilt the whole bike , painted it & sold it for $1800. Moral: Sometimes it's worth , spending a little time! Irish
P.S. I had to invest in a new wristpin , main bearings & some time!
01-09-2015, 08:28 PM
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