This series has inspired me ... I mothballed my Yamaha XVS1100 6 years ago to put a couple kids through college ... now it stripped apart to completely redo the fuel system, tires, brakes, oil change, etc... Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Love john with his mince pies. Priceless he reminds me of steve on retro rebuild a cup of tea and a knoppers. Great build and a good sense of humour you make a good team well done😁❤
15:52 Open the lower yoke fork clamp by pushing a flat screw driver into the slot. Then the stanchion will slip in with no trouble. The correct sequence to align these forks is to nip up the fork caps and leave everything else loose, bounce the front suspension without using the front brake and then tighten the fork caps , top yoke nut , lower yoke fork clamps , axle and then fork brace . In that order. It's best to do that after the bike is fully assembled but with the tank off
I just finished watching John Wick 4 which had a guy with a helpful dog. When you said you had to bring Wendy in to help with the forks, I pictured Jon yelling, "Wendy, nuts!".
Hello Dom & John it’s looking good. I remember 40yrs ago my friend & myself stripping & rebuilding a triumph in his shed. His mum would go up & light the paraffin heater an hour before we went up so it was always warm in the shed. His mum always remarked that I went in spotless & came out spotless my mate always came out black. I told her it was easy I never wiped my hand on my jeans I used the rags to clean my hands.😂 soon after the bike was done I had an encounter on my bike with a JCB site master. Unfortunately the site master won and I won second prize a hospital bed for eight months.🥲👍
You two stirred a memory from deep down and way back. I’ve done what your doin to 1970 200cc 2-cycle Yamaha, a 1974 CB360 , and finically a 2001 WIDE GLIDE. AHH YESSS. THANK YOU
Start at the valve when removing the tyre, finish at the valve when fitting the tyre, so that the opposite bead can drop fully into the rim well. I thought everyone knew that.
Enjoying the Triumph build, I can’t do that stuff anymore but your channel is bringing back memories. Btw Wendy deserves her own feature episode, that dog is a character 🤗
Yes Jon l agree . Mince pies are for life not just for Chrismas as are hot cross buns for life not just for Easter ! 😆 As l'm sure Dom knows , where would we be without your right hand man ....l mean dog ! And Dom l only discovered through watching the Goodwood Revival that the workshop is only a stones throw away ... best of all worlds ! Thanks both.......l mean all three of you !
I’ve been saving this till later when I could enjoy it. You two are the best shade tree mechanics on TH-cam ! 😊. I see the secret is mince pies ! Cheers From California 😊
Dom. I hope I'm wrong, but I believe Triumph swan neck frames rely on the tank as the frame top tube connecting the steering head to the lug by the front of the seat. That's why they are made of steel. I think there is a good chance your frame will flex over bumps and crack the ally tank.
Nice video, however you seem to have missed the frame top brace which is part of the petrol tank. Your frame will without it, and the headstock will crack.
Interesting watching a couple of rank amateur motorcycle mechanics struggling,😉, especially with tyres.... But you are getting there, and enjoying the process, especially when you find it necessary to disassemble to add parts you forgot to put on😄. Keep up the good work!!
Absolutely loved watching this so far - something very relaxing (probably because its not me wrestling with the stubborn bits) about watching you both pull this bike back together. I’m missing having something like this to do myself, so this is a close second for me.
Well done gents! Really look forward to Sunday evenings watching progress. Would love an older bike once I've more experience. Keep up the great work! 😊
I’m sure someone else has mentioned it but now you have an alloy tank and the standard frame don’t go jumping the bike or trying to do big logs. The original tank had braces inside to help stiffen the headstock. Later Triumph frames had an extra tube to sort this problem. Mince pies all the time they are on the shelves 👍
Hi Dom and John , done a good job , ( but read the manual first) , Wendy the supervisor 😅 , can hear that engine running already nice one , next installment please 😅😊 All the best Brian 😃
Hi Dom and John. Excellent progress and nicely filmed and paced. looking forward to whatever comes next. I fancy doing something similar. One of my big failings in my youth was to not get a bike license. All the best, Mart from Mart's Garage.
1:29 Hi Dom, I don't think you will be able to use your nice aluminium tank as is. The steel tank is a stressed member instead of a top tube on the frame. If you look inside your steel tank you will see that the mounting lugs pass through from end to end. It might be that you will have to weld a top tube to the frame. Love your videos, keep them coming.
Woop, woop it's definitely looking bike-ish! 🎉 Mince pies or hot cross buns, yep, all year. I do prefer a deep filled mince pie though. And absolutely nothing to do with anything but when you've a mo, I don't suppose you could stick an apostrophe on "Dom's set design"?? 😊
Hi Dom, Another great video - really enjoy your Sunday night video. I tried to get in touch with you about a Ranalah wheeling machine someone was selling near to me in South Wales but had no idea how to get in touch with you Best Regards, Iain
Dom, why put knobbly tyres on the Triumph? It's not a trails bike or scrambler it's a road bike. Some knobbly tyres have a Competition Only notice on the tyre. Tarmac road holding useless. However thanks a million for bringing a British icon back to life.
Great set of videos, just looking at the brake shoe fitment - are you sure you aren’t fitting twin leading shoes to a single leading shoe brake plate…? If my memory serves, SLS brake shoes have a semi-circular cut-out which engages with the pivot pin at one end and a flat with a steel seat to contact the cam. The shoes you’re fitting seem to have flats at both ends… Hope the build progresses well. All the best…
Early shoes had the semi circular cutout but later shoes were self aligning and were able to move in the hub to get best contact. The pivot needs the nut slightly loose and with brake applied, tighten the nut to position.
Great album by Ashley Harding - thanks for introducing me to that. Love all your videos too - don't forget the Porsche!
Enjoying the new project. Absolutely agree with John that mince pies should not be restricted just to the festive season.
That was Engrossing😃Needless to say, I loved it👏👏☺☺
This series has inspired me ... I mothballed my Yamaha XVS1100 6 years ago to put a couple kids through college ... now it stripped apart to completely redo the fuel system, tires, brakes, oil change, etc...
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Thank you for inviting me round to join you on your adventure 🌞
Gotta love the way this escalated from "just get it running" to full-blown resto project. We've all been there, plus or minus.
Nightmare, it’s definitely a Lot worse than I hoped
But makes for a fine set of videos. @@DominicChineas
Shout out to Johns wolverine chops. Looking deadly!
I like the hammer on the headstock bearings!! Why not use an alloy drift???
I do like how you discover the step by step😂.
Wendy was trying to say to both something 😂😂😅😅
Good show !!! John and Dominic
With you on the Minced Pie's 😉 Hot-Cross buns all year round as well 😁
Looking really good! Off the back of this project, ive booked in to do the bike licenses 😂 im 41, so i guess i can blame you for my midlife crisis
I am really liking your show
Thank you!
Well done lads. Wendy was the star of the show.
Start opposite the valve so the bead can drop into the well.
so wanted one of those as a teenager , great work you two 👍
Love john with his mince pies. Priceless he reminds me of steve on retro rebuild a cup of tea and a knoppers. Great build and a good sense of humour you make a good team well done😁❤
You've inspired me Dom. I've got a 63 Tiger 90 in my shed. Desperately needs an engine rebuild. I think I'll do it on my channel. 👍
Race you!
15:52 Open the lower yoke fork clamp by pushing a flat screw driver into the slot. Then the stanchion will slip in with no trouble.
The correct sequence to align these forks is to nip up the fork caps and leave everything else loose, bounce the front suspension without using the front brake and then tighten the fork caps , top yoke nut , lower yoke fork clamps , axle and then fork brace . In that order.
It's best to do that after the bike is fully assembled but with the tank off
I was hiding behind the couch when John was using a hammer on the bearings! Nooooooo!!!!!
Boys awesome vid TV quality👍
do not forgot the oil in the fork (20W50 is the best)
Really enjoying this Dom. Thanks for the videos!
Your welcome! Thanks for watching
Warm the tyres up in front of a fan heater for 15 min. It makes the tyres much easier to fit.
To me this is the best garage work you can possibly have and great fun too,especially for the viewer. Great video you 3👌
Bette use some baby-powder to lube the inner tube in the tire... the valve stem won´t shear off over time.
Really loving this series of videos.. have started scanning eBay… 👍🏻
Thank you, best of luck I hope you find a good one!
I just finished watching John Wick 4 which had a guy with a helpful dog. When you said you had to bring Wendy in to help with the forks, I pictured Jon yelling, "Wendy, nuts!".
My old 1950's BSA had Dunlop GP on the back and Avo TT Rib (clasic,) on the front. both of the 1950's vintage, great combo
The tank is truly a work of ART!
Hi Dom & Jon & Wendy. That was an excellent result frame looking so good have a good week.
Thank you!
Hi Dominic just mentioned your fantastic book again on my latest film
Hello Dom & John it’s looking good.
I remember 40yrs ago my friend & myself stripping & rebuilding a triumph in his shed. His mum would go up & light the paraffin heater an hour before we went up so it was always warm in the shed. His mum always remarked that I went in spotless & came out spotless my mate always came out black. I told her it was easy I never wiped my hand on my jeans I used the rags to clean my hands.😂 soon after the bike was done I had an encounter on my bike with a JCB site master. Unfortunately the site master won and I won second prize a hospital bed for eight months.🥲👍
Excellent job so far nice to see someone putting bearings in the same way I was shown when doing my engineer apprenticeships some 50 years ago 😊
Thanks 👍
You two stirred a memory from deep down and way back. I’ve done what your doin to 1970 200cc 2-cycle Yamaha, a 1974 CB360 , and finically a 2001 WIDE GLIDE. AHH YESSS. THANK YOU
Looking good Dom, John and Wendy. It is great
to see it coming together. Cannot wait for the next episode. Thank you
Start at the valve when removing the tyre, finish at the valve when fitting the tyre, so that the opposite bead can drop fully into the rim well. I thought everyone knew that.
I do now!
@@DominicChineas :-) Did you see the comments about the need for a steering head brace?
Lovely to see Wendy helping 😂
Not a motorbike fan and zero skills but it makes me want to put one together!
I hope you enjoy that first ride when it’s fully assembled :)
Enjoying the Triumph build, I can’t do that stuff anymore but your channel is bringing back memories.
Btw Wendy deserves her own feature episode, that dog is a character 🤗
As you said Dom "It's looking good". Great to see Wendy, Jon and you working so well together.
Wow y'all got a TON done!
We are getting there!
Can`t wait till the next one...!
Thank you Dom and John an excellent start to a rebuild.
Well done Wendy😁😁
Yes Jon l agree . Mince pies are for life not just for Chrismas as are hot cross buns for life not just for Easter ! 😆 As l'm sure Dom knows , where would we be without your right hand man ....l mean dog ! And Dom l only discovered through watching the Goodwood Revival that the workshop is only a stones throw away ... best of all worlds ! Thanks both.......l mean all three of you !
mince pies all year round. I love to warm a mince pie up, and then add evaporated milk.
I’ve been saving this till later when I could enjoy it. You two are the best shade tree mechanics on TH-cam ! 😊. I see the secret is mince pies !
Cheers From California 😊
What a way to start the week watching a brilliant bike restoration. Happy Monday. Well done guys really enjoyed it.
Dom. I hope I'm wrong, but I believe Triumph swan neck frames rely on the tank as the frame top tube connecting the steering head to the lug by the front of the seat. That's why they are made of steel. I think there is a good chance your frame will flex over bumps and crack the ally tank.
I made that point already , nobody replied. You are dead right though.
It looks to be coming along nicely Dom, soon be ready for an event!
It's not a project. Definitely not a project! 😂
It's about time Jon had a task on The Repair Shop....
Very nice 🙂👍 job, yep, taper roller steering head bearing conversion kits are the way to go on later frames.
Nice video, however you seem to have missed the frame top brace which is part of the petrol tank. Your frame will without it, and the headstock will crack.
I’m getting to this later don’t worry!
Interesting watching a couple of rank amateur motorcycle mechanics struggling,😉, especially with tyres.... But you are getting there, and enjoying the process, especially when you find it necessary to disassemble to add parts you forgot to put on😄. Keep up the good work!!
Dom, your videos are great and addicting. I think I watch all of them. Thank you and keep it up
Well done, you guys.
Great progress . . . well done guys.
Best part of the week 😁
Great job, guys! These videos are the highlight of my week.
Absolutely loved watching this so far - something very relaxing (probably because its not me wrestling with the stubborn bits) about watching you both pull this bike back together. I’m missing having something like this to do myself, so this is a close second for me.
Well done gents!
Really look forward to Sunday evenings watching progress.
Would love an older bike once I've more experience.
Keep up the great work! 😊
Same!!
I’m sure someone else has mentioned it but now you have an alloy tank and the standard frame don’t go jumping the bike or trying to do big logs. The original tank had braces inside to help stiffen the headstock. Later Triumph frames had an extra tube to sort this problem. Mince pies all the time they are on the shelves 👍
Loving these vids about the Beeza
Love the bike restoration… (I had a Norton) but I’m I the only one wondering what happened to the Porsche project?
Loving this Dom - its looking great, a testament to hard work and a good friend! Looking forward to the next episode.
Entertaining as usual! Well done Dom, John and Wendy!
Hi Dominic you could fit head barrel and pistons from a 5oo
Would that work?
Excellent job guys 👍🏻👍🏻👏🤠
Hi Dom and John , done a good job , ( but read the manual first) , Wendy the supervisor 😅 , can hear that engine running already nice one , next installment please 😅😊 All the best Brian 😃
Next week is a good one!
Great on guy this is really coming on, good to see Wendy making sure it done correctly
Looking great Dom
Brilliant episode loads of detail.
Hope you tapered the leading edge of brake shoes to stop them grabbing and braking bits of brake linning off.
Made my Sunday, thanks. Keep the mince pies, though.
looking like it will be a lovely bike...fair play
We are trying! It’s a lot worse than I thought
Really nice to see a bit of history coming back together. Love the sensitive restoration, every scratch on that brake back plate told a story.
What a team!…… so when is John on “The Repair Shop”😉
Really coming along nicely.
And mince pies all year round for me. I love them!
Really looking forward to each instalment- lovely project. Les
Ahhhhhhhhhggggggg!!!!! Bearings and hammers!!!
Always give the tube a few strokes of the pump. This way you wont pinch it when fitting the tyre. Same with pedal bikes.
Hi Dom and John. Excellent progress and nicely filmed and paced. looking forward to whatever comes next. I fancy doing something similar. One of my big failings in my youth was to not get a bike license. All the best, Mart from Mart's Garage.
Put the swingarm pin in the freezer for 24 ish hrs it'll go in much easier
Good job guys
1:29 Hi Dom, I don't think you will be able to use your nice aluminium tank as is. The steel tank is a stressed member instead of a top tube on the frame. If you look inside your steel tank you will see that the mounting lugs pass through from end to end. It might be that you will have to weld a top tube to the frame.
Love your videos, keep them coming.
Thank you for the feedback yes we are aware and plan to make a brace that goes under the tank, thank you!
@@DominicChineas EXCELLENT!
Hey it's looking good fellas. You can come round mine now and help rebuild my Tiger 750 over the winter :)
Love Wendy 😂
Woop, woop it's definitely looking bike-ish! 🎉
Mince pies or hot cross buns, yep, all year. I do prefer a deep filled mince pie though.
And absolutely nothing to do with anything but when you've a mo, I don't suppose you could stick an apostrophe on "Dom's set design"?? 😊
Well done Dom and John. Back in the 70's we had a tiger 90, and had to rebuild her, so this is bringing back memories.
kind Regards
Andrew
Glad you are enjoying the videos thank you
Hi Dom,
Another great video - really enjoy your Sunday night video. I tried to get in touch with you about a Ranalah wheeling machine someone was selling near to me in South Wales but had no idea how to get in touch with you
Best Regards,
Iain
Fantastic video well done both of you its fairly coming on well impressed. Gotta love Jon (and you of course lol).
Good to see I am not the only one who thinks mince pies should be all year round. Same with Xmas (plum) pudding.
There's a Ranalah for sale in Holland Dom!
No way!! Bit far for me!
@@DominicChineas Not to bad if you take the ferry Dom.
Dom, why put knobbly tyres on the Triumph? It's not a trails bike or scrambler it's a road bike. Some knobbly tyres have a Competition Only notice on the tyre. Tarmac road holding useless. However thanks a million for bringing a British icon back to life.
Is it possible to convert to twin-leading-shoe? Makes so much more sense given that motorbikes don't really do reverse.
Funnily enough I have a twin leading front wheel up on the shelf I have had for years!
Maybe in the future I’ll convert it
@@DominicChineas, I'm sure you'll not regret it.
I’ve just bought some mince pies 😁😁
Great decision
I keep seeing a small ranalah on the bench. I assume its just a model but would you ever consider producing a usable bench top version?
I am in the process of developing them yes!
With that tyre on the front I hope your not going to use the bike on the road! Great vids, keep it up.
Nice job boys, now time for a beer.
Great set of videos, just looking at the brake shoe fitment - are you sure you aren’t fitting twin leading shoes to a single leading shoe brake plate…? If my memory serves, SLS brake shoes have a semi-circular cut-out which engages with the pivot pin at one end and a flat with a steel seat to contact the cam. The shoes you’re fitting seem to have flats at both ends… Hope the build progresses well. All the best…
Thank you for the concern but no we are all good they have the cutout on one end!
Early shoes had the semi circular cutout but later shoes were self aligning and were able to move in the hub to get best contact. The pivot needs the nut slightly loose and with brake applied, tighten the nut to position.
Thanks… every day’s a school day…😊
@@aidannolan6656 yes, I’m still enjoying my Triumph education after 40 years of them 😀