My dad was a biker, I grew up around motorcycles. When I was a kid I had 3 heroes, my Dad, Fonzie, and Evel Knievel. This is one of the coolest videos I have ever seen. I work on bikes every day in my shop, I can only imagine how cool it felt to work on the Fonz's bike!
Cool memory. Some of my relatives were also motorcycle enthusiasts. My first step-father's brother had a 1969 Shovelhead built like Fonda's Captain America but with a diamond tank instead of a tear drop. I watched that show forever and Fonzie was my favorite it was always cool in the intro footage to see him ride up. And we do have the Fonz to thank for the beginning of the phrase, "jump the shark." So, there is that.
This guy was the coolest calmest guy through out whole video . Then he starts the bike up nor 100% sure if its going to run. His expressions and joy of seeing this iconic bike run again are priceless
Grew up on Happy Days in the 70's and man that was a great story and a great semi resto ... thanks for being as faithful to the original condition of the bike as possible! Let's not forget McQueen's Triumph in The Great Escape and Brando's in the Wild One.
They were popular still when I was stationed in the UK from 1968 - 1973. I had a Vincent and it was a trip to roll. Friend of mine bought a sea chest at a auction over there and it was locked. Contents unknown but he wanted the chest so he bought it for $500 dollars. It took 6 of us to loaded it into the back of his Pickup. We got it back to the base and unloaded it. A friend who was a Locksmith came over and it took him a couple of day to get open. Much to all of our surprise it was a full set of engineers Whitworth tools from the early 1900's. According to the paper work we found it belonged to an Engineer who traveled the world for a company as their representative to work on equipment. He still has the chest and all of the tools that were in it. every thing in there was in 1/32 and included wrenches and sockets also it was made in Switzerland.
That was so cool. I saw an interview with Henry Winkler where he said he never actually rode the bike. He said he had never ridden. Any motorcycle. But at least his old bike is running now.
This was actually the most impressive project I’ve seen this fella do, and you could tell that he was pretty excited about it too. After all the engines he’s re-done, and then he just yawns when his freshly re-built motors fire right up. But THIS, he was truly excited!
Absitively, Posilutely, Fantastic dude. I'm 64 now and when I was in high school the "Fonz" was was the man and we use to to ride our choppers to school. They were chopped Honda 550 and 750 four cylinders but choppers none the less. Ape hangers, 6 angle pullbacks, King & Queen seats and 3 ft. sissy bars. When I got out of the Navy in 1988 I restored a 1963 Harley XLCH Sportster with seat and pillion pad much like the Fonz bike. I sold it and bought a 1974 Harley Electra Glide Police Special that I still have today. Great video!
Do you not need a gree will turn it over a 97 X count every turn count every turn Mark every turn takes a little bit but you will make the timing perfect
Be careful with that thing. Whatever you do while you’re on it, don’t snap your fingers. Chicks wil run to you from all over. Explain that to your wife.
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Ahhh yes, He was feeling sorry for himself so Richie took it apart and left it in pieces inside his apartment above the Cunningham’s garage. Blind Fonz put it back together. Ayyyyyy
Now this brought a smile to my face. I loved the Fonz and his bike when I was a kid. It's a shame the tank is dented. The rest of the bike looks really clean. I wonder if the damage was done on set or years later. Either way I think I'd be inclined to fix it.
I've been around bikes for most of my life. I've especially liked British and American iron. I fell in love with this one when the Fonz was riding it. I'm glad to see that it's still alive and kicking. So many movie bikes and cars disappear off the map without a trace. I wish I could resurrect stuff like this...
I was 5 years old when the episode " Fearless Fonzarelli " aired . I remember crying when the Fonz was in the hospital and we didn't know if he'd make it 😔 😢 ... Ok I was 5 years old and he was the closest thing we had to a super hero ... Until March 10th 1978 .... Don't make me angry .. you won't like me when I'm angry ... Hell yeahh
I have a 78 TRIUMPH Bonneville 750, with amal carburetors,,,just did a total restore,,, nothing beats a triumph,,, had many offers to sell,,but was my step father's and he gave it to me months before he passed away,, the value keeps going up,,but priceless to me.
You can never have a show like this on TV. They would never show all the work you do. And they would add a bunch of other people to create drama. Thank you for an awesome episode!
Just went through the same process timing my old british bike. I used a strong magnet on my degree disk instead of super glue. What a PITA!! But runs awesome now. Great work 👍
If it's like later Triumph's they have a fine metal mesh oil filter fitted to a hex head plug on the bottom of the cases, often overlooked and if they block the oil pump and motor will starve of oil. Check the P.S.I of the oil when running at the pressure switch, should be about 70 P.S.I before the bypass valve kicks in.
@@tsclly2377 Not really, if the sump mesh screen plugs (which never ever happens) the worst thing that will happen is oil will not return to the oil tank and the engine will progressively burn more and more oil as the dry sump engine becomes a wet sump engine and blue smoke billows from the exhaust. There is a separate pump that pumps oil from the tank to the crank.
@@bmh67wa You and me both! There was no chemistry between the two, the dialogue was contrived and forced, and Chachi was a street dog itching to defile the Joanie character who was the embodiment of the All American girl... a little sister, a precious daughter. The audience is not so dumb they would accept that. Not at that time, anyway.
@canuckguy worried I'm 52 and I watched those episodes on Finnish television back in late 70's as a kid. Fonzie was the coolest dude ever. Badass as hell, but never mean to others.
The funny thing is he couldnt ride a motorcycle. In the opener, it has him riding up on the bike. He said he was on a ramp and coasted down into the scene, appearing to be riding the bike.
Not true. One episode begins with Henry Winkler, with no helmet so you can easily see it's him, riding the grey Triumph past the house, around the corner, then down the street, and the camera does not cut away during the scene.
Dang it! I LOVE seeing you so excited about something. And I really appreciate you taking us deeply into your thought process. Friggin' GENIUS!! Take care.
When someone in TV says "they jumped the shark", that episode of Happy Days is what they're referring to. It translates to "The show is done. They're out of good ideas."
Henry Winkler actually suffered from dyslexia and could never master riding a real motorcycle. By Season Two, the budget for the show had been reduced, along with some of the staff including Chris Haynes. No one else on set could start the Knucklehead, so it was traded for a smaller motorcycle which was easier for Winkler to push around. That motorcycle was the silver Triumph which most people associate with Fonzie. Built by Bud Ekins, a famous offroad racer and stuntman, the Triumph lasted all the way until Season 8. Along with the switch to the smaller motorcycle, Fonzie also traded in his windbreaker for his iconic leather jacket. He now had the "look", but even with the easier to handle Triumph, Winkler admits that he never rode it or any of the other motorcycles throughout the ten years that Happy Days was on the air. For the rare scenes where Fonzie was seen riding, the crew sometimes had to go as far as mounting the motorcycle onto a board with wheels attached, so it could be pulled across the set. Otherwise Fonzie just coasted through the scenes.
@@1chish In the early 90's my buddy, who knows almost everything about British iron, was helping me with my 1972 Norton. He tells me, after getting the head clean as possible, to take it in the house and put it in the oven at 450 deg. Well I thought he was just nuts. As I place it in the oven and turn it on his wife came into the kitchen and saw what I was doing. What she said next just floored me, she says "Replacing valve guides huh"? LOL. I still thank her for the use of her oven and we laugh about it.
Nice to see someone timing a pre unit slightly different from the way I used to do it. 9mm before TDC through the plug hole. Gently pulling Cigarette rolling paper jammed between the points to find contact breaking point. And bingo! Bolt it together.
Ha! I like the cig paper idea! Anyway, I usually use an ohmmeter across the points, but the paper thing is awfully simple and sounds like something granddad might have shown me. 🏍
Excellent video, thanks! I'm tempted to mention that those "bastard" Whitworth's are actually the very first standardized thread patterns from before the American Industrial Revolution! They led the way for us later on (about 100 years later in fact, when UNC and UNF came out...just a couple years before Fonzies' bike was built). Btw, I was amazed to see the earlier Triumph's used SU's and not Amal's. Never knew that.
I grew up watching Happy Days. The Fonz was the best part of the show!! Great job on getting his bike up and running. Now all you have to do is repaint the fuel tank and your done!
This bike sold at auction in 2018 for $180,000USD. That’s insane. Huge props to Davin for being trusted with such a valuable machine, which he’s no doubt made even more so!
This bike is a piece of my childhood and had a direct influence on who I have been all my life. Thank you for taking care of her 👍 Aye! That's amazing.
Motolove! Love my own Kawasaki. Always putting up the good stuff like Delta Parole, Metallica, Alice In Chains and others when I am working on her. Moto is life
brings back happy memories ,Mam and Dad still alive me living at home and my dad sprayed a little honda cb125s that looked cool in 1977,great to get the Fonzie bike running ,im now almost 60 with my own Triumph Bonneville 865 Efi ,well done,keith North Wales uk
If I remember correctly, Winkler accidentally, while trying to kick-start the "knuckle", started it and went across the set and crashed it. From that point on, he was only aloud to sit on it!
@@wsbill14224 Wasn't the dirt bike (2 stroke) used to "jump the shark"? The Harley was used when he wore a white wind breaker type of jacket. The triumph was introduced later, as was the leather jacket! At least that's my memory!?!
Intriguing. I rebuilt a 1961 Triumph 350 (3TA) in the late 1970s. It had single carb and distributor with automatic timing advance. I blew that engine on an English motorway and replaced it with a newer 1967 350 engine with twin timing. I set the timing using a simple circuit light and depth gauge threaded through the spark hole. Sweet running bike.
Nice 😎 I grew up with Happy Days on every week night. I have a 1961 Humber Hawk Series II project car that I inherited when my father passed away eight years ago. He bought it in 1964. I have been working on putting it back on the road after it has been sitting in storage for about 30 years. All of the suspension components and body has UNF bolt threads and takes imperial tools. But the engine has the older Whitworth BSF bolts. I believe because the Humber Hawk engines date back to the 1930's and the nuts and bolts never changed. When I started working on the engine I had to find and buy sockets for it that I didn't already have. I already had plenty of AF Imperial tool sets. It is good to build up a tool set especially for the car though.
@@POOKIE5592 Don't know if he was too scared, but he didn't know how. He did actually ride it once and crashed. They give him instruction how to ride a bike. He was supposed to pull up into the driveway, but he crashed, so they got someone in to do those shots for him.
Nobody seems to have ever figured out that it was more than just a bit weird for a guy in his 30s ((?) was hanging around with teenagers. We got the show in the early ‘70s, and even at 12 I thought it was odd. But I put it down to the USA being different. The bike is cool, and authentic. The full mudguards and lack of those absurd gigantic gaps and humongous lumps of extraneous metal that builders of modern ‘choppers’ and passé racers feel the need to include. Nice rebuild, decent work. Thank you for sharing. The “plug wires” are HT leads btw ;)
A couple of cautions - verify the scavenge screen in the sump has not varnished over with the same gunk you noticed in the bottom of the oil tank and also check the ball bearing check valves in the oil pump housing. There would be two fuel taps with a banjo "Y" fitting with one side being the usual running tap which had a short tube on the in tank top of valve which prevented you using the last one inch of fuel in the bottom of the tank the other valve or "reserve" valve had no such tube and allowed you to get another hour or so of running by using that last 1" of fuel. Your mag timing description is on point with one other caution. if using the 38 degree advance setting you need to make sure your lever and cable are in the full advance position. One last note make sure the oil pressure indicator plunger is free and working. When started, that should pop out to indicate you've got pressure from the pump. First place you look when it starts is down to that plunger.
Yeah...now you got to make sure EVERYTHING is receiving the proper PWM singal when you turn the key or the car give a big F U and refuses to start. Seriously, we had a f150 come into our shop that refused to start because of the bluetooth power module....like....why? If it dont work let the truck start and give an error message, but no, they have to leave a man stranded because the radio is having a trantrum. And even then guess what the fix was....unplug it, plug it back in. Oh yeah dear customer dont worry about labor....its only like $200 cause we had to pll half the dash out to get to the jesless thing. Thank you for business!
Wow ya I remember I was in 1st grade in 1974 every boy in my class had Fonz knee high socks and T shirts with his likeness and signature thumbs and “Hey” Great to see another icon from the old days.
I've seen the interview where Henry Winkler said he didn't ride the bike but I would say that is BS there's plenty of footage where he is riding the bike I don't think they were CGI back then unless he had a twin body double as you can tell the sea and did not change
I was "The Fonz" in 12th grade...had plenty of 11th grade ladies following me in parties in the woods of Scranton, PA. Seriously... they were the best, and best of times!!
Very cool man ! Noticing how you slid the throttle grip on, maybe some value to someone. When we were mounting rubber to metal, we'd use a little dish soap, dawn whatever. It slides the rubber on easily and when the soap dries it's like a glue that holds the rubber in position. We mostly used it on motorcycle tire bead to wheel but also rubber grip to metal handlebar. Works great.
Great old bike. I rode Triumphs for years. I still have 2. I'd sell my Harley, but my Triumphs? NEVER!Thanks for the video, and making sure Fonz's bike still lives!👍👍🍕🍺🏆
Bloody amazing! Just awesome! I grew up with Happy Days re-runs on the local TV channel here in Malaysia. Looking forward to more awesome videos like this!
@@Hagerty Hello Hagerty, great video. What is that brake handle mechanism half way down the right handle bar? I'm not into British bikes, never seen that before. Just curious. Have a great day and be well. Thanks.
I'm 73, been riding Triumph's since my teens. Current bike is my '70 TR6R which I have fully restored. The Fonz bike is 'cool, daddy'o'. Now just detail it, align the h/lamp glass and properly attach the flopping taillight..
@@wtburns01 ....Umm, no, the shark jumping had nothing to do with the motorcycle. Fonzie accepted a challenge to water ski jump over some penned up sharks and he did it. This was a nonsense stretch of the Happy Days storyline and showed the series was at its end.
@@lpd1snipe You're not going to get the sludge trap out of the sump. You have to completely disassemble the engine. According to a Triumph ex-works employee, your average mechanic is more likely to introduce contaminants than remove them through the sump plug.
Is it mounted to a plate on the bottom? My '78 Bonneville had that, as well as a current Royal Enfield. I unscrewed the 4 bolts and dropped it down. Also undid the drain and screen then cleaned it al out the reinstall it. The bolt in the middle is magnetic to keep any metal bits out of the engine.
He’s so skilled in his craft well done, this is advanced engineering. Happy to be a long time subscriber of Hagerty channel, love Barn Find Hunter also
Great story, and nice work. Really interesting to see how these older bikes were put together and how brutally simple were the ignition and fuel systems.
Watching you work on this pre-unit reminds me how much I didn't like working on them. I always liked to work on the 1963 and up Unit twins with the 4ca or 6ca points, no mags, and the later concentric carbs worked better. Timing was a hell of a lot easier to set. But of course you still had to deal with Lucas, the "Prince of Darkness" components. Anytime I had one come in with a bad rectifier or zener diode I always changed it out to Japanese components, they worked forever. That usually happened because the Nimrod didn't realize it was a positive ground system.
What an Incredible slush with the Tools! Besides your mastery: my old chief of Shop once said: " Lord, protect us from Rain and Wind..and Engines of the british kin"... :D
@@SbMini79 Good evening, there are some really epic Engines, yes! Like the Merlin and even drivin an aircooled Triumph is a gorgeous Moment! But you have to admire that Tooling can be a bit of an adventure outside the uk
@@stephhaug3316 Whitworth is always a laugh with anyone outside the UK. Im 28 and both my grandads taught me it as both had motorbikes with Whitworth on. Also the classic mini with an A series engine has a Whitworth flywheel and front pulley bolts. Also Britain has made some amazing engines. Merlin being one of them. But we've also made some trash eg the rover k series (I love this engine for all its faults though) and the triumph v8 that came in the stag.
My dad was a biker, I grew up around motorcycles. When I was a kid I had 3 heroes, my Dad, Fonzie, and Evel Knievel. This is one of the coolest videos I have ever seen. I work on bikes every day in my shop, I can only imagine how cool it felt to work on the Fonz's bike!
Cool memory. Some of my relatives were also motorcycle enthusiasts. My first step-father's brother had a 1969 Shovelhead built like Fonda's Captain America but with a diamond tank instead of a tear drop. I watched that show forever and Fonzie was my favorite it was always cool in the intro footage to see him ride up. And we do have the Fonz to thank for the beginning of the phrase, "jump the shark." So, there is that.
Great work. You saved a treasure for many people. As a 61 year old, this was a great video.
This bike was also used in the Great Escape..that's what Henry ststed..
You could have just had Henry Winkler show up and whack it with his hand and saved yourself all of that work.
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OMG! Dude. You're fantastic. That's exactly how it was, the Jukebox and all.
@John Kyle, I've wanted to meet The Fonz ever since I was a kid. He seems to be a nice guy from what others say about him.
@Eric Tasaico just because you are able to speak doesn't make you intelligent 😉
@John Kyle hilarious man also😆
This guy was the coolest calmest guy through out whole video . Then he starts the bike up nor 100% sure if its going to run. His expressions and joy of seeing this iconic bike run again are priceless
Everything looks installed in the correctamundo order.
Ha! Thanks for that! :)
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Please add the rear view mirrors and it will be Fonzies bike.
Grew up on Happy Days in the 70's and man that was a great story and a great semi resto ... thanks for being as faithful to the original condition of the bike as possible! Let's not forget McQueen's Triumph in The Great Escape and Brando's in the Wild One.
McQueens bike is in the triumph museum in England
They were popular still when I was stationed in the UK from 1968 - 1973. I had a Vincent and it was a trip to roll. Friend of mine bought a sea chest
at a auction over there and it was locked. Contents unknown but he wanted the chest so he bought it for $500 dollars. It took 6 of us to loaded it
into the back of his Pickup. We got it back to the base and unloaded it. A friend who was a Locksmith came over and it took him a couple of
day to get open. Much to all of our surprise it was a full set of engineers Whitworth tools from the early 1900's. According to the paper work
we found it belonged to an Engineer who traveled the world for a company as their representative to work on equipment. He still has the
chest and all of the tools that were in it. every thing in there was in 1/32 and included wrenches and sockets also it was made in Switzerland.
How much money is that worth? Nice Antique Road Show.
I still have my whitworth spanners from when I was a teenager, the only thing I have now with whitworth fasteners are a couple of old outboard motors.
That Vincent is probably worth more than the Whitworth tools AND the chest now...
Having riddenTriumph Bonneville 650's for almost 40 years (1968 and a 1969), this video was stunning! Congratulations and thanks for sharing it!
That was so cool. I saw an interview with Henry Winkler where he said he never actually rode the bike. He said he had never ridden. Any motorcycle. But at least his old bike is running now.
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Your entusiasm at the end...when you get to take it for a spin...is so infectious! You had me smiling out loud!
This was actually the most impressive project I’ve seen this fella do, and you could tell that he was pretty excited about it too. After all the engines he’s re-done, and then he just yawns when his freshly re-built
motors fire right up. But THIS, he was truly excited!
Absitively, Posilutely, Fantastic dude. I'm 64 now and when I was in high school the "Fonz" was was the man and we use to to ride our choppers to school. They were chopped Honda 550 and 750 four cylinders but choppers none the less. Ape hangers, 6 angle pullbacks, King & Queen seats and 3 ft. sissy bars. When I got out of the Navy in 1988 I restored a 1963 Harley XLCH Sportster with seat and pillion pad much like the Fonz bike. I sold it and bought a 1974 Harley Electra Glide Police Special that I still have today. Great video!
Somebody needs to get Henry Winkler out there and sign that gas tank
He is on twitter - I don't have an account - someone tweet the link to him? @hwinkler4real
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He rode it once and crashed . Director ban'd him from ever riding again
I think fonzie....passed away not too long back...sad
@@rustymullins6623, he's alive and well and 74 years old now.
I never thought in a million yrs i would see someone besides Fonzie fixing plus riding his motorcycle. The cool factor here is immeasurable😎
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Do you not need a gree will turn it over a 97 X count every turn count every turn Mark every turn takes a little bit but you will make the timing perfect
Be careful with that thing. Whatever you do while you’re on it, don’t snap your fingers. Chicks wil run to you from all over. Explain that to your wife.
Maybe his wife will like it ? ;P
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YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
It's so awesome to see this iconic bike being restored. Thx for sharing.
I've owned several different bikes but at heart I'm a Triumph guy. Loved my old Bonnevilles. Had a buddy that owned a Trident and i rode it a lot.
Me too Ed , still have my 71 T150V since 1996 , they go like hell . Cheers mate 🍻
Fonzy rebuilt the bike when he was blind in one episode this should be easy
Haahahahahaha!
Ahhh yes, He was feeling sorry for himself so Richie took it apart and left it in pieces inside his apartment above the Cunningham’s garage. Blind Fonz put it back together. Ayyyyyy
That episode got me in the feels, still does all these yrs later
Way cool! I grew up to the show. Happy Days and MASH are my all time favorites. It is great to see a piece of history alive and well. Thank you!
I am 53 so this is the coolest thing that I have watched on TH-cam. I am both a Happy Days fan and a Triumph fan so thanks a bunch for doing this vid.
Now this brought a smile to my face. I loved the Fonz and his bike when I was a kid. It's a shame the tank is dented. The rest of the bike looks really clean. I wonder if the damage was done on set or years later. Either way I think I'd be inclined to fix it.
I've been around bikes for most of my life. I've especially liked British and American iron. I fell in love with this one when the Fonz was riding it. I'm glad to see that it's still alive and kicking. So many movie bikes and cars disappear off the map without a trace. I wish I could resurrect stuff like this...
I was 5 years old when the episode
" Fearless Fonzarelli " aired . I remember crying when the Fonz was in the hospital and we didn't know if he'd make it 😔 😢
... Ok I was 5 years old and he was the closest thing we had to a super hero ...
Until March 10th 1978 ....
Don't make me angry .. you won't like me when I'm angry ... Hell yeahh
I have a 78 TRIUMPH Bonneville 750, with amal carburetors,,,just did a total restore,,, nothing beats a triumph,,, had many offers to sell,,but was my step father's and he gave it to me months before he passed away,, the value keeps going up,,but priceless to me.
I cannot believe it has been left in that condition until now! Well done Guy's this is an Icon!
You can never have a show like this on TV. They would never show all the work you do. And they would add a bunch of other people to create drama. Thank you for an awesome episode!
This episode was awesome guys. I like that you guys do different types of motors, instead of huge HP V8's virtually exclusively
Just went through the same process timing my old british bike. I used a strong magnet on my degree disk instead of super glue. What a PITA!! But runs awesome now. Great work 👍
If it's like later Triumph's they have a fine metal mesh oil filter fitted to a hex head plug on the bottom of the cases, often overlooked and if they block the oil pump and motor will starve of oil. Check the P.S.I of the oil when running at the pressure switch, should be about 70 P.S.I before the bypass valve kicks in.
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@@tsclly2377 Not really, if the sump mesh screen plugs (which never ever happens) the worst thing that will happen is oil will not return to the oil tank and the engine will progressively burn more and more oil as the dry sump engine becomes a wet sump engine and blue smoke billows from the exhaust. There is a separate pump that pumps oil from the tank to the crank.
Fantastic..... I wanted that bike so badly as a kid. Great to see that it still exists and works!
Yeah, Scott Baio really killed the show.
gave it pink eye
Scott did not help the show.
Nope the show was already doomed
Joanie Loves Chachi was even worse. Why did they think that fans wanted that show I have no idea.
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You and me both! There was no chemistry between the two, the dialogue was contrived and forced, and Chachi was a street dog itching to defile the Joanie character who was the embodiment of the All American girl... a little sister, a precious daughter. The audience is not so dumb they would accept that. Not at that time, anyway.
That's some impressive mechanic work you did. So cool to see Fonzie's bike up and running again.
I genuinely want that machine and I'm not even a biker the slightest.
@canuckguy worried Haha, I know m8. However that machine is not just a machine to me. It's my childhood.
@@msumungo Make the man an offer.
@canuckguy worried I'm 52 and I watched those episodes on Finnish television back in late 70's as a kid. Fonzie was the coolest dude ever. Badass as hell, but never mean to others.
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Get one from Triumph modern classics lineup. Bonneville looks just as good, but none of the problems with these older models.
No better feeling in the mechanical world than to hear something come to life for the first time, or the first time in a long time. Hard to explain.
The funny thing is he couldnt ride a motorcycle. In the opener, it has him riding up on the bike. He said he was on a ramp and coasted down into the scene, appearing to be riding the bike.
You mean that really wasn't the Fonz crashing into Arnold's! There's a dent in the tank tho lol
Eric Estrada only got his first MC license in 2001!
Yep asked him myself he was scared of bikes,sort of blows his image down the pan.
Not true. One episode begins with Henry Winkler, with no helmet so you can easily see it's him, riding the grey Triumph past the house, around the corner, then down the street, and the camera does not cut away during the scene.
I had to chuckle when Davin spoke of the old ‘hard hat’ commercials for Super Glue… I remember seeing those on TV in the 1970s.
Dang it! I LOVE seeing you so excited about something. And I really appreciate you taking us deeply into your thought process. Friggin' GENIUS!! Take care.
Always a great feeling when it fires up after you get it together
It’s just FANTASTIC that you’ve done this! You’ve made my day!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
When someone in TV says "they jumped the shark", that episode of Happy Days is what they're referring to. It translates to "The show is done. They're out of good ideas."
Its really really cool! That feeling when you, first start your old motorcycle, is just woderful! Keep on building!
Great to see this bike spark up. The Fonz was the reason I got in to bikes.
Henry Winkler actually suffered from dyslexia and could never master riding a real motorcycle. By Season Two, the budget for the show had been reduced, along with some of the staff including Chris Haynes. No one else on set could start the Knucklehead, so it was traded for a smaller motorcycle which was easier for Winkler to push around. That motorcycle was the silver Triumph which most people associate with Fonzie. Built by Bud Ekins, a famous offroad racer and stuntman, the Triumph lasted all the way until Season 8. Along with the switch to the smaller motorcycle, Fonzie also traded in his windbreaker for his iconic leather jacket. He now had the "look", but even with the easier to handle Triumph, Winkler admits that he never rode it or any of the other motorcycles throughout the ten years that Happy Days was on the air. For the rare scenes where Fonzie was seen riding, the crew sometimes had to go as far as mounting the motorcycle onto a board with wheels attached, so it could be pulled across the set. Otherwise Fonzie just coasted through the scenes.
Cumulus Vapes I remember the knucklehead.
Interesting info. Thanx for sharing it.
@@danmcelroy6584 Ysvw :)
I'll bet he wishes he'd learned to ride, now.
I saw that bike in August 2018 at the Gilmore Car Museum. I have nice picture of the bike and the display.
Glad they didn't give it to Jesse James to mess around with it like they did the McQueen Indian!
What did he do, chop it?
that guy is a fucking idiot ! he destroyed that bike
If he goes any where near it, he should be shot on sight.
FordFracture you’re a fucking idiot.
stude1953 I can’t find anything on the web or TH-cam about this. Do you have a link? Kinda scary Jesse would bastardise an iconic bike.
Brilliant - I've got one ( 1952 ):- saw it , loved it - bought it ! One happy old man
I saw you putting a few drops of glue on the throttle handle..... Hair Spray... hair spray brother. old school
Hair spray takes longer to settle
Exactly right. From a time when kitchen floors were used to tear down bike engines and women understood perfectly ... And lent you their hair spray.
Shoe Goo (wrapping the bar with electrical tape is old school)
good old spit works really well. I have two old BSA's and that's all i ever use
@@1chish In the early 90's my buddy, who knows almost everything about British iron, was helping me with my 1972 Norton. He tells me, after getting the head clean as possible, to take it in the house and put it in the oven at 450 deg. Well I thought he was just nuts. As I place it in the oven and turn it on his wife came into the kitchen and saw what I was doing. What she said next just floored me, she says "Replacing valve guides huh"? LOL. I still thank her for the use of her oven and we laugh about it.
congratulations , what a great piece of TV nostalgia. love your clean modern shop too
Nice to see someone timing a pre unit slightly different from the way I used to do it.
9mm before TDC through the plug hole. Gently pulling Cigarette rolling paper jammed between the points to find contact breaking point. And bingo! Bolt it together.
Yep, the way shown seemed over complex. Put the engine where you want to spark to occur, rotate the mag until the paper slides free, job done.
Ha! I like the cig paper idea! Anyway, I usually use an ohmmeter across the points, but the paper thing is awfully simple and sounds like something granddad might have shown me. 🏍
That is so great that this bike is still around and now running . Great job.
That was cool I remember the show and the bike. Great job.
Excellent video, thanks! I'm tempted to mention that those "bastard" Whitworth's are actually the very first standardized thread patterns from before the American Industrial Revolution! They led the way for us later on (about 100 years later in fact, when UNC and UNF came out...just a couple years before Fonzies' bike was built). Btw, I was amazed to see the earlier Triumph's used SU's and not Amal's. Never knew that.
I grew up watching Happy Days. The Fonz was the best part of the show!! Great job on getting his bike up and running. Now all you have to do is repaint the fuel tank and your done!
This bike sold at auction in 2018 for $180,000USD. That’s insane.
Huge props to Davin for being trusted with such a valuable machine, which he’s no doubt made even more so!
AAAAAAAA well done so good to see this bike after all these years well done awesome nate
This bike is a piece of my childhood and had a direct influence on who I have been all my life.
Thank you for taking care of her 👍 Aye!
That's amazing.
Motolove! Love my own Kawasaki. Always putting up the good stuff like Delta Parole, Metallica, Alice In Chains and others when I am working on her. Moto is life
brings back happy memories ,Mam and Dad still alive me living at home and my dad sprayed a little honda cb125s that looked cool in 1977,great to get the Fonzie bike running ,im now almost 60 with my own Triumph Bonneville 865 Efi ,well done,keith North Wales uk
This Triumph is o.k. but the Harley Knucklehead Bobber in season 1 was my favorite.
If I remember correctly, Winkler accidentally, while trying to kick-start the "knuckle", started it and went across the set and crashed it.
From that point on, he was only aloud to sit on it!
@@crazyelf3839 Lol, "Sit on it!"
Bet the triumph handles better tho
As far as I can tell Fonzie used 3 different bikes on the show, the Triumph, a Harley, and a 2-stroke dirt bike.
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Wasn't the dirt bike (2 stroke) used to "jump the shark"?
The Harley was used when he wore a white wind breaker type of jacket.
The triumph was introduced later, as was the leather jacket!
At least that's my memory!?!
Intriguing. I rebuilt a 1961 Triumph 350 (3TA) in the late 1970s. It had single carb and distributor with automatic timing advance. I blew that engine on an English motorway and replaced it with a newer 1967 350 engine with twin timing. I set the timing using a simple circuit light and depth gauge threaded through the spark hole. Sweet running bike.
That is soo cool fonzies bike is still around!! Needs to be in the Smithsonian with the Sanford and son truck!!!
They do have fonzis jacket in the collection at NMAH in DC, would be a great addition for the 3rd floor American culture galleries when they open up.
Nice 😎 I grew up with Happy Days on every week night.
I have a 1961 Humber Hawk Series II project car that I inherited when my father passed away eight years ago. He bought it in 1964.
I have been working on putting it back on the road after it has been sitting in storage for about 30 years.
All of the suspension components and body has UNF bolt threads and takes imperial tools. But the engine has the older Whitworth BSF bolts. I believe because the Humber Hawk engines date back to the 1930's and the nuts and bolts never changed. When I started working on the engine I had to find and buy sockets for it that I didn't already have.
I already had plenty of AF Imperial tool sets.
It is good to build up a tool set especially for the car though.
The Fonz could have put it back together with his eyes closed, hang on he did...
But he was too scared to ride it.
@@POOKIE5592 Don't know if he was too scared, but he didn't know how. He did actually ride it once and crashed. They give him instruction how to ride a bike. He was supposed to pull up into the driveway, but he crashed, so they got someone in to do those shots for him.
Dodgy Brothers Engineering You're right.
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@@DodgyBrothersEngineering what a wuss ....how could he be scared of that bike
...? Its not that big
Nobody seems to have ever figured out that it was more than just a bit weird for a guy in his 30s ((?) was hanging around with teenagers.
We got the show in the early ‘70s, and even at 12 I thought it was odd. But I put it down to the USA being different.
The bike is cool, and authentic. The full mudguards and lack of those absurd gigantic gaps and humongous lumps of extraneous metal that builders of modern ‘choppers’ and passé racers feel the need to include.
Nice rebuild, decent work. Thank you for sharing.
The “plug wires” are HT leads btw ;)
Heyyy man how cool is that, apparently Henry Winkler (the Fonze) never actually ‘drove’ the bike, but was pushed on to the film set.
Rode not drove...
A couple of cautions - verify the scavenge screen in the sump has not varnished over with the same gunk you noticed in the bottom of the oil tank and also check the ball bearing check valves in the oil pump housing. There would be two fuel taps with a banjo "Y" fitting with one side being the usual running tap which had a short tube on the in tank top of valve which prevented you using the last one inch of fuel in the bottom of the tank the other valve or "reserve" valve had no such tube and allowed you to get another hour or so of running by using that last 1" of fuel. Your mag timing description is on point with one other caution. if using the 38 degree advance setting you need to make sure your lever and cable are in the full advance position.
One last note make sure the oil pressure indicator plunger is free and working. When started, that should pop out to indicate you've got pressure from the pump. First place you look when it starts is down to that plunger.
that was one of the first things I was taught during my apprenticeship
an engine needs compression, spark and fuel, go find which ones missing
Yeah...now you got to make sure EVERYTHING is receiving the proper PWM singal when you turn the key or the car give a big F U and refuses to start.
Seriously, we had a f150 come into our shop that refused to start because of the bluetooth power module....like....why? If it dont work let the truck start and give an error message, but no, they have to leave a man stranded because the radio is having a trantrum. And even then guess what the fix was....unplug it, plug it back in. Oh yeah dear customer dont worry about labor....its only like $200 cause we had to pll half the dash out to get to the jesless thing.
Thank you for business!
Actually there are 5 things an engine needs in order to run properly; compression, fuel, spark, air and it has to be in time.
I've found if air is missing, the chances of living long enough to get it going are not good :)
suck squeeze bang blO 4 stroke
Nothing beats the sound of an old bike thats been laid up bursting back into life!.
spark, fuel and a very importiant compression
Wow ya I remember I was in 1st grade in 1974 every boy in my class had Fonz knee high socks and T shirts with his likeness and signature thumbs and “Hey”
Great to see another icon from the old days.
Davin did something that Henry Winkler didn't do - he actually rode that motorcycle.
He was scared of motorcycles
@@rickfletcher5053 not just that he couldn't ride it due to his dyslexia couldn't read the controls Speedo or stuff like that
And can say he was Wrong..Fonzy couldn’t say that but did hangout with school girls and boys
I've seen the interview where Henry Winkler said he didn't ride the bike but I would say that is BS there's plenty of footage where he is riding the bike I don't think they were CGI back then unless he had a twin body double as you can tell the sea and did not change
Doesn't make you any cooler
1, 2, 3, 4 o'clock rock. David, amazing job as always! I'll bet that puppy is running better than the day it left the factory.
That bike literally "jumped the shark"
Jumping sharks is nothing to be sneezed at! It jumped sharks, and took names! 🥂
I think thats where the dent on the tank came from!
I was "The Fonz" in 12th grade...had plenty of 11th grade ladies following me in parties in the woods of Scranton, PA. Seriously... they were the best, and best of times!!
Fun fact: Fonzie only rode once for the filming of the show, and he crashed. Then it was stunt doubles from then on.
Yea he was scared to death of motorcycles.
fonzie rides as wellas paris Hilton did
Look at sons of anarchy....i dont think any of them rode except i think it was ron Pearlman.....jax actor never rode in his life
That would explain the dented gas tank
Ahem,I think you will find it was Henry Winkler that crashed the bike.The Fonz (King Of Cool) does not crash!
Very cool man ! Noticing how you slid the throttle grip on, maybe some value to someone. When we were mounting rubber to metal, we'd use a little dish soap, dawn whatever. It slides the rubber on easily and when the soap dries it's like a glue that holds the rubber in position. We mostly used it on motorcycle tire bead to wheel but also rubber grip to metal handlebar. Works great.
That's awesome happy for you Davin
Great old bike. I rode Triumphs for years. I still have 2. I'd sell my Harley, but my Triumphs? NEVER!Thanks for the video, and making sure Fonz's bike still lives!👍👍🍕🍺🏆
Love to see more motorcycle content on the channel!
Bloody amazing! Just awesome! I grew up with Happy Days re-runs on the local TV channel here in Malaysia. Looking forward to more awesome videos like this!
Need to get Henry Winkler to sign it while he is still around!! An awesome find!!
We tried to get ahold of him, but were unable to.
@@Hagerty I don't think Henry Winkler liked to ride motorcycles, sorry.
I agree, you need to get the Fonz's signature on the tank!!!!!
@@Hagerty who owns the bike? Scott bao?
@@Hagerty Hello Hagerty, great video. What is that brake handle mechanism half way down the right handle bar? I'm not into British bikes, never seen that before. Just curious. Have a great day and be well. Thanks.
I'm 73, been riding Triumph's since my teens. Current bike is my '70 TR6R which I have fully restored. The Fonz bike is 'cool, daddy'o'. Now just detail it, align the h/lamp glass and properly attach the flopping taillight..
This show is about to "Jump the Shark".
...and with the same bike as the original shark jumper!! HAHAHA
@@sidcostello7532 ...Nope,sorry. The "shark jumping" was Fonzie water skiing.
@@paulcopeland9035 but with the same bike as the original shark jumper! HAHAHA
@@wtburns01 ....Umm, no, the shark jumping had nothing to do with the motorcycle. Fonzie accepted a challenge to water ski jump over some penned up sharks and he did it.
This was a nonsense stretch of the Happy Days storyline and showed the series was at its end.
@@paulcopeland9035 You realize Fonzie is the subject of the "original shark jumper" comment above, right? Try to keep up, fella.
One of the best motorcycle videos I’ve watched...
Sentimental value= priceless
All you need now is a "Pinky" Tuscadero look a like on the back. Good job on the repair job.
Should call Suzi Q and get Leather Tuscadero on the back.
Pinky (Leather was the little sister who had a band) had her own MC... it looks like a Yamaha DT-250...??? wonder where that one is...???
The best part of this video is to see your enthusiasm and happiness about getting to fix and ride it! I am happy for you for sure! :o)
THERES A OIL SCREEN UNDER THE CRANK CASE THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT IT'S A BIG HEX NUT
Everyone forgets about it. That engine will be short lived.
Yeah the sludge tube
@@lpd1snipe You're not going to get the sludge trap out of the sump. You have to completely disassemble the engine. According to a Triumph ex-works employee, your average mechanic is more likely to introduce contaminants than remove them through the sump plug.
Only unit Twins have the big hex nut , on pre units a sump screen old by 4 nuts on the bottom of the crank cases
Is it mounted to a plate on the bottom? My '78 Bonneville had that, as well as a current Royal Enfield. I unscrewed the 4 bolts and dropped it down. Also undid the drain and screen then cleaned it al out the reinstall it. The bolt in the middle is magnetic to keep any metal bits out of the engine.
He’s so skilled in his craft well done, this is advanced engineering. Happy to be a long time subscriber of Hagerty channel, love Barn Find Hunter also
This makes me feel motivated to go fix my own motorcycle.
You sure know them bikes Sir! I was not only impressed that it was Fonz's bike but you got that thing running like a top....great job.
We didnt do anything. You did the work, filmed it and loaded on the internet. All I did was watch you do all the work. Take credit for your work man.
Great story, and nice work. Really interesting to see how these older bikes were put together and how brutally simple were the ignition and fuel systems.
Now that's some History...Let Jay Leno know ';-)
Leno want it for his massive collection!! 👍
Good idea, that’d make a great episode of Jay Leno’s garage.
It is very cool Davin!,Happy days was my favorite program back in the day.Fonz was the man!!
"He can see!" "He can see?" "It was all Dukes's idea!"
Watching you work on this pre-unit reminds me how much I didn't like working on them. I always liked to work on the 1963 and up Unit twins with the 4ca or 6ca points, no mags, and the later concentric carbs worked better. Timing was a hell of a lot easier to set. But of course you still had to deal with Lucas, the "Prince of Darkness" components. Anytime I had one come in with a bad rectifier or zener diode I always changed it out to Japanese components, they worked forever. That usually happened because the Nimrod didn't realize it was a positive ground system.
One of the neatest Redlines yet. Don't you love Whitworth though?
Ayyyyyy! Good job on an iconic ride! Thanks for keeping a small part of the best times of my life alive.
What an Incredible slush with the Tools! Besides your mastery: my old chief of Shop once said: " Lord, protect us from Rain and Wind..and Engines of the british kin"... :D
Yes but the variety kept him awake ...
Nothing wrong with British engines.
@@SbMini79 Good evening, there are some really epic Engines, yes! Like the Merlin and even drivin an aircooled Triumph is a gorgeous Moment! But you have to admire that Tooling can be a bit of an adventure outside the uk
@@SbMini79 Nothing at all. It was British engines that powered the Industrial revolution.
@@stephhaug3316 Whitworth is always a laugh with anyone outside the UK. Im 28 and both my grandads taught me it as both had motorbikes with Whitworth on. Also the classic mini with an A series engine has a Whitworth flywheel and front pulley bolts. Also Britain has made some amazing engines. Merlin being one of them. But we've also made some trash eg the rover k series (I love this engine for all its faults though) and the triumph v8 that came in the stag.
P L E A S E get this bike together fellas ! LEAPING LIZARDS ! The Fonz is coming this weekend ! He's gonna be expecting to RIDE !