Customer Bike Spotlight: Dave's Lean & Mean Triumph Chopper

Dave Wilt sent us some pics of his recently completed Triumph. We were stoked on it and wanted to share!

"Hey there Tyler just wanted to send you a couple pictures of my bike. I owe alot of thanks to you guys at Lowbrow. You guys were the best company I dealt with on this project and look forward to dealing with you on my next project. These pictures were taken down at Beatersville in Louisville, KY by John Jackson. Thanks again for yalls support. By the way my last order I got your new race support shirt and love the color. First ride i get off bike and the back left side of the shirt is covered with circles of oil from chain. Kinda adds character."

Meet Lowbrow Customs: Todd

This is the first in an installment of posts I will do over the next couple weeks introducing you to the people who work here at Lowbrow Customs. First up, Todd. He is a friend I met when I was selling a pre unit Triumph project a few years back. If you call Lowbrow, he is the guy you will be talking to! With his 25+ years experience with British motorcycles and 10+ years as a professional HD mechanic he is well versed in two-wheeled machines. In his own words:


"I was born in upstate New York just across the Hudson River from Woodstock. I have been interested in motorcycles from an early age, all my friends rode in motocross races, but I could not afford a bike. I moved to California when I was 18 and that is where I fell in love with British motorcycles. I rode my 1963 BSA A-10 all over the San Diego beach areas and I still own that bike today! I moved to Oregon in 1989 and lived in the mountains, no electricity or phones. I was also a grateful Dead fan and did many cross country trips, during one of my tours I saw an
ad in a mag for MMI so I thought why not and moved to Phoenix, Arizona. I ended up in Ohio working at a H-D dealership for over 10 years.

Todd's personal garage with a line of Triumph builds in-progress

I met up with Tyler about 4 years ago when I purchased a pre-unit Triumph from him. When he offered me the chance to join the Lowbrow crew just after the start of this year I jumped at the hance. I have been riding, wrenching and racing Triumph and BSA for 25+ years. I have been rebuilding stock Brit customs and bobbers for the last 10 years. I am currently working on a 1956 Triumph T-bird bobber conversion and several other unit Triumph bobbers.

- Todd

P.S. If I didn’t have the most beautiful and understanding wife in the world, I wouldn’t be doing the things I love."

Todd's garage.. You can see he has bikes on the brain even when he isn't working here!

Customer Bike Spotlight: Steve's Swingarm Triumph Chopper

"Hey Lowbrow Crew,

Great blog and site- some amazing work you're doing! Just wanted to take a quick second of your time to let you know how things on the miserable and cold East Coast are...

I'm sending some pics of my 1966 TR6 swingarm chopper - my good friend Harley did all the design, paint and body work; our friend Kenji did the lettering and striping, and the motor, electrical and plumbing was done by an old timer named Travis here in CT.

Naturally, the bike is chock-a-block full of frantically ordered Lowbrow parts. I will say that out of all the 10 million things that held up the completion of this beauty, working with and ordering from Lowbrow was NOT one of those hold-ups. Shipping was fast and safe, as always.

More details and pics of this ripper on my buddy Harley's blog, 'damned to be free':

http://www.damnedtobefree.com/blog/

keep up the great work,

Steve Karp

CT, East Coast, USA"

Customer Bike Spotlight: Larry's '69 Triumph Bonneville

Got a nice e-mail of thanks from a customer and some pics of his 1969 Triumph Bonneville. Thanks for the kudos and the photos, Larry!

"Good afternoon, this isn't for an order but, I do want to say thanks for your web site and helping me get some of the parts I needed to put my '69 Bonneville (a.k.a The Bopper) together. You'll find a few pics attached. Thanks again - Larry "

Customer Bike Spotlight: Chuck's Green Swingarm Triumph

Got a photo of Chuck's Triumph that is almost finished up. Some hard work, money and lots of time and effort can turn a basket case into a real head-turner, and it keeps you out of trouble for a while too. I look forward to some updates after you get it running, maybe a nice video we can post as well!

"I bought this bike in 1990 as a seized up roller for $300. It had been beat up some but most of the important parts were OK. I disassembled it, cannibalized it for another 650 I have and parked it in the corner of my shop for 20+ years. Last fall I decided to make something out of it and it’s now close to being a runner. Quite a few parts I’ve needed came from Lowbrow and the aluminum café racer seat was built for me by ‘Rock’ at Rock’s Chops. Countryside Cycles rebuilt the engine. It has stock rake, a Ceriani 35mm fork, a 4” extended swing arm and Boyer ignition. I’ll put it on the floor in a week or so and give it a kick.

Chuck"

Customer Bike Spotlight: Eric's Super Clean Triumph

Here are some shots sent in by Eric Henderson of his home-built 1967 Triumph TR6R complete with David Bird hardtail. Nice work, Eric!

Customer Bike Photos from Finland

Here is a few photos and some info on my bikes:

The Triumph is a matching numbers 6T from 1953. Slightly stretched and raked frame. Husqvarna front fork. 18”/21” setup/Akront rims. Moon oil tank. Magura clip-ons and grips. Paint by Daniel.

- 1975 Shovelhead
- S&S stroker kit
- Single fire ignition
- Fork Co air cleaner on a Super E carb
- Home built hardtail with cast iron axle plates
- Gas tank from Cole
- Moon oil tank
- Forks shortened and shaved
- 18”/21” Morad rims fitted with the standard Avons
- Norton -60s drum brake front
- Harley hydraulic rear

Found the bike as a basket case a few years ago. Four boxes of parts - everything painted black including all the chrome. The original frame were in bad shape and the swing arm was missing so I fabricated a hard tail with cast iron axle plates. The engine looked like shit on the outside but it turned out that someone restored it with an early S&S stroker kit and just left it in a corner for about a decade. A good cleanup, new gaskets and it was ready to go. Same story with the gearbox. Fitted a Primo beltdrive and clutch as well. Fabbed the midcontrols out of aluminum axle and some old sportster and bicycle parts. Bent some stainless tubing for the handlebars and made the risers as well. Modified the original exhaust and fitted shorty mufflers. I made the seatpan and a local girl named Saija got it stitched up. My good friend Daniel did the paintjob.

Thanks for a great site with loads of nice parts!

Magnus

A Little Sissy Ingenuity

Grant Donaldson sent us some photos a while ago of his bike-in-progress. He used a Builder Sissy Bar Kit, some Bungs, an Afterhours Titmouse Tail Light, and some time and skill to fab up this cool sissy bar / tail light combo on his Triumph.

The Salt Raper In Full Dress

The Salt Raper is in full dress now, complete with fairing. I am going to be running it both partially streamlined, as pictured, and without the fairing, or naked. The Salt Raper isn't really my bike's name, I am not really much of a bike-namer, but who doesn't like a comical reference to rape. Right...? Anyway..



I will be test running this Monday morning at the airport again, this time with the fairing, so it should be fun and interesting!

Tyler

'55 Triumph Tank & Fairing Paint In Progress

I got these photos from Joe at Jerry's House of Kolors last night, he is working on the fairing and tank for my Bonneville bike. I can't wait to see it done

That's right US built...

Check out the pics Craig from WV sent in to us. Very clean classic lines! Glad to see some US customers sending us in some build pics for a change!

English 102 Triumph DVD on Presale Now!

"The follow-up to the critically acclaimed English 101 DVD, English 102 is the next step in your British motorcycle education. Once again hosted by Wes White, the electrical system on your vintage British motorcycle is covered in depth with a concentration on identification of parts, troubleshooting, and tips to wire your bike from scratch. More carburetors, Amal, Mikuni and JRC units, are disassembled and discussed. In depth analysis of rebuilding hydraulic front ends, clutch center maintenance and cam bushing reaming is also included. A must for those of you with a true quest for knowledge."

$39.95, more info and 24/7 secure ordering here.

Check out Adam from the UK's bobber!

Adam from the UK sent these pics of his freshly finished bobber for us to check out since he was running a few of our parts. Lookin good man!

Special '79 Triumph in Progress

Jay Roche over at Special '79 is building a Triumph that is being covered in Iron Horse Magazine. Jay makes really cool stuff, and has great fabrication videos on his site as well. If you haven't seen Special '79 yet check it out.