The Classic MotorCycle

A different angle

It would be so easy to send the frame off to a specialist painting or blasting company and say “a coating of your finest black, if you please…” – job done. To be honest, that’s what would probably have happened if the frame had been part of an original machine and it was going back to original, as hopefully anyone doing such a task would have taken note of the position of spacers and suchlike before pulling the thing apart.

Problem is, the main frame is circa 1959, the sub frames I have are from different years in the early 1960s – I don’t know exactly which years – and the swinging arm’s age is unknown. If you’re familiar with the set-up of such a period Triumph frame, then you don’t need me to tell you the

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