Counting Cars: RARE WWII 1941 Triumph Bike Gets a MILITARY Makeover (Season 6) | History

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The team restores a classic 1941 Triumph bike used in Britain during WWII - this military bike proves to more challenging than expected, in this clip from Season 6, "Tricked Out Triumph Part 1." #CountingCars
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[@corvetcoyote443]

This cool bike looks similar to the one Strawberry had on Cheech and Chong a Up In Smoke!

[@zahedzafar46]

His reaction when he said 50k. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@__cypher__]

Is it just me or does the front of that side car look like a pickle?!

[@gamersraiders9987]

anthony cypher lol

[@Just_Another_Hoosier]

The guy riding in it is a pickle. Lol

[@waynemetevia7983]

Hadn't thought of that but you're right. L.o.l.

[@fagbag9553]

@laser325 got ripped off Danny the Conman Joker Kocker

[@itsjorgieeSF]

🤣

[@ukdnbmarsh]

those old triumphs are a bit odd because the gears and brakes are on the wrong side

[@farazkhalid3513]

And I'm here watching this excellent work from Pakistan ❣️

[@douglasgault5458]

I remember how back in the 60s a guy could buy a crated new WWII bike for $35- &$50, American or British bikes. A neighbor friend bought both a Harley & Norton commando with side car & turned them into some great looking choppers. In fact the chopper craze of the late 60s killed this military surplus market. They all sold out, but what a price.

[@alexhansen8515]

Only in America would someone pay a dude with horns 50K to paint his bike...

[@okyggtty]

Lol

[@agentpenis8715]

He’s Canadian. I’ve worked with him

[@Coincollector81]

Awesome custom job. This guy is a baller , willing to throw down $50k. A ww2 bike done right.

[@commielogics5740]

I don't get it though...Y would u make it cool to fool

[@mr.gabriel382]

He ment Canada dollars. 😂

[@thisisnotausername6815]

I love the old tryumph and brough superiors im 14 and tried to get it as my first buke but then i realized they where so expensive

[@anthonythomas3646]

This is the best bike they have done it’s not over the top.

[@sajedb]

50K for a classic triumph ? 😱

[@chrisjoe187]

Too much?

[@dogs4homeprotection104]

I found it a little high , but I'm not rich so...

[@sajedb]

They got just the carburetor and transmission from UK, it was just fitting the sidecar and repaint all.

[@chrisjoe187]

@@sajedb I wonder what they charge for labor.. 🤔

[@waynemetevia7983]

@@chrisjoe187 An arm and a leg and your first born.

[@Snowaxe3D]

As a rational consumer, I will never disclose my Budget First, Never

[@andreroestenberg6313]

Of course...that is ridiculous. They can do job for 30k and say we got you under budget at 48k lol.

[@wordlifejohn1122]

Oof,that bike is beautiful. Amazing work by Danny and Team

[@SmoothS3TH]

For $10k yeah sure. For $50,000 for a carb replacement, fresh paint (plus some stickers and accents), and side car additional? Come on. It looks ugly, and the guy got robbed.

[@wordlifejohn1122]

@@SmoothS3TH yeah for 50k,that's mediocre paint job. But again it's military.

[@patrickwilkinson7351]

@@SmoothS3TH That was the budget he had to play with. They didn't say they actually spent the whole 50k on the bike.

[@figityfuktup]

WOW!!!! Amazing bike... so cool

[@joyngamkhumlo2520]

Just put a black coloured seats.

[@woods852]

Firstly it should be matt green not gloss and there should be no chrome, this does not look anything like a WW2 military bike they messed up big time and ripped off the customer. I restored a BSA WM20 myself back to full military spec and all in with the cost of the bike for a full off frame restoration was US$12K

[@lohithr4131]

50k they are fooling uuu

[@razz0rric106]

Should have done drab matte olive green instead of the gloss

[@razz0rric106]

@laser325 IKR this guy got ripped big time 50k !

[@althafsulaiman9075]

That's classic 😍

[@075222572]

3:40 that paint job was not good

[@00utofcpt]

i kinda see it, sort of scratched a bit at the bottom of fender

[@louiev1ll3]

He paid 50k for that scratch Shesh 😭

[@bengo76]

Amazing WWII bike

[@casperjensen1306]

Wow , i did not know it was THAT easy to steel Money

[@nerblebun]

They screwed the customer right off the bat. Shop guy was thinking $30 grand for restoration.

[@bugirana]

If done in third world countries it could be done under 2 grands

[@nerblebun]

@@bugirana: When I lived in California, I always took my "special" cars to Mexico for custom painting, or having custom leather interior installed. Cost about a quarter of the price they charged in the States.

[@slowazzd2165]

You realize theres a difference between their budget and time paid for labour... 50k was the most amount they were allowed to spend for parts and labour not the actual bill lmao

[@nerblebun]

@@slowazzd2165: The only bill I've ever paid for custom work on a vehicle was for parts & labor.

[@Nexxarian]

@@nerblebun Cost might be cheaper, but the risk you're taking is driving in Mexico with a nice car.

[@Emmasecoff]

what a beautiful bike

[@bucknasty8813]

Easy with the right turns on the road

[@razz0rric106]

I don't like it tbh. They have rushed it. And all those crests on top look comical. Should have ONE crest on the side of the mudguard.

[@georgewilmot74]

Reminds me of the 500 Matchless

[@roqdog3045]

is it Stunning? brother?

[@ateequrrahman4684]

Very nice

[@ees8822]

Not happy with the colorful details of the sidecar... It looks like an ordinary tricycle from the Philippines

[@ericsoncruz6087]

Tanga

[@paulpercival8552]

It is a cool looking bike. I think the sidecar could have come a little closer a few more inches seems the stick out there pretty good I see somebody kept in that car with that one LOL

[@binnymartin1455]

Did he say it came all d way from Pakistan, insane

[@vivianroyen4278]

Pause at 3.41 and you will see a slight damage on the paint job.

[@jamessheehy576]

The only thing I like British is Ozzy Osbourne

[@DP-jt5kz]

That totally has to be the Toy guy from Pawn Stars brother?! 😆

[@feroze4050]

He actually meant 50k canadian dollars :p

[@JL-dj5ek]

The cucumber sidecar.

[@frankfilippone9679]

I love chrome to , it belongs on a bike!

[@dammitboy9251]

Would ya just look at it! 🤣😂🤣

[@srinivasan3843]

👍

[@mikekiefer3915]

All these restro shows have ridiculous price tags.

[@jeremybennett3909]

cool

[@aghaalirazapathan475]

My father used to have one triumph tiger here in Pakistan when he was young in 60s

[@MUsman-bo3rh]

This bike is all over from Pakistan.

[@virgiljohnson9880]

SWEET

[@mohammedhaddad546]

Side cart looks like a watermelon not feeling it

[@justaye2730]

Did you guys took the whole 50g?

[@u.s.paratroops4633]

Never, ever say what your budget is !!! Tell them what you want, ask for an estimate w/ specific parts and labor....

[@johngarcia5396]

Exactly because than shop know they can charge up to that amount for extra revenue! Makes no sense

[@gregsmith7828]

when folks have more dollars than sense

[@research1586]

$45,000 - $50,000 and he already owned bike. Got ripped off.

[@alokpandey2936]

🙏🙏🙏

[@lyzzer6796]

From Pakistan niceee

[@marymcdonald3778]

O M G 😳👏😁

[@plsclef]

🤙🏻

[@kais478]

Sad to see classic bike exported from Pakistan.owner must have moved out to canada....

[@waynemetevia7983]

They said that back then the side car was on the left side. Wonder why the customer wanted it on the right? Especially since he never rode a bike with a side car before.

[@waynemetevia7983]

@laser325 Oh that's right. Hadn't thought about that. Thanks for the reminder.

[@Spankydoodle]

His clients must be super rich or something.

[@kendawa2918]

How much was the total bill?

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Too bad Wolfman Jack is known as the Wolfman because it would fit Danny better than the Count. What a hairball.

[@coolpiraterapstar]

Definitely a Canadian.

[@theghostwhowalks583]

50,000 😳

[@n4zou]

The paint is completely wrong. A real military motorcycle paint job is nothing like that. I have a Soviet Union Dnepr military sidecar motorcycle in Russian green. Every painted part is a slightly different Russian green color. The factory (KMZ) made and painted parts in separate areas of the factory and some parts came from other specialized factory's such as fenders and fairings so naturally all the parts would end up slightly different shades of the same Russian green color. Also the sidecar to motorcycle spacing is way to wide. It's obvious those guys have never set up a hack. For $50,000 they should have paid someone with sidecar experience do it for them.

[@newvintage1554]

37,343.54 USD Worthy motorcycle

[@cocosnutss23]

Cool bike but the paint job was horrific. Look at 3:41 the fender has paint chips and also you can see who ever detailed it left buffing swirls on it.👎🏼

[@johncullotta304]

$50k to restore a bike and add a sidecar?! A bit much. lol

[@sammyn6387]

That was the max

[@KroryykDB]

50k was a ripoff.. that's like 75k Canadian essentially for a paint job and a sidecar.

[@sammyn6387]

Max was 50 but it’s a full rebuild and restore adding and restoring the sidecar

[@remirobinson9456]

All that, and they didn't put rubbers on the kick lever or shifter? Pffft

[@ryankesti8444]

Why is customer trying to sound Irish ☘️?

[@cleverusername9369]

A lot of Canadians are of Irish ancestry, and their accents still have traces of the Irish, especially in Newfoundland and the Maritimes

[@bhimnepal3140]

That is Canadian 50,000.. 20, 00 freedom Dollar

[@jean-yvesmartin6934]

That side car looks very far from thr bike

[@Honesty001]

50 thousand too much

[@upscstudy5865]

30lakh rs ++++ too much

[@Shothor9]

It came from Pakistan 😀

[@Sierra_TWO]

Bro overpaid for this...

[@shadaba.qureshi4367]

Britishers left their Junk (1947 TO 1961, British Monarch Remained Pakistan's Monarch too, hoping to get favors to settle Pakistanis in common wealth/UK...begging strategy) in Pakistan, they have been collecting it ever since...

[@Honesty001]

Pakistan wow me to

[@AK_Studioz]

I HEARD YOU ARE GOOD IN ALGEBRA, CAN U REPLACE MY "X" WITHOUT ASKING "Y" ? Have a good day ahead🤗

[@genesisobscura7165]

🔥🔥🔥

[@poppinfresh5261]

seems overpriced

[@CH-732]

Woow.....🤩👍🇨🇦

[@rhyalstanley1583]

The side car looks like a pickle

[@kellinash6392]

Tell the count to wear some sleeves I can’t stand looking at his harm pits anymore. It may be great when you are 20 but now it’s just gross

[@stevejames9167]

Bs military

[@sammyn6387]

Get some help

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[@deadeye3532]

Stop over pricing your products

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[@froxen9743]

first

[@PleadThe2nd]

Is it even funnier because you're wrong...? Possibly

[@justinpotter5796]

Why put the sidecar on n take all the chrome off?,,he shoulda just restored it n kept it red,,man that woulda looked beautiful...