New Project! Things Escalated Quickly... | Triumph Tiger 90 Restoration | Episode 1

[@StephenBoyd21]

There is nothing like a light, sympathetic restoration and this is NOTHING like a light, sympathetic restoration :)

[@Qspecialman]

Over very many years and countless restorations, I have never found it is "just get it running", it is always..... while it is apart I might as well do this and that. But as long as you accept it, it's good fun.

[@Andrew-jh5uv]

So true a 1950 Royal Enfield G2 yeah just get it running I said, full frame sandblasted repainted, rebuilt magdyno, engine, brakes, forks and.....and.... 😂

[@Biker_Ken]

When you said it's not a restoration I couldn't help smiling. Now you have it in bits might as well make it as good as you can, and get it just the way you want it to look. Looking forward to the next video update.

[@krupboom]

Same! Having spent a good portion of my teenage years messing around with old British bikes... there was only one way it was going to end!!

[@patrickhostler5939]

Keep the side panels they are superb!!! Personally I would see if there’s anyone making repro wiring looms for that. Every old bike resto I’ve done I always replace the loom… cuts out (no pun intended) a ton of potential problems. With the tank, you might consider cutting the bottom away and getting inside then re-welding? Just a thought

[@michaelspurling4376]

If I were going to do a project like this I would want to do it with Jon. The way he laughs when he uncovers something horrible just lightens things up.

[@cheesemeister97]

Ah, the journey from "just get it running" to unique fixer-upper opportunity. Great that you and Jon can have a laugh whilst going further down the rabbit hole than you ever intended and certainly brought a smile to my face. Looking forward to the next video.

[@kingcal53]

Should get "It's not a Restoration" printed up on some t-shirts to sell, Dom! Great viewing, as always!

[@philhyde2635]

When you get to the engine strip make sure you clean the sludge trap. Good luck with the Triumph. Great engines to work on.

[@grapesodatravels]

It's beautiful! Love Jon's reaction! Meanwhile, somewhere Mrs Dom is quietly rocking in a corner... 😂

[@seantivenan9593]

everything about this video are the reasons that we all come back for more week in week out ...love it !!

[@busterboy7505]

Only one problem with this video, not long enough, well done Dom and John, 👍👍.

[@paulgore9127]

Arguably the best channel on KZbin right now. Thanks for sharing gents 👏🏼

[@DominicChineas]

That’s so kind, thank you

[@threeriversforge1997]

That's what I miss. Grease and oil everywhere, some dirty words said, and even after a long day of struggling, everyone's still smiling and having a good time. I could almost smell the WD through the computer screen! I have an old wood chipper that I'm thinking about trying to get running again, but I know the engine will be a nightmare after sitting out in the weather for 20+ years. Rebuilding it might not be possible, and spare parts are probably unavailable. But a chance to get into the grease and grime? Yeah, that's worth the adventure!

[@DominicChineas]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you

[@JeremyMakesThings]

As a fellow collector of projects, I’m really looking forward to your next book, “This Isn’t Going to Be a Full Restoration: Lies We All Tell Ourselves in the Workshop.” Good luck, I’m looking forward to seeing more of it.

[@SilverWrinkly]

Next book? I'm also looking forward to that. Thoroughly enjoyed the tool book, any chance of a sequel?

[@markpadley890]

Great to watch these two at work - don't leave the Porsche too long please - I was enjoying that alot!

[@DominicChineas]

I’ll be back on the Porsche in a few weeks don’t worry!

[@rontocknell5400]

This is the first video in which I felt that it was worth clicking on the music credit. Love the videos too of course but it's so refreshing to find one with music that doesn't make me want to gouge out my own eyes. Nice choice. Ashley Harding is now added to my list.

[@gregjarvis3288]

That is the most funny "just get it going" video I have watched.........great. I did a 350 in my yoof wonderful little bike. Raided the Pride and Clarke catalogue and ended up with a chopper!!

[@terrytopliss9506]

These bikes were pretty straightforward,make sure when you rebuild it all the gaskets are renewed and pay special attention to the seals on the pushrod tubes. Best of luck Dom&John.👍👍

[@Ormsmoto]

I love this - the classic "let's have a little look" 😂 - seriously enjoying watching you do this so I can learn all your fun.

[@philmuskett265]

Tiger 90, a baby Bonnie. Great bikes.

[@mickthemonkey]

Looks like you've already got the larger alternator, a proper modern regulator/rectifier makes life easy.

[@doczoff5655]

"This won't be a full restoration... just enough to get it running"... sounds good in principle, but that just ain't how you roll Dom. And good job too, no-one would want 'Did just enough' to be your epitaph, carved into a simple wooden cross. I'd like to imagine you'll end up in your own dedicated mausoleum with a steel fabricated, sign-written inscription that reads 'Let us marvel at all that he achieved so well!'. I foresee you interred with all of your unfinished projects around you (so quite a large mausoleum then!) and I don't imagine that anything as trivial as your own demise would stop you finishing them! But on a less morbid note, your fully restored Triumph Tiger parked up beside your fully restored Porsch will indeed be a marvelous site! Looking forward to seeing it mate!!

[@leighwoodward477]

TMS in Nottingham is the place for your Triumph spares , really good . Been going for decades and really know there stuff

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you! So helpful

[@almagill]

I feel a lot of sympathy for that old Tiger. Built the same year as me and, if you pull my side panels off, there's nothing but rust and old electrical tape holding everything in place. Looking forward to see this one thru! :)

[@NZbird]

Lovely to see Dominic! I used to drag race a short stroke 350 Triumph back in the 60's. The 3TA/T90 was an underrated motor.

[@Mopar46]

By the looks of the remains of that Lucas wiring, I'd be holding the "GOOD BOOK" in my right hand, and saying a little prayer.[But I have faith in the 2 of you!]

[@keithsquawk]

"A Triumph in the middle of the workshop!' And a huge grin on John's face. He already knows it's gonna be 'fun' but in the end it'll be a working Triumph in the middle of the workshop.

[@rob2941]

Absolutely brilliant Dom & John. I cannot wait to see which direction this projects goes in and what it entails . Thank you both.

[@PhilG0BVD]

Brilliant watch most enjoyable, looking forward to seeing the progress. Great team work.

[@ianjohnson01]

I’m still waiting for the Porsche project to resume. You got me so enticed then you dropped it to get on with other matters. Please please get back to the Porsche.

[@jedhughes6743]

So agree

[@thomasmurray3212]

Interesting project-hope it won’t turn into a career. Hope the Porsche will be in the picture before Christmas.

[@besenzon1]

Definitely love the Porsche project. Shame it’s not coming along quicker.

[@dancross1968]

He will! It's a long term project and takes a lot of time and preparation.

[@MrTapanes]

A real pleasure watching you guys work.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you

[@oldschool1993]

Come on Dominic- that's a 60's Triumph, when you say " I just want to get it running" that is exactly what people in the 60's said when they had a new one.

[@DominicChineas]

Haha!!

[@marciabaldwin2506]

Absolutely brilliant such a great project great to see you and Honest Jon having such a laugh keep up the amazing work guys ❤

[@brianmicky7596]

Hi Dom, and John, Back to school, learning on the job, all fun, it will come right in the end 😄, All the best Brian 😃

[@chrismcdonnell8297]

Absolutely love it! Thanks Dom & Jon, well worth the wait. I have a Bantam in bits and have had for 20 years plus but I am so tempted to start looking into it again. Thanks again guys.

[@leslieaustin151]

C’mon, do it! A Bantam would be lovely (whatever the cc). Wish Dom had kept his and made it into an ISDT replica… Les

[@tonyray2350]

Interesting strip down, it is amazing what you find. It looks like you have work to do before you will be riding it around . Good luck I am looking forwards to the next episode. Please get back to the Porsche soon. Thanks Dom.

[@garethjones8636]

love a motorcycle restoration video ,hope you keep the side panels ,tank and colour ,they really make the bike .

[@DominicChineas]

I love the side panels and colour too! The tank has to go though, it’s so rusty!

[@hujiproductions8457]

There is a recurring event in these videos - Dom you say "It's not that bad is it?" and Jon just laughs. Never had much interest in motorbikes but this is fascinating and great entertainment.

[@likeakite]

It's not a difficult build Dom, you'll really enjoy it. I mentioned in a previous episode about the Boyer, glad to see you're going with the power box too. The Boyer ignition has never let me down on my Tiger 750 and it's been on the bike for about 25 years. Can't wait to see the progress on the bike :)

[@bradleys378]

Looking forward to this full resto, Dom 😄

[@johnvaluk1401]

Start a project put it in the back burner. Start another Sounds like my life! Thanks for video and update Dom!

[@paulhiggins8774]

Loving it, me and my brother restored a Triumph Tigress scooter 45 years ago. It wasn’t as bad as your bike though. Glad you’re doing a proper restoration, it might look good as a cafe racer

[@probewizard]

Gonna binge watch this project cos I used to have one of a similar age. One thing to watch for is the timing side main bearing, make sure that it is held properly and can't rotate, mine did and I lost oil pressure across the crank and lost a big end. The bearing is held by a little key piece and a single screw. Hope you enjoy the bike, mine was a great utility bike,

[@Craiglish22]

Loving the video, really looking forward to seeing you both sort this and get it back together! Cheers! 👍👍

[@miguelpaixao1317]

Never mind the Porche. Do not loose the balance to finish this Triumph project. I am quite amused to see you both learning with it😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉😅😅❤ I'm jealous!!!😂

[@cissysprinkle8005]

Back in the eighties I was unfortunately in hospital due to a motor bike accident. I was visited by my surgeon who was a very nice chap. I told him that my best bike as a triumph. (1975 T150V). He said he was glad that my bike was a later model, as the rack on the tank of the earlier triumphs could castrate a made more cleanly than he ever could with a scalpel. Glad you like the tank lol.

[@michaelmiller641]

It's great watching you lads restoring stuff!

[@DominicChineas]

Glad to hear it thank you

[@shedlife1745]

I've done exactly the same with a 68 series Land Rover. I took everything off. Now I'm slowly learning how n old Land rover was originally built! 😅

[@hotoilhands]

All right! I love bikes, and I love bike rebuild videos. Looking forward to more.

[@bulwinkle]

There's something about old British bikes. Whilst they were heavy and rust prone, they were simple, almost agricultural. A few spanners and a screwdiver were all you needed to strip and rebuild them.

[@daveyacarter]

Loved this teardown vid. Can't wait to see the progress. Would be a good base for a custom British bike.

[@bobt3374]

Hi Dom & Jon. Well have to say you do love a challenge & i recon a complete respray & make it look good, Very nice bike & it deserves to have a better life.

[@classicrider5274]

I have rebuilt several small unit Triumphs including a 1964 T90 and strongly advise removing and cleaning the sludge tube in the crank and make sure the timing side bush fits within factory tolerance or it’s a crank grind job. Miss these and you could wreck the engine. As has been advised, the petrol tank is a stressed part of the frame and contributes to steering head rigidity, tanks fractured when new so a bracing bar was added. You may be seeing an old tank sealant coming away inside the tank but you know what to do with that. Enjoy the project, I’ll certainly be watching your progress.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you! Maybe I’ll add a brace to the frame, I have some plans for a new tank!

[@ChicChild]

Nice project! I’ve still got your old T100 Bonnie Dom, it looks and rides great! 👍

[@DominicChineas]

Ahh it’s so nice to hear from you, I’m so glad you still have it, I miss it :(

[@davidanderson5509]

I got a fever! And, the only cure is more Porsche!

[@chrisf6876]

I agree it's a cracking bike look forward to seeing it back on the road

[@stephenrice4554]

It's great watching you two play in the sandpit . Lovely old trumpet will teach you lots . She's going to be a good un . Crack on 👍🇬🇧

[@colinfblair]

Great video makes me want to get an old British bike and do the same.

[@anthonycarty9433]

If you can get hold of a copy of Classic Bike from November 2009 , they had a feature on how to strip and rebuild that engine . Useful hints and tips . I put a Japanese front end on my T90 . Lovely usable switches in the right places .

[@dubsy4835]

If someone brought this into the Repair Shop, they'd make a whole series out of it...😂 great video, good luck both..👍

[@Tharus12]

I'd be getting Sam Lovegrove or Millyard on it.

[@richardellison536]

Wow that’s a project! Good luck!

[@noonehere1793]

When i was a kid, i always wanted a bonneville…..never had the wherewithal to actually do it…. now i am positive it would kill me instantly!😙

[@tonyalvarez486]

Absolutely love the journey - looking forward to coming along with you guys. Great content, keep them coming!!!

[@andybriggs4066]

Nice bike eventually need to get on with my cx you make it look so easy ,think I need an honest Jon in my tool box either that or an Allen millyard

[@more.power.]

Excellent new project Dom & John I look forward to the progress. Cheers

[@simonmarshall7268]

always enjoy the videos with Jon, looks a nightmare to me but I’ll enjoy watching your progress as always.

[@DominicChineas]

Thank you, it’s great having Jons help!

[@simonmarshall7268]

Sorry Jon 😋

[@xeroidkid]

Hi Dom, I think one of those low benches that you see Henry Cole "Buy it Scrap it" (The Motorbike Show), to build his bikes on will save your back and knees before you finish this project. It won't be any fun crawling round the workshop floor!

[@philipgray9155]

Great entertainment and an observation - you both look dirtier than when you started dismantling the Porsche and it’s only a bike 😂. Looking forward to seeing this done and returning to the Porsche. It continues to be so enjoyable watching the rapport and humour between the two of you.

[@everestyeti]

The burrow that is restoration, there was me thinking that you were going to keep the wiring loom, it looked fine to me. 😂🤣😂

[@stevebandit1964]

I actually personally love the styling of the side panels ...

[@chrisbanks5925]

Looking forward to seeing this develop.

[@DominicChineas]

This Sundays video is more progress

[@jdsmort]

Watching you struggle, yes definitely... I have taken so many different bike motors out, and pulled so many apart... I now see 2 definite amateurs having fun learning the hard way.. and at least you are playing with a relatively simple machine..... the more modern ones are nowadays nightmares for uninitiated.

[@leslieaustin151]

Dom, so glad you’re on this now. That front mudguard looks to me like one from a BSA twin. It certainly doesn’t belong there (I might have said that in a comment on previous video). I’m sure it should be a really cool looking sports ‘blade’ mudguard with a stripe down it, so should the back one (a chance for more coach work pin-striping!). If you’re ‘scramble-ising’ it then surely a high-level siamesed exhaust pipe is needed, but that’s a long way down the road. If you have time, a look at Michael Waller’s channel might be instructive, he builds trials specials and recently built a Triumph based one from the ground up, including a complete engine rebuild. His was a 500cc (slightly different to your 350 I think). Watching this with real interest. Don’t bin that lovely headlight! It’s original Triumph, if you don’t want it someone else will.. Les

[@steveball2307]

Fingers crossed for Micheal's speedy recovery, Sunday nights just wouldn't be the same without him.

[@samrodian919]

Def go and watch Michael Waller Dom. He's a Yorkshireman living un upstate New York and builds beautiful bikes. He's retired now but used to restore Brit bikes for a living. Just looking at his intro shots in his vids shows the stunning work he did.

[@malcolmjames1866]

Great vlog, Dom. Takes me right back! My second bike was a '64 Triumph TR6 Trophy, and I didn't know how to maintain it either! A few year later I was getting paid to ride TR6Ps! You can guess what they were.🙂

[@HWMDesigns]

Good viewing and a great project bike to work on. You can never have too many projects😁

[@DominicChineas]

That’s the spirit haha thank you

[@derrickbaker1639]

Can't wait for the next instalment.

[@DominicChineas]

Next week is a good one!

[@bobtownsend9001]

I am sure Lucas still do a wiring harness. TMS in Nottingham for spare parts except carb bits and bobs. Go to Amal in Surrey.

[@lukemullender308]

Great to have a proper bike project! Please throw that front mudguard somewhere far far away 😅

[@DominicChineas]

Oh I did that straight away haha!

[@johncerioni6659]

Dom,lowbrow customs do a complete set of video's on the strip down and rebuild of a triumph engine,really thorough and loads of useful tips

[@richardsanders3567]

Love the original front mudguard

[@WarGrade]

I dont know what you have planed Dom, but looking at those tyres you brought, it's needs to be more than just street work. How about having a crack at the Lands End trial, Next year is it's 100th Birthday of this historic event.

[@DominicChineas]

Once it’s up and running I’d love to do things like that! Thank you

[@torrerobb2238]

I know it wasn´t your plan but now you have stripped it down this far you really should do a complete restoration and as it is a matching number bike I think maybe you should consider returning it to stock and keep it as original as possible. Just my opinion and its your project, maybe I am too much off an old school traditionalist.. Good luck as it looks to be a lot off work but so far you have good bones to work with.. Robb Torremolinos Spain

[@worldofrandometry6912]

As you like the existing fuel tank, maybe you could slice it and install a smaller clean tank inside.

[@DominicChineas]

I have a plan for it! Find out in a couple of weeks! It’s a good one…

[@stephenburgess8540]

The orange side panels are known as half bath tubs and are very rare to see on a bike of that age as most people took them off and threw them away to make the bike look more like a Bonneville.

[@DominicChineas]

They may make it back on!

[@daveflatters4981]

Well I hope the bike goes from 0 to 60 as quick as this project went from “Just getting it running” to a restoration 😂😂😂 I saw John break that wire off the loom. It’s his fault if it won’t work 😂😂😂

[@PaulG.x]

When new the 0-60 = a wet week

[@bobbyse26]

Has John got a KZbin channel? I like his sense of humour x

[@karenhubbard-muhleman2577]

As someone who constantly says "I don't need another project", I've done this time and time again myself. Luckily my projects are much smaller craft projects so the five I'm currently working on take up a lot less space. :D

[@frogandspanner]

8:38 When I rebuilt my Norton 650SS starting in 1996 (finished for Norton Day 1998) the tank had been attacked by metal moths, but I took it to a place near Coventry that said it could repair and paint it. I was sceptical, but it came back like new.

[@oldbritishmetal]

May be worth trying electrolysis to remove the tank rust. Easy to do with baking soda, a battery charger and simple electrodes, it can be very effective. Great project!

[@DominicChineas]

I have a better plan! Find out in a couple of weeks!

[@SilverWrinkly]

Dom knows all about electrolytic rust removal. See his previous videos.

[@johndavies6246]

For anything that's been missed on the previous rebuilds, nothing beats the old Haynes Manuals for detail. On Ebay and elsewhere in both book and now in digital format. Best £20 - £40 you'll spend. I had an old Ducati Daytona and when the engine blew, I did consider putting either a 350cc or 500cc Triumph unit into the frame, but I passed my test and sold out to four wheels. Might have been an interesting project!!

[@tissapathiratna7761]

If I was doing this restoration I would very much retro full chaincase similar to MZ chain encloser so that chain runs in a lube bath. Neat. & longest chain / sprocket life.

[@R.Craig.Collins]

Probably for the best that you couldn't start it because of the wiring... so that the gas tank issue didn't ruin some parts downstream. Can't wait to see the progress

[@davekennedy9060]

Brilliant, right up my street. Fit an m-unit, it'll simplify the wiring.

[@neilbarnes3557]

A fine collection of choc block wiring connectors :)

[@mick0846]

Triumph twins have to be one of the best-looking bikes of all time i

[@S2NAZ]

I’m gonna enjoy watching this. 👍🏻😂

[@jozsefizsak]

How, I wondered, could a wiring harness have so many splices? My theory is that urchins stole the original as a prank, whereupon the owner set about converting a very similar harness from an old dishwasher for use in the Triumph. Creativity at its finest and practically indistinguishable from OEM.

[@helenj8471]

" We're not going to tear it down completely" Show us what happens when you do tear something down completely😂 You two don't do things by halves, do you?! I'm looking forward to seeing it going though.

[@DominicChineas]

It was the only way!

[@Georgeolddrones]

Brilliant, Dom love it take me back to the 60s, don’t sell it 🇬🇧😂🏍️👍 old man in Stoke 😊

[@besenzon1]

Love a bit of Honest John 🤙❤️👍

[@allanrichards3752]

By the time you got to the petrol tank I was thinking that unfortunately you have bought a basket case there, especially if you were thinking that a couple of days tinkering would make it a runner. I would thoroughly check the integrity of the frame as I think they rust from the inside out.

[@DominicChineas]

I really did think a couple of days and it would be running! I should know better…