Triton 67, Triumph / Norton, Genuine Cafe Racer

650 Bonneville, Norton Frame, New Keihin Carbs, New Instruments

[@maxwellbricks7632]

Wow, just outstanding! I remember back in high school in the 60’s all the cool guys had British bikes. Me, I had a bicycle.

[@frankbasler6673]

Haha. Sounds like my life. They all had KTM and fancy mopeds and I had a fckg French Solex from 1967 with front engine. I still hv that thing and today it is vintage cool. 😅

[@maxwellbricks7632]

@@frankbasler6673 when I said to my parents I wanted a BSA/Triumph they said, a bicycle is fast enough for your needs. I was crushed! Now, vintage is pretty expensive but I am so glad those like yourself have the nice motorcycles and have them posted. Be well.

[@onepunchgeorge9251]

I've had MANY brit bikes rebuilt many. My god the Craftsmanship!

[@frankbasler6673]

Thank you. It’s fun, passion and pain, as you know.

[@jasonoxenbury4720]

Wow kickstarting in converse boots. A turn on loved the action more please

[@frankbasler6673]

😂👍🏻🙏🏻

[@jameslynch5716]

A REAL CAF RACER.

[@morrisowen2205]

1965 and I replaced the rear tyre of my Norton Dominator 99ss from an Avon GP to a Dunlop K70 because it was £1 or so cheaper, a big deal for an 18 year old apprentice on £4 a week. The first time I cranked the bike over in the wet the back end snaked away and I hit the deck. This happened twice..I never came off that bike with the Avon! Just hoping your new Dunlop K series are better!! Lovely bike you've got though.

[@frankbasler6673]

Haha. Wonderful. Good times 👍

[@morrisowen2205]

Addendum to my previous comment. Among the lads at the cafe (52 cafe in Draycott Derbyshire) the K70 became known as the K70 Allskid.

[@kenroberts2556]

everything is right,that front brake is a fortune now.

[@stefanlageambecker6077]

Beutiful bike!👍

[@davetomlinson8944]

Correct way to start a classic feel for the compression stroke .and those goldie silencers perfick

[@jasonoxenbury4720]

Hi Dave my name is jay .kickstarting in converse boots. . wow. Watching the guy feel for the compression kick on the bike was awesome . Love watching guy kick over those bikes

[@pauliebots]

Nicely done. Hope you still have it and are still rocking cons.

[@frankbasler6673]

pauliebots sure! Runs like clockwork. Thx

[@viktorroswell1041]

Perfect!

[@randhalljoss6762]

MAGNIFIQUE

[@frankbasler6673]

Merci!

[@jackbach8968]

Superbe bécane et belle vidéo, merci Ps. pourquoi en anglais vous appelez des vélos à la place de moto ( en traduction)

[@rover100bunson]

nicely put together, would change the sparkplug caps, and thats it!

[@markejdrygiewicz4132]

Absolutely stunning. Pardon the question, but I hope you don't mind my asking - what fuel tank do you have there? Cheers!

[@frankbasler6673]

Hi there, www.nortonraceparts.com Take care and hv fn wrenching. :)

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

Lyta I think.

[@PurityVendetta]

I notice you have a VIN plate near the headstock. Is it difficult to register a hybrid or special in Germany? I worked for a dealership near Paderborn in the 80's and 90's and noticed that German documents were very different from the British version.

[@frankbasler6673]

Hi Sophie, you are absolutely correct. Lots of papers and to register is a drag. It depends really on the local MOT person. If they want to they make it happen, they find a way. If not, disaster. I had a nice person. I had to invent a chassis number, Hammer it in and the manufacturer is myself, the model is triton. He took all the measurements and technical test - zoom it was done. To register as Norton or Triumph or Triton was not possible. No type approval exists in this configuration. The bike came from the UK with little papers, so we had to get creative. What helped was something unexpected. In the Little round thing where the registration tag is displayed on the bike we found a big bunch of stickers going back to 65. So when this was running in the UK for so long, the Tester said, we have to make it happen here. :). I guess all Tritons registered in Germany have their own story 😅 Cheers Frank

[@brianperry]

I built a Triton a few years before moving to Spain in 2001. it had a original MOT which lasted for six month or so. Then I had to re-register it, an Engineers report etc,etc!...The Bike had no lights, which was the first stumbling block and the fact the Bike was two Bikes blow the mind of homologation conscious inspectors. I used the Triton on many Concentrations over the next few years... trailering the bike to various venues. but in the end I sold it to a collector in Valencia. It was a great bike, was photographed a good deal..... Norton slimline frame, a Triumph thunderbird pre-unit engine 1959 vintage, with a twin carb head, plus all the other parts associated with these bikes...All I have now are various trophies the bike won.....it was great while it lasted.

[@frankbasler6673]

@@brianperry that is though. I hv made the mistake once to sell one of my treasures.

[@brianperry]

@@frankbasler6673 I use a Triumph Street triple now... Owning Tritons Tribsas or other hybrids etc in UK isn't a problem as long as everything works Okay ...Spain though has a draconian homologation system...the ITV (MOT) check everything, even in some cases the tyres.its just impossible...

[@nealebradford6417]

very, very very ,nice.

[@frankbasler6673]

Neale Bradford thank you!

[@BobMatthews]

Lovely Triton, what's the front brake? I don't recognise it, but it looks like the front wheel has less than the usual British 40 spokes, so, Japanese?

[@frankbasler6673]

Thanks! The front brake is a giant very early grimeca double duplex with innercooling in the center and the front wheel is an Akront 36 spoke from Spain. The year I don’t know, but it is an old one.

[@ulrichlohrengel2041]

Nice bike - what kind of handlebar is it ? I'd love to have one like this for my TriBSA caferacer (1961 BSA frame with 750cc Bonnie engine) Thanks in advance for your info !

[@frankbasler6673]

Hi there! I hv got them from www.trumpet-classics.de Ask for Dietmar. Cool guy, he sure can tell you the manufacturer. His shop is in Stuttgart, Germany. Cheers Frank

[@ulrichlohrengel2041]

Danke, werde ich mal versuchen !

[@TheFokker03]

odd place for indicators?

[@frankbasler6673]

TheFokker03 absolutely fair, but the only place in Germany to be street legal and to avoid rear indicators.

[@TheFokker03]

@@frankbasler6673 i did wonder why there were no rear's,'til i saw the backs.best to avoid the police,when possible.nice bike,by the way.

[@frankbasler6673]

Thanks. Love it!!

[@brianperry]

BMWs used the end of handlebar system for some models

[@johannesvisser4716]

My humble opinion

[@johannesvisser4716]

My humble opinion : the one and only people that ever could built/produce an "yster" is the "Rooinekke" - finish and klaar !!!

[@PierredeCur]

Real café-racer, not a starbucks-poseur, as most of today's hipster BS with shitty tyres, even knobby ones, which is an heresy... Your looks very much like the K-81 TT100 of yore, but not exactly so. What are they?

[@frankbasler6673]

You have a good eye. It is the K81 Dunlop. Thx and indeed if you crank it it turns into an furious animal with character.

[@PierredeCur]

@@frankbasler6673 where do you find them? As most Starbucks-poseurs use shitty tyres, I thought old tyres of yore like the Dunlop K81 and the Michelin PZ-2 were not available today. I've ridden café-racers almost all my life and I ended using other more modern sticky modern tyres. Sadly, today, the most sticky ones are only found in 17 inches, so that's what I use on my current ride for twisties, a Duke 690 thumper, which has the spirit of old café-racers but sadly a garish off-road Supermotard look...

[@frankbasler6673]

That is a though one. I found mine in the UK some years ago. There you really have to look around and be prepared to spend. Mine are a bit woody now, but I don’t beat up the bike anymore like I used to. So for a joyride they still work

[@brianperry]

Tritons are built by ''Blokes in Sheds'' ...apart from Dresda...drinking endless cups of tea and smoking Old Holbourne 'roll ups' thats why they always look more authentic than anything built by the Starbuck brigade...

[@soldtobediers]

Sassy -DU69160