Triumph 650 Bonneville T120 custom bobber

Curbside Spirit build by a garage monkey

[@toby3482]

Looks just like Angry Monkey's "Low Tide Larry". I respect your choice of adding a front brake (nice drum!).

[@frankbasler6673]

Hi, Finding a good basis takes a long time and it seems to get more difficult. Triumph is at least in Germany very popular nowadays. Took me 10 month screening every possible source to find the frame. Best of luck and keep looking. One day you find a perfect one!

[@mazdagine]

Mate ur bike is a masterpiece it's pure

[@frankbasler6673]

Thanks and yes! I could never build a bike like Dan, but I love the Bike Low Tide Larry from Angry Monkey and got inspired. So one day I though what the heck, I try. What the stretch is I don't know. Its a really old hard tail I got with the bike, which was pretty much saved from a junk yard.

[@frankbasler6673]

Thanks guys! It took 12 month of stolen time, nightshifts in the Garage and during day time checking for parts and stuff. Tank is Cole Foster. You can get it at different places. It becoming very popular. Cheers 🍻

[@frankbasler6673]

Hi, sorry for coming back late. Of course, just write if you hv a question. I am just traveling a lot and not always online. The oil filter bracket is from w&w cycles in Germany. The filter is a high flow truck filter. You hv to check what you find locally. Just make sure it's without any pressure valve. Cheers

[@laboussolemorale]

Magnifique! Bravo! :-)

[@frankbasler6673]

Thx!!

[@tobidntr]

Hammer geiles Teil!! Respekt!

[@frankbasler6673]

Thx! 3000 km geschüsslt, nix abgefallen.

[@mazdagine]

Please make another vid of the bike I've watched this one 50times already lol

[@frankbasler6673]

Hi toby3482, yes, the bikes from Dan were my inspiration. I love the design from Low Tide Larry and tried my best to build one myself, with a few changes and the limitations of my abilities. The front drum is the original and I wanted to keep it. Thanks Frank

[@frankbasler6673]

Well, i would have loved to have an original springer but I could not find one and the prices are just stupid!. But the Ride is good.And if you dont like a little movement, you can fix a shockabsorber. drive tops 110 km/h and there it is good. The oil tank is hand make in the US by curbside customs. Check the website. Stainless polished. Very detailed and perfect make.

[@frankbasler6673]

Danke! Musste den Tank irgendwie für die Versiegelung auf Temperatur halten :) Ich war dreimal beim TÜV, dann gab es den Segen. . Alles eingetragen. Solange die EZ in den 50zigern liegt kann man sowas durchbekommen. Muss aber nicht! Da ist viel Auslegungsspielraum.

[@christophersmith7714]

Frank, thanks for getting me into Greg Brown's music and through that, Iris Dement and John Prine! Great singer songwriters! For your Motogadget speedo, do you use a sensor on the front wheel or electrical impulse? I will go with a Motogadget speedo but not sure which one yet. Cheers from England!

[@frankbasler6673]

Christopher Smith Hi and I love that Song :). I use the small sensor on the rear axle and the magnet is fixed on the pinion drive. It is basically invisible. Cable runs incl the number plate cable through the rigid frame. Cheers and hv fn building. Frank

[@BFD15i]

Sehr schöner Bobber! Wie groß ist der Aufwand, wenn du zum TüV musst? Oder gibt's da wegen des Baujahres weniger Probleme? PS: Den Tank im Backofen zu trocknen hat auch was. :)

[@frankbasler6673]

Thanks, yes, it's a DNA 4' under. With a 21' wheel 6' under looks good as well. But I wanted to keep the original wheel.

[@mazdagine]

Ok thanks mate I think uv done a awesome job uv capture that look (low and low) me and a friend are doing garage builds our self with two t120 and are going for this look were did u get that tank from cheers

[@mazdagine]

Hi frank could u pleas make a little vid of the front brake setup Showing the front brake stay how u set it up I'm struggling to get mine to work properly with triumph hub and Dna springer Cheers

[@frankbasler6673]

Hi there. Unfortunately I am for a while not in my place and the bike is wrapped and stored. It works just like a original drum brake for the springer. The brake stay is the biggest headache. In the end I used a double ball joined fixed at the big arm of the fork, it is about 3 inches log. MOT tested it and approved. Sorry mate, in about 6 weeks I am back. Cheers

[@mazdagine]

Hi again what brand is the remote oil filter, well I bought 2 triumphs from the usa the other day a 1970 tr6r 650 and a t100c 500 both good runners but prob just freshen up the top end and start my bobber build with my mate he bought the 500 we both cant wait to get them prob take about 2 months to they get to Australia but that's fine we're gunner start buying up parts for them now from lowbrow customs but can't seem to find the remote oil filter kit and do rum it i between the feed line cheers

[@mazdagine]

hi again i was gunner order the dna springer front end with 4' under but a few ppl have told me bad things about them like they wobble in the headstock how do u find yours and whats it like on the road do u recommend them and is that oil tank from lowbrow customs and can u make a nother vid of the bike as i really like looking as it and its givime my tips for my build cheers lee

[@mazdagine]

Is that the -2 DNA springer front end

[@mazdagine]

Ok thanks anyway I think I'm just going to go disc front end I'm a bit over it lol But check my channel I just uploaded a vid of my bike finished check it out 👍🏻

[@Thorpedersen666]

Hey Frank. I've tried to get in contact with curbside customs, but without any luck. How did you get your hands on the oil tank from them? Great work btw.. Mit freundliche Grüsse

[@frankbasler6673]

Hey there, sorry, I wasn't online for a while. I have contacted Mike Lerdal via his web side. Hm. Not sure how to contact him otherwise. I used the telephone number and call him. He was short but helpful. However, he was very busy. I had to wait for two month. I cross fingers that you get him on the phone. Cheers

[@mazdagine]

Hi again frank I have a question for u How did u use the triumph front wheel on the dna springer as I want to keep the triumph hub with 21" wheel Did u change the bearing inside hub to same size and make a new axle to suit with collars in the fork dropouts to suit new axle size As u know the triumph run different size I/d bearing on each side so trying to figure it out how to keep the trumpy hub and not go for a harley wheel and disc front

[@frankbasler6673]

Hi Toby, I had a spacer turned, which sits between the bearings and has a shoulder where the bearing fits exactly on. The spacer you need anyway, so I had one made in one piece where the bearings fit on

[@frankbasler6673]

Forgot, that same problem kept me going for weeks, since I as well wanted to keep the old front brake. It maybe a garage solution but works fine for 1600 mls

[@mazdagine]

Ps ill prob have a few more questions from time to time if that's ok

[@mazdagine]

u dont know were to find any triumph 650s non oif do u im have a hard time tracking them down im after 2 to build up for me and a friend im in australia but my importer has a wearhouse in L.A been searching ebay and oodle finding alot of scamers out there iv found a few oil in frame ones but im after pre oif ones

[@mazdagine]

Hi again mate how did u make a brake stay on the front hub

[@frankbasler6673]

www.hood.de/i/kugelgelenk-gelenkkopf-gelenkauge-10-mm-innengewinde--52061335.htm Hi there, I used two of those back to back. The hole is 10mm and in this way they can move. Cheers and all the Best for your project!

[@mazdagine]

Frank Basler yes im using them aswell but i mean on the cast hub did u weld a alloy rod into it or did u tap a hole on it and put thread bar in it thanks for the reply and yes im getting very close to finishing my raw build

[@frankbasler6673]

Hi there. In my brake was a hole and a thread already, which I used. Was exact at the right spot. Cheers

[@mazdagine]

ahh ok i dont have that so im thinking of building up a mound of weld then squaring it up and drill and tapping it cheers lee

[@mazdagine]

Frank Basler ahh ok i dont have that so im thinking of building up a mound of weld then squaring it up and drill and tapping it cheers lee

[@SuperDumbvids]

What brand tires?

[@frankbasler6673]

Avon Venom it is.

[@SuperDumbvids]

Thank you, what size are the tires? Are those the stock rims?

[@frankbasler6673]

Jaret Huddleston front 100/90 19 rear 140/90 16. the rims are stock. Cheers!!