# 1966 triumph chopper rebuild **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [May 6, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409 "2009-05-06T22:30:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/21 "2009-05-08T07:30:30Z")
I like the original bike better still cool what you’re doing though. keep em coming ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/22 "2009-05-08T08:41:56Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > I like the original bike better > > still cool what you’re doing though. keep em coming ``` This is one of the reasons I didn't chop a stock triumph. I have way too much respect for them. I did a lot of looking for a chopper that had the stance I wanted and the potential to be my own. ``` ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/23 "2009-05-08T08:42:47Z")
> [@JDMSIR](#): > > I agree, the rake is way to much, if it was a touch shorter it would look a lot better. Still awesome project. You may need to grow a mustache though. I think it will look less extreme when I throw the 21" wheel up front. It has an 18" wheel now. The overall diameter will be 3-4" taller and chances are I’ll have to get the forks shortened to level the bike. ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/24 "2009-05-08T10:21:11Z")
mustang tank and i would want the original, but like you said at least it’s an already cut up example ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/25 "2009-05-12T21:27:44Z")
Just recieved the two specialty tools I needed, updates tomorrow night. I should have the motor completely tore apart tomorrow. CLUTCH HUB PULLER ![http://i2.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/86/f6/4b52_1_sbl.JPG](http://i2.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/86/f6/4b52_1_sbl.JPG) CAM WHEEL PULLER/INSTALLER ![http://i1.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/85/2a/c1f3_1_sbl.JPG](http://i1.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/85/2a/c1f3_1_sbl.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/26 "2009-05-12T21:58:30Z")
> [@blackout](#): > > I think it will look less extreme when I throw the 21" wheel up front. It has an 18" wheel now. The overall diameter will be 3-4" taller and chances are I’ll have to get the forks shortened to level the bike. im glad you agree. will look totaly badass when done. ---
**Author:** ![dftsilvia](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dftsilvia/32/7447_2.png) [@dftsilvia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dftsilvia)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/27 "2009-05-13T08:17:25Z")
go with the sportster tank! project is cool as hell. my buddy is doing up a triumph too. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/28 "2009-05-13T09:19:36Z")
> [@blackout](#): > > Just recieved the two specialty tools I needed, updates tomorrow night. I should have the motor completely tore apart tomorrow. > > CLUTCH HUB PULLER > ![http://i2.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/86/f6/4b52_1_sbl.JPG](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/4/d/4dcb57651a75abfd07fb36c70c6c5108c49bdb34.jpeg) > > CAM WHEEL PULLER/INSTALLER > ![http://i1.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/85/2a/c1f3_1_sbl.JPG](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/4/d/4dcb57651a75abfd07fb36c70c6c5108c49bdb34.jpeg) may need to borrow/rent these from you at some point ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/29 "2009-05-13T13:40:41Z")
> [@Carnut](#): > > may need to borrow/rent these from you at some point sure thing, just let me know ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/30 "2009-05-13T14:08:50Z")
needs more whoolie bar. looks like an awesome build. I would love nothing more than to get on another bike this season, but after my antics last year, i decided im going to let my license clear up a little bit before i buy again. Good luck with this and keep it moving, looks like your making awesome progress so far. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/31 "2009-05-13T17:08:03Z")
Love the original bike. For the project I concur on the mustang tank and shorter rake. Other than that, should be hot. ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/32 "2009-05-22T11:41:21Z")
Sorry about the lack of additional progress.(If anyone is even following it) I just bought a mountain bike and managed to fracture my wrist really bad within a few minutes of riding. Luckily I’m still waiting on a tool from England, so the wrist injury happened at an ideal time. I’m in(was) the process of polishing the engine covers, and eventually the cases. The primary cover is 90% polished and has over 5 hours into it so the entire engine will probably take 50+ hours to polish. The covers are really pitted and scratched so I’m having to start much more course than I had intended. On the primary the process went “paint remover wheel” 100, 150, 220, 400, and 2 levels of polishing compound. I don’t have pics of the results yet but these are after some heavy sanding. There were scratches about an 1/8 inch deap. ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/100_1383.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/100_1383.jpg) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/100_1384.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/100_1384.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/33 "2009-05-23T16:12:36Z")
got the cases split today. only snag was two screws that I had to drill out. I apologize for the poor(more than usual) picture quality. I wasn’t expecting to work on the bike today so I didn’t have my camera. I didn’t pics of the split cases or the crank yet… Inner transmission cover ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0523091504a.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0523091504a.jpg) Finally got the $200 set of tools to remove all of the timing gears ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0523091504.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0523091504.jpg) Transmission housing- all gears in place ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0523091528a.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0523091528a.jpg) Transmission housing- empty ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0523091538.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0523091538.jpg) Primary side with the gear removed ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0523091622.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0523091622.jpg) Had to take a break from the Triumph to install door actuators, keyless entry, security system, and remote starter in my truck(what a pain in the ass that was) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0520091829.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0520091829.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/34 "2009-06-25T15:09:52Z")
Progress since I last updated. I got down to the sludge trap. I destroyed the old one trying to get it out so I had to order a new one. ![http://i19.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/3a/6a/173d_1.JPG](http://i19.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/3a/6a/173d_1.JPG) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0616091236a.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0616091236a.jpg) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0616091236.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0616091236.jpg) Then I cleaned up the cases and had a hole welded up. I had him fill the hole and I did the finish grinding. ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0610091622b.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0610091622b.jpg) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0610091622a.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0610091622a.jpg) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0610091622.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0610091622.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/35 "2009-06-25T15:23:23Z")
Yesterday I finished up my first attempt at a seat. I formed the seat pan by soaking plywood for a couple days and clamping it in place for another couple days with intermittent blasts from the heat gun to work out the water. The padding is a two part. The base is a very dense rubber/foam. The top layer is a light weight batting. The leather is actually an old jacket that I cut up. The entire seat cost me under $10 to make ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0624091323b.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0624091323b.jpg) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0624091323a.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0624091323a.jpg) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0624091323.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0624091323.jpg) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0624091339.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0624091339.jpg) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0624091613.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/triumph/0624091613.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![98SS10](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/98ss10/32/7288_2.png) [@98SS10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98SS10)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/36 "2009-06-26T08:04:51Z")
badass seat on the cheap! cool build keep it up! ---
**Author:** ![stmotorsports](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@stmotorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stmotorsports)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/37 "2009-06-26T11:17:21Z")
lol that seat turned out awesome :tup: ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/38 "2009-06-26T19:31:41Z")
Thanks for the compliments on the seat. ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/39 "2009-06-26T19:39:45Z")
Today I worked on my newly arrived belt drive. The new primary weighs less than half of what the original did. After that I chopped the cover to expose the primary. Then I took a paint removal wheel to give the cover that industrial look. The paint removal wheel is going to all 3 covers in the end. ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0626091345.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0626091345.jpg) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0626092113a.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0626092113a.jpg) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0626092114.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0626092114.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![blackout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409/40 "2009-06-27T18:44:18Z")
Today was spend stripping the bike down to frame. This included taking off the remaining electrical components, kickstand, fender, front end, and rear wheel I found a crack in the frame which needs some attention. I haven’t ground down to it to see whats up yet. ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0627091838.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0627091838.jpg) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0627091838a.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/BlackoutYJ/0627091838a.jpg) [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/1966-triumph-chopper-rebuild/67409.md?page=3)