I have a very good engine man near the Humber bridge if you are still looking.
Pm me if you need his details.
Pm me if you need his details.
T160 Barn find- literally!!!
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but is he good with Tridents ?
no disrespect meant to your engine man , but I've heard lots of stories of peeps going , oh that's expensive, i know a man who will do it cheaper ..... 3/6/9/12 months later......engine out , and off to Mr Peckett .
Sometimes.....he refuses to fix other peoples work .
Mr Peckett , was half of Peckett and McNab.
Choose carefully.
This may be worth a look; although this is a T150; what a great picture eh;
; and yes; that's the real deal riding it.
; and yes; that's the real deal riding it.
Dave from this video has had a few triumph/BSA Triples I have sent him the link to see if he has any input
You can't beat the sound of an air cooled Trident/Rocket 3 on full chat 
You can't beat the sound of an air cooled Trident/Rocket 3 on full chat
I was at a rally in the Black Country (The 'Mad Hatters' Rally ??) in 1971/72 - with my Ariel Square Four.
A Trident 'outfit' came blazing down the road, blipped down two gears and broadsided into the site before howling down the trackway.
Someone looked at me and said "That's what a Square Four SHOULD sound like" .
He was right
.Bob.
Turn up the volume and skip to 30 seconds 
Nice project! Well done..
Yes that's my Rocket 3 in the Lemon Drizzle Gang video Ekimyrf posted above, and I've also owned every other variant including a Hurricane and a T160. I would put myself some way down the competence scale on triples however, and anyone who says they are "just a bonneville and a half" is to be avoided! The bottom end shells can wear if they're not warmed up properly and the clutch can be a challenge. Once sorted they are reliable, fun and charismatic.
Without wishing to contradict The One and Only (I've felt his wrath when dropping Guzzis off back in the day
), whilst Peckett and McNabb are very very good (the head job Richard did on my Bonnie was superb and their facilities are amazing), there are a few (and only a few) other superb triples specialists, who WILL be a bit closer and who WON'T be any less busy! Also I was informed recently by someone on the Lemon Drizzle Gang video channel above (commented on the T140 video) that Richard Peckett has retired and it's "just" Dave now. He is superb, just a bit less, er, personable than Richard P ime?
The only other specialists I would personally recommend is Richard Darby (3D Motorcycles) who is tremendously helpful, knowledgeable and has the racing trident results to prove his provenance. As well as some racing tridents, he also rides a Hurricane and a T150 on the road, the T150 is owned from new and done over 200,000 miles, he knows what he's talking about.
I've had no dealings with Neil Beadling at Nova Classics but he has an immaculate reputation also. I have literally never heard a bad word about either of these two but have only ever dealt with Richard.
Join the club, as has been said, and search Triples Online, a great source of collective wisdom.
Oh, and don't be tempted to just fire that bike up with some fresh oil, read this "Waking the Sleeping Beast" article first, it could apply to any old barn find, but is actually written by a long-retired triple specialist.
http://www.triples.co.uk/articles/articles/sleepbeast.htm
Finally, most/all T160 s were "detuned" at the factory by retarding the cam timing by one tooth, either for emissions or to avoid Ernest Thrashers back in the day destroying them in the warranty period, who knows? This isn't some urban myth, it's true. My T160 was very pedestrian, partly due to the extra weight as well of course. Ignore the oft-quoted 1975 Bike Magazine test of 126mph, that was blueprinted by the race shop! Fixing it is reasonably straightforward, articles available on the club website.
Enjoy that Triple!
Dave
Yes that's my Rocket 3 in the Lemon Drizzle Gang video Ekimyrf posted above, and I've also owned every other variant including a Hurricane and a T160. I would put myself some way down the competence scale on triples however, and anyone who says they are "just a bonneville and a half" is to be avoided! The bottom end shells can wear if they're not warmed up properly and the clutch can be a challenge. Once sorted they are reliable, fun and charismatic.
Without wishing to contradict The One and Only (I've felt his wrath when dropping Guzzis off back in the day
), whilst Peckett and McNabb are very very good (the head job Richard did on my Bonnie was superb and their facilities are amazing), there are a few (and only a few) other superb triples specialists, who WILL be a bit closer and who WON'T be any less busy! Also I was informed recently by someone on the Lemon Drizzle Gang video channel above (commented on the T140 video) that Richard Peckett has retired and it's "just" Dave now. He is superb, just a bit less, er, personable than Richard P ime?The only other specialists I would personally recommend is Richard Darby (3D Motorcycles) who is tremendously helpful, knowledgeable and has the racing trident results to prove his provenance. As well as some racing tridents, he also rides a Hurricane and a T150 on the road, the T150 is owned from new and done over 200,000 miles, he knows what he's talking about.
I've had no dealings with Neil Beadling at Nova Classics but he has an immaculate reputation also. I have literally never heard a bad word about either of these two but have only ever dealt with Richard.
Join the club, as has been said, and search Triples Online, a great source of collective wisdom.
Oh, and don't be tempted to just fire that bike up with some fresh oil, read this "Waking the Sleeping Beast" article first, it could apply to any old barn find, but is actually written by a long-retired triple specialist.
http://www.triples.co.uk/articles/articles/sleepbeast.htm
Finally, most/all T160 s were "detuned" at the factory by retarding the cam timing by one tooth, either for emissions or to avoid Ernest Thrashers back in the day destroying them in the warranty period, who knows? This isn't some urban myth, it's true. My T160 was very pedestrian, partly due to the extra weight as well of course. Ignore the oft-quoted 1975 Bike Magazine test of 126mph, that was blueprinted by the race shop! Fixing it is reasonably straightforward, articles available on the club website.
Enjoy that Triple!
Dave
Turn up the volume and skip to 30 seconds
The minute that white van pulls in awesome
Thanks for all the advice, great video of the Rob North machine, I have finally managed to give it a quick clean and just look a bit better!! Tank and seat off, found electronic ignition box so that’s a good start, plugs out and looked almost new, difficult to see down the bores but added a bit of oil to soak in the bores.
The carbs operate as does the choke cable but carbs are coming off to be cleaned thoroughly..slowly does it., next job is to drain the oil and see what it’s like. Enjoying very much..
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The carbs operate as does the choke cable but carbs are coming off to be cleaned thoroughly..slowly does it., next job is to drain the oil and see what it’s like. Enjoying very much..
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let the spending begin.
Turn up the volume and skip to 30 seconds
Crikey! What kind of revs will that bike make? Sounds like quite a few.
Yep. That’s well past the time for an oily rag but it might not need the engine ripping apart in which case it’s purely cosmetics and probably a new wiring loom rather than fighting with brittle wires and endless fault finding.
T160
So a few hours stolen in the garage, air box off, carbs off and silencers off, Guinness found in float bowls, inside of air box looking spot on and all very clean. Carbs will be taken to get fully refurbished and ultrasonically cleaned. Easily serviceable and may look at new slides as these are quite scored on the engine side but they all move freely. Silencer corrosion emptied out but these are goosed and will be replaced, shame really as they are original Campbell with the name embossed in.
It’ll come apart slowly but next is get the oil’s out and replenished if I decide to give it a try once I get the carbs back?? Watch this space..
Thank all for the input, keep it coming
Steve
So a few hours stolen in the garage, air box off, carbs off and silencers off, Guinness found in float bowls, inside of air box looking spot on and all very clean. Carbs will be taken to get fully refurbished and ultrasonically cleaned. Easily serviceable and may look at new slides as these are quite scored on the engine side but they all move freely. Silencer corrosion emptied out but these are goosed and will be replaced, shame really as they are original Campbell with the name embossed in.
It’ll come apart slowly but next is get the oil’s out and replenished if I decide to give it a try once I get the carbs back?? Watch this space..
Thank all for the input, keep it coming
Steve
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In case you don't already know Steve you can get parts and replacement (new) carbs from theses guys
http://amalcarb.co.uk/
Paul
http://amalcarb.co.uk/
Paul
I have just started a T150v sort out.
I would think long and hard before you just change the oil and try and run it. I was going to do the same as I’d heard mine running briefly. I bought from a deceased estate, it had been left in a garage for 10 to 12 years. There is normally a reason these are left! I decided to pop the head off and have a look, one of the circlips wasn’t installed properly and had scored the middle barrel.
I’ve just got the crank out and the mains are just about shot as well, big ends not much better. Hopefully the crank doesn’t need a regrind just new shells.
The cranks on these have oilways in them, if the oil has stood, it may well have blocked them. These run old style oil, according to Morris oils, it’s designed for bikes without modern filters so any rubbish drops to the bottom of cases. New oils keep debris suspended so it is caught by filters. If these are blocked you may see a Con rod exit the case!
There are loads of spares for these online with original manuals and restoration guides freely available. To strip you Probably need four or five relatively cheap (sub £50) specialist tools. The best things I got was an electric impact driver, quality imperial sockets, imperial spanner’s and a blow torch.
Your bike your money but a strip to find all you need is a gasket set is way cheaper than rebuilding a blown engine.
I would think long and hard before you just change the oil and try and run it. I was going to do the same as I’d heard mine running briefly. I bought from a deceased estate, it had been left in a garage for 10 to 12 years. There is normally a reason these are left! I decided to pop the head off and have a look, one of the circlips wasn’t installed properly and had scored the middle barrel.
I’ve just got the crank out and the mains are just about shot as well, big ends not much better. Hopefully the crank doesn’t need a regrind just new shells.
The cranks on these have oilways in them, if the oil has stood, it may well have blocked them. These run old style oil, according to Morris oils, it’s designed for bikes without modern filters so any rubbish drops to the bottom of cases. New oils keep debris suspended so it is caught by filters. If these are blocked you may see a Con rod exit the case!
There are loads of spares for these online with original manuals and restoration guides freely available. To strip you Probably need four or five relatively cheap (sub £50) specialist tools. The best things I got was an electric impact driver, quality imperial sockets, imperial spanner’s and a blow torch.
Your bike your money but a strip to find all you need is a gasket set is way cheaper than rebuilding a blown engine.
Here you go,
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The chrome on the wheels appears to have survived the tin worm pretty well?
