Well I just just finished a 1969 Triumph TR6R for a customer. It took five hours to sort it,he left happy. He watched to whole thing and was educated as we went along. He was the owner from the beginning not too badly done but for some old road side repairs. A short list: Battery breather down a hole in the frame bad idea, some non-functional Japanese Zenor, Bad wire at the Zenor where it returns to the key switch, the new points gapped at the wrong point on the AA unit so about a .002 gap where it needed a .015, Static timed light timed. He never knew about the timing tool... frozen cam adjuster... No drill had ever been run through the idle jet..., the float was set so it hit the carb body and never sealed..., It always leaked he said.
Adjust the brakes and the tire on the rim after a ride or two man this thing is quick.
His comment how did you ever learn all this stuff I don't think I would have ever got it running on my own. My answer :my Dad bought the three boys a broken 50cc Suz when I was the oldest boy at ten and dared us to get it running... The rest just makes you a bit cryptic : "Well I just bought a new part and it doesn't work" I sure would like all those nasty old parts on all those old shelves. Now theres a 1979 750 out in the shop needed the front end sorted yea right... it needs all new wheel bearings and brakes and I still have to make it run on the old Mark two's a five hour job just got to be sixteen hours and may not run this year for lack of funds I am told so I get a little testy sorry...
