1948 Triumph

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You are bidding on a 1948 Triumph Tiger 100 motorcycle complete with California TITLE and current registration. It is a 500cc bike and is customized along the lines of a 1950s bobber or weekend racer. It has one inch Stellings and Hellings handlebars on it that were (kinda crudely) converted to run the pre-unit style 15/16ths inch throttle. The stock rear fender was bobbed but retains the factory stays and chainguard. It has a stock Triumph rigid frame tool box cleverly converted to hold the voltage regulator. 19 inch Wheels front and rear. BAR Enterprises seat and vintage Anderson P-Pad, yellow vintage Beck Grips. It has MCM fork covers that are painted black, a Superior aftermarket kickstand and a cool two into one exhaust pipe with a cut off cocktail shaker on it as a megaphone. It has a Flanders chrome battery box cover, although there is no sticker. Original Bates headlight bracket. It is fairly loud and proud. Retains the stock high capacity 1948 only oil tank. Dummy hard rubber battery box contains a modern battery, it retains the pre-unit style battery tray. It runs and drives and has many upgrades that will serve you well as you own it and love it. It has a newly rebuilt transmission, additionally the trans has been upgraded to the 1950-1954 Condition 2 transmission and box. No more gushing leaks out of the 40s type gearbox. It was rebuilt with new bearings about 100 miles ago. The Lucas K2Fmagneto has been gone through and the condenser has been replaced. It has an alloy solid advace gear so it starts easily and runs at full advance. The generator has also been gone through and check out for serviceability, but it retains its 6 volt system. The voltage regulator is a modern Boyer Powerbox. It has newer cloth covered wiring and a newer battery. I also took apart and regreased the sprung hub rear wheel. It has newer tires and tubes, a rebuilt front end and a newly gone through primary with new chain and fibre plates. We also did the top end and installed new valves and guides with new .060 rings. It retains the old three piece crank of the 40s era. The gas tank has been boiled out and coated. And now the bad news…IT’S A PRE-UNIT Triumph!! Which means it is gonna leak from a couple places, the primary and sump drain in particular. It is a little taller geared so starting out in first is a little troublesome till you get used to it, but at speed you will like the gearing, buzz it up into fourth without shaking your hands to death and take the twisties shifting easily between second and third or run the whole thing in third if you like to run hard like me. It does smoke a little bit on start up as the .060 pistons are getting a little worn. This is a pre-unit triumph and you will need to fiddle with it to keep it in good running shape, but the really trouble some things have been sorted out (magneto, generator). Frequent primary adjustments are all part of pre-unit ownership too. The tank and fender were only rattle canned and a lot of the parts were a little patinaed to start with like the battery cover. The tank has no serious dents, nor does the oil tank or fender. The 626 carb is getting a little fuzzy and if you let it sit for more than a few days without running it, varnish will start clogging the pilot circuit. The light switch is just zip tied on since we took off the Flanders risers and the bars are one inch and the light switch is 7/8ths. You can figure out how to mount it when you get the bike. The wiring could use some tidying up around the bars. The kill switch WORKS but it is a little hinkey, only a feeler gague taped to the bar. The one we had on there malfunctioned right before I took the pics for the auction and I threw it away and needed to make something works, so I borrowed the feeler gague trick from an old racer friend of t mine. It looks vintage, but hinkey at the same time. I am selling this bike for a friend of mine, so the deal is really between the buyer and my friend. I will ship this bike anywhere, Japan and the UK are the easiest, I would estimate about $600 or $700 plus docking or tarrifs on YOUR end. I have no idea what these might be. I expect a $500 dollar NON-REFUNDABLE deposit within 48 hours of the end of the auction through PAYPAL, the balance due before shipping or pickup. If you want to pick up the bike, please have CASH or a Wells Fargo Personal Money order so that we can go to my bank and cash it before I let you leave with the bike. NO PERSONAL CHECKS EVEN FROM LOCAL BUYERS. Please do not deviate from this plan. I am reasonable and will work with you on HOW you pay, but all money is due within 7 days of the end of the auction. I just don’t want any stress on that part. I can probably move this bike most anywhere in the US but I am unsure of the cost, maybe $300 to $600 depending on your location. I have contacts that can help us ship it, I am also willing to go with any shipper you want or know. We can work that out but I am not going to spend hours and hours researching a cheap shipper so the buyer saves $100 bucks. BUY IT!!