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Adventure in detail: The "baby steps" build

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#1 · (Edited)
See my last build: http://www.triumph675.net/forum/showthread.php?t=207401

This new bike will be truly immaculate. Using all of the errors and issues I ran into with the previous bike, the new bike will be built to a much higher standard.

The donor bike is a new 2015 Street Triple

So let's get started...

- Custom aluminum license plate bracket
- OE Triumph Daytona 675R Ohlins TTX rear shock
- OE Triumph Daytona 675R driver seat
- OE Triumph 2016 Speed Triple raised tank emblems
- OE Triumph Speed Triple Throttle Tube
- OE Triumph Accessory Black Anodized Gear Actuator
- OE Triumph Accessory Black Anodized Adjustment Blocks
- OE Triumph Accessory Black Anodized Oil Cap
- OE Triumph Accessory Black Anodized Bobbins / Spools
- OE Triumph Accessory Black Anodized Rear Brake Reservoir
- OE Triumph Accessory Rear Hugger
- OE Triumph Accessory Front fork protectors
- Optronics Optiglo tail light
- Driven Racing Halo Gas Cap / Base (black/black)
- Driven Racing black SAI blockoff plates
- R&G kickstand shoe
- R&G radiator guard
- Evotech lower chain guard
- Superlite RS7 47T Rear Sprocket
- Racebolt UK black anodized sprocket nuts
- Temple Cycles pecan leather grips
- Brembo RCS 19 master cylinder
- Modified throttle cable bracket
- Modified sprocket cover to remove wiring "arms"
- Lightech Racing Black Anodized Rear Axle Nut
- LSL Black Anodized Sprocket Cover
- Sato Racing Shift Spindle Holder
- Lust Racing Jack Up Kit (adds 1" to rear height)
- Motodemic top gauge mount
- Front Fender Delete
- Bobbed Subframe
- Horn Delete
- Turn Signal Delete
- Fairing Delete
- Coolant Reservoir Delete
- Custom tail light panel / tail customization
- Smoothed wheel casting numbers/letters
- Smoothed lower fork mounts for front fender
- Handmade subframe belly panel
- Black powdercoated subframe
- Black powdercoated subframe belly panel
- Black powdercoated swingarm
- Black powdercoated frame
- Black powdercoated throttle cable bracket
- Black powdercoated triple tree
- Black powdercoated risers
- Black powdercoated gauge mount
- Black powdercoated lower yoke
- Black powdercoated kickstand
- Black powdercoated kickstand bracket
- Black powdercoated dogbone / drag link
- Black powdercoated license plate back
- Black powdercoated license plate bracket
- Black powdercoated gas tank bracket
- Black powdercoated handlebar
- BBS Gold painted tank emblems
- BBS Gold painted calipers
- BBS Gold painted wheels
- Estoril Blue painted tank
- Estoril Blue painted tank trims
- Gloss Black painted subframe inserts
- Gloss Black painted upper chain guard
- Smoothed / tinted tail light
- Smoothed / deburred frame
- Smoothed / deburred swingarm
- Smoothed tire sidewalls
- Black anodized grip trim rings
- Black anodized fork protector bezels
- Black anodized valve stems
- Black anodized spike valve stem caps
- Black anodized shift arm brace
- Black anodized sprocket cover
- Relicate Leather grips (hand-sewn)
- Relicate Leather-wrapped seat
- Evans waterless coolant conversion
- OEM ignition switch relocation
- Samco black silicone coolant hoses
- Samco coolant hose clamps
- Continental TKC80 tires (120/70 and 180/55)
- Custom bomber-style gauge face
- ProTaper Contour Mini Low Jet Black handlebar (narrowed 2", end ID opened to 15mm)

Stuff I need to save up for and buy:
- New Daytona 675R Front Forks
- New Brembo M4 100 Calipers
- Front rotors (brembo?)
- Mounting for rear of new seat
- Exhaust routing / design
- Oil pan bash guard - will get this covered in bedliner
- OE Triumph Accessory Frame Protectors - A9788013
- EK MVXZ black chain

With help from my friends at...

- Motodemic
- Classic Livery of Atlanta
- Origin Fabrication & Precision Welding
- Kickass Powdercoating
- Relicate Leather
- Cycle Gear
- Pandora's European Motorsports
- British Customs
 
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#2 ·
Located and ordered some 2016 Speed Triple tank emblems from my dealer. They had to get them from the UK.



They're about two weeks out and will be painted gloss black.
 
#3 ·
Ordered a lightly-used Daytona 675R driver seat as my stubby seat. The tail is getting bobbed anyways, so I'll just try to get it to as OEM of a look as possible with it:



This will get wrapped with the same pecan leather as before.
 
#9 ·
No real updates right now. My painter had to take a month off to focus on a single car, so he's just now getting around to painting those tank emblems gold and smoking the tail light.

As for color, I came across Caspian Blue and it's pretty riveting with gold--almost Subaru STI ish, of sorts.



Considering doing this color for the tank instead of the Dark Bronze color opted for previously. Just thinking aloud here.
 
#11 ·
Picking up a new '15 with 10 miles on Saturday:



So let's get to work!

Galfer sent me a sample of their black brake lines with black fittings, and it's a damn nice product. They're going to build my custom lines, and I'm also going to get rotors from them--they aren't cheap. :frown2:

 
#12 ·
Autoglym makes some seriously good detailing products. I got wind they make silicone hose wipes for Samco, and found a good deal on them on eBay from the UK:



Since I'll be special ordering some Samco hoses, this will come in handy for keeping it showroom fresh!
 
#15 ·
Looking a bit further, if we did the three tips under the seat, I could do brass tip inserts:



That would go fantastically with the rear shock, especially with the entire exhaust cerakoted black otherwise.
 
#24 ·
Brought it into my apartment last night and got to work. Got the tail completely torn down and all side trim crap removed. Next up tonight is to drain and pull the tank, remove the tail panels, pull the airbox, and pull the brake lines.

 
#27 ·
I gotta be honest. I'm not a fan of that color. My neighbor down the street has a Cayman painted that color and it looks worse in person. He says it hides dirt really well. But I'm pretty sure your bike will never be dirty.
Can't wait to see the finished bike.
 
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