Author: Jimmy Eriksson

Swedish 43 year old dude that love old cool stuff

Triumph Chopper -53

Time for a vintage build. This Triumph was build in the late 70´s if i remember correct, the builder was Mats Olsson and he is the father of my buddy Patrik, the owner of these sweet rides.

Well some quick facts

Custom made Hardtail
7.8 inches extended fork
Bates headlight
Honda 750 front wheel
15″ Honda 750 Rear wheel with the the front hub from a Honda 750 and
Renault brake calipers

Tiger110 engine with morgo 750 big bore kit
Bonneville cams
Trophy head
amal concentric carburetor
joe hunt magneto timing
Orginal Transmission
Barnet clutch

Well thats all the info i got, now on to some vintage photos.

Build Da Fukker – Biker Build Off 2012

Pretty cool build off.

“In the spring of 2012 Custombike Magazine, Chopperforum and Ride Free announced The FuKKer Biker Build Off 2012. The task was to build a custom bike under 5000 Euro. 26 mechanics and mechanic teams answered the call and applied. Three teams got into the final round: a V6 Ford bike, a bare-metal cafe racer and a Triumph going Frisco-Style. Ride Free TV paid a visit to the teams, to show you their work in progress and their final results. Addionally, the three bikes were shown at the Custombike show event in Bad Salzuflen early december 2012. A few weeks later, the polls were opened to vote the Fukker 2012.”
chopperforum.de/
custombike.de/
ride-free-mag.com/

Project Coffee Glider Part 1

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So i haven’t had a hobby car in 3 years, and if you are unemployed like i am, it is hard to find the money to buy a car. But with some help from good friends anything is possible.

So now i am the happy owner of a fenderless 1961 beetle with some unstylish 80´s modifactions.

So here it is.

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It ain’t pretty 🙂 but it’s a good and solid and almost rust”free” car. Some idiots in the 1980´s thought it was a good idea to put a plastic panel over the dashboard, now it’s gone but there is some nasty holes that needs welding.

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The car is converted to 12 volts, but the wiring looks really nasty, should be fun to sort out 🙂

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As soon as i get the car to my buddy’s garage, then i will start taking out the interior, or whats left of it.

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the original paint is Jupiter Gray, so i will go for something like this.

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Bug Run Classic 2013 is 5 months away, can i make it in time?

If you like to see more pictures or follow the project you can do it here
Coffee Glider i will put all the pictures there, Subscribe and you will get an email when something happens.

Thats all for now

Mooneyes Bike Show 2013

Well i didn’t make it this year either 😦
But something better happend this weekend. I got my self a new project and this one has 4 wheels and is from 1961 🙂 Topic on what, is coming up.

I got a hold of some nice photos anyways. Thanks to Lasse Wikstrand. It’s good to have Instagram followers sometimes 😉

Looks like it was alot of nice bikes there, and that place still looks badass.