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battleax
 Post subject: S3 It's a Rider!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 3:39 pm 
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I thought I would share on this board besides the KTOG board because of the help people like Tim Steele gave me working on this project.

It was a complete rebuild after it had been turned into a "cafe racer" subsequently died and was left to decompose.

Lot of welding, brazing, machine work and general restoration, you've done it you know how it is.

It was ported to Stage 1 Denco specs, I squished the heads, bored the carbs, somebody in it's past put a KH400 ignition and wiring harness, it has period Denco pipes and aluminum rims.

It really goes! Gets right after it and it's light on its feet. I am gonna like riding this a lot!

I guess these smaller triples are pretty good bikes.


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kawi3cyl
 Post subject: Re: S3 It's a Rider!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 4:12 pm 
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:clap: Very nice! Nice color variation of the earlier decals too! :thumbup:

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Jim
 Post subject: Re: S3 It's a Rider!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 5:19 pm 
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Really beautiful, Joe. I really like the black and white. Good work!

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Ja-Moo
 Post subject: Re: S3 It's a Rider!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 5:43 pm 
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And i know Jim loves the decals.... ;) :lol: :lol: :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: S3 It's a Rider!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 6:10 pm 
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Nice bike! Love the white paint. :thumbup: The little 400 engine responds very nicely to mods. ;)

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 Post subject: Re: S3 It's a Rider!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 6:22 pm 

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Great job! Now I want one....

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 Post subject: Re: S3 It's a Rider!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 7:53 pm 

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That looks great! The small triples are really fun to ride, I just found that out myself. ;)

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Jim
 Post subject: Re: S3 It's a Rider!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 8:01 pm 
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Small bikes in general are fun to ride. Being a triple is just icing.

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Tim Steele
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 8:12 pm 
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Beautiful work as always my friend....

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H1Steve
 Post subject: Re: S3 It's a Rider!
PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 8:55 pm 
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Looks good. Good masthead picture or calendar picture. :thumbup:

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