Oct 3, 2017
‘52 Thunderbird Chopper
A 1952 Triumph Thunderbird chopper I was building around about ‘76. Orb Morbey did all the frame work, and built the springer front end.
I bought it as a stock bike from a guy renting a farmhouse who had it out in the back shed. The cows had eaten the seat off it. It had a fully reconditioned engine, the guy had fitted the engine, ridden down the road and the pipes fell off, so he pushed it in the shed and left it. Cost me $200 back then. More than a weeks wage from memory.