{"id":202,"date":"2018-10-21T18:54:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T23:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2018-11-04T15:02:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T20:02:05","slug":"small-winter-project-1977-triumph-bonneville-t140v-side-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"Small Winter Project: 1977 Triumph Bonneville T140V Side Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So my Triumph broke down in the middle of summer. I was riding to work on Lake Shore Drive, trying to hit the ton as soon as I got on. Next thing I know my bike dies. I coast to the few feet of &#8220;shoulder&#8221; that exists on a bridge on Lake Shore Drive. I have no electronics at all and I come to notice my left spark plug loose. If it wasn&#8217;t so hot I could have taken it out by hand. This was bad. I eventually pushed by bike across four lanes and down the hill to get it on the street. I got a tow and made it to work only a few hours late. When trying to fix my bike I find the battery appears &#8220;shot&#8221;, it will not take a charge. It is pretty new and a sealed battery. I get a new battery and as soon as I connect it it pops the fuse. I find out the Zener Diode is shot and causing this. Luckily I had a spare and eventually had a running bike again.<\/p>\n<p>So moving on this winter I will finally correct something about her. The side covers\/air box that are currently on the bike are from an earlier Triumph. I think 70-71. Not positive but I have also been told they &#8220;seal better&#8221;. After buying random covers and parts from ebay and Swap Meets over the years I finally will get the correct 1977 Side Covers on my bike. Acquiring all these stupid little pieces actually is expensive and costly at times. but I finally have most of it, just need some more hardware. I think I will get the pieces sand blasted and painted nicely before I put them on. Here&#8217;s how the covers look now:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1298.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-203\" src=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1298-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1298-1024x579.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1298-300x170.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1298-768x434.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1298-800x452.jpg 800w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1298-1200x679.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Here is a mock up of the parts I have thus far. I also have badges, just waiting on some hardware. I also found some NOS of those air tubes. I have never seen a bike with those still on them, they must break easily and do absolutely nothing, but nonetheless I will install them all on my correct and redone side covers this winter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-205\" src=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1313-1024x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1313-1024x570.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1313-300x167.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1313-768x427.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1313-800x445.jpg 800w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1313-1200x668.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1313.jpg 1305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1315.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-207\" src=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1315-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1315-1024x713.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1315-300x209.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1315-768x535.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1315-800x557.jpg 800w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1315-1200x835.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1315.jpg 1758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1314.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-206\" src=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1314-929x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"882\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1314-929x1024.jpg 929w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1314-272x300.jpg 272w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1314-768x847.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1314-800x882.jpg 800w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1314-1200x1323.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMAG1314.jpg 1437w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So my Triumph broke down in the middle of summer. I was riding to work on Lake Shore Drive, trying to hit the ton as soon as I got on. Next thing I know my bike dies. I coast to the few feet of &#8220;shoulder&#8221; that exists on a bridge on Lake Shore Drive. I have no electronics at all and I come to notice &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/?p=202\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Small Winter Project: 1977 Triumph Bonneville T140V Side Covers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209,"href":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nevergofastenough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}