Triumph Speed 4 EvO

[Jan K]

This beguine with an other “ugly duckling”,
A friend of mine wanted his first real bike, his max budget was 1500€
So I found this Speed Four at 500€ the bike had a small incidence with the tarmac so it wasn’t in nice looking at all.

[Jan K]

The subframe was bent as a car had run in to it and the left main chassis beam had a dent.

[Jan K]

Wheels had was suffering a horrible aluminium oxidation so I had to sand blast and paint them well


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Ihave always like happy colourful bikes so I used a golden tone same as some Kawasaki uses at their forks as I think it’s stunning looking.

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[Jan K]

Duke tail


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[Pothole]

I reckon that frame dent might see it taken off the road over here, but I may be wrong. Have you just straightened the rear subframe or sourced something different?

[Jan K]

Pothole said:

I reckon that frame dent might see it taken off the road over here, but I may be wrong. Have you just straightened the rear subframe or sourced something different?

I made a homemade subframe...
But first some nice green colour at British bike ..

[Jan K]

Getting ready the subframe, As the new owner wanted a cheap and silence exhaust I used one from a Z1000

Edited by Jan K on Wednesday 11th December 21:08

[Don Roque]

Your paint looks great.

[Birky_41]

Given how damn ugly it looked at the beginning you have done a decent job there

Id want more padding on the seat for my bot bot though

[Jan K]

Well that’s was idea of a 1500€ budget Triumph project

Hi Birky, I used veal skin for the seat upholstery

Edited by Jan K on Thursday 12th December 22:36

Edited by Jan K on Thursday 12th December 22:36

[Pothole]

Does it still run right and cool properly without the snorkels?

[Jan K]

Pothole said:

Does it still run right and cool properly without the snorkels?

Yes it runs great!

[Pothole]

Jan K said:

Pothole said:

Does it still run right and cool properly without the snorkels?

Yes it runs great!

Oh, good. Thanks

[Unbusy]

Very nice job there, the paintwork looks fab. Loving the single seat and exhaust too.
I wish I had the skills and ideas to do this sort of thing.

[Don Roque]

Pothole said:

Does it still run right and cool properly without the snorkels?

IIRC these could be removed if you didn't like them, with running adjustments made through TuneECU to suit.