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Hi Christopher and welcome to the club. If I were you, I wouldn't rush to get rid of the original bits - you may find a few years down the road that you might just want it after all. There are loads of owners who turned their bikes into cafe racers and are now kicking themselves for not keeping the original stuff. Gordon.

Hi Christopher, The Deluxe is now a rare bike and wanted ,you are right to keep it together,swap it for a cafe project.

Previously christopher_fenoulhet wrote:

Hi again everyone i now have the bike in my possession it is not a late fifties 99 it is a 1960 dominator 88 deluxe and pretty much all there i have tried attaching pics but it will not let me it says they are to big ??? spanners i can work, computers a different story, the bike has matching engine and frame nos and i am absolutely loathe to break it to make my much lusted after triton so if anyone has a triton project needing some love and wants a pure breed please get in touch The bike has all deluxe rear tinwork in solid scruffy condition if you can help me with the pic situation i will post them so it can be seen cheers everyone Chris

Hello a Welcome to our club Well has a experienced owner and rider of Norton and other makes of motorcycles for over 40 years, I have rebuilt motorcycles and the original looking Norton are now some what thin on the ground , the original tin ware is next to impossible too get hold of and I can tell you a Triton not all its cracked up too be , a Norton engine is a far better design of engine to a Triumph had most Triumph get hot at the top end has they do suffer from poor cylinder head cooling and there bottom ends are not much stronger than any other british machine , the only reason that the Triton's came about was the cheaper parts from triumph , but Triumph did not have a frame that handled has good has the Featherbed frame , some guys in the mid 60s put the two too getter to build a 650 triton ,its was the cheaper 650 engine they were after, But too me there dog of a motorcycle Hienz 57 of every thing , but if you have a pure bread Norton Like the Model 99 they were one of the most best bike around in there time, guys I know have worked on them and done some real madgic on these machine and made them has fast or even faster than any Triton even in standard looks, Has for the Model 88 de-lux a good friend of mine has re-biult one in Sweden he loves his machine he has re-built and says it was well worth doing ,its made a lovey motorcycle too ride , so if I were you I would Have a good re-think, yours Anna J Dixon

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Your quickest route to a Triton is to buy any oil-in-frame Triumph. They are very cheap now. I have seen people use those forks and wheels also on a Triton.

BUT... be sure you like the look of the resulting bike; the unit Triumph motor looks odd in the slimline frame. Way too much engine plate.

The desirable Triton project is the one in this photo but it would take you many years to accumulate the parts.

I had a Tr*ton back in 88 but turned it into a poor man's Manx six year ago.

Much more street cred!