Deciding on the order of work.

1. What needs powder coated.

2. What needs re-chromed.

3. What needs replaced.

Once the bike had been built up, it was time to strip it all back down again, and split everything up into different box’s.

Bits for bead blasting and painting.

Bits for bead blasting and polishing.

Bits for powder coating.

Bits for chroming.

The exhaust was my main concern, there was no way that I had an original, and where are you going to get a new one for a 1971 Triumph. I started searching with Google for the Triumph and the BSA. There are not a lot of these bikes going around, also the pics I had seen were almost the same but just a bit different from mine.

I was browsing through Ebay, looking for a parts manual, when I came across this advert Triumph BSA 250 OIF Oil In Frame Silencer NOS . This was too good to be true, even better when they also had the chrome side heat shield and the metal top shield. So I now have a brand spanking new exhaust baffle. Next problem is going to be a down pipe to match.