1970 Triumph T120R Bonneville

A nice clean example of the sought after 1970 Bonneville. All there, atching numbers, ith a restored paint and mechanical rebuild of front end, heels, rakes, hain, ables, arbs, ir filters, wing arm, lutch, gnition switch, il pressure sensor, ew petcocks and Excelon ethanol proof fuel line, oyer electronic ignition and AGM battery. Plus a nice selection of parts goes with the bike, rab rail, ouble stand, otor parts, ct.

Ready to ride, r collect and take it to concourse level.

Hagerty Insurance Co. has insured this great bike, nd the vehicle evaluation report on it, alues it at $11,000. Here is the model overview.

To most Americans, he Triumph Bonneville is one of the very first British bikes to come to mind thanks in large part to Triumph’s record-setting runs on the Utah Salt Flats as well as its embrace by Hollywood actors. At Bonneville in 1956, oe Allen took a Triumph to 214 mph. Joe Dudk then upped it to 224.57 mph in 1962, nd Bob Leppans did 245.57 in 1966 with the Gyronaut X1 powered by two 650 cc Triumph motors. Movie rebels like Marlon Brando in “The Wild One”, arren Beatty in “Shampoo” and James Dean also all rode Triumphs.

The Bonneville’s success in the U.S. was actually a bit of a mystery to the folks at Triumph. Vincents, elocettes and Royal Enfields were faster, nd Nortons handled and stopped better. Its tangerine and gray colors at its launch in 1959, eanwhile, ere more suburban kitchen than rebel bike gang.

To the Triumph’s credit, owever, he Bonneville weigh one third less than a Harley, ffered reasonable reliability and sold in sufficient numbers that spares and service were easy to come by. The Bonneville’s bright minimalist style was instantly recognizable, s was its crackling exhaust.

The first Bonneville model was dubbed the T120, hich looked quite similar to the 1938 Speed Twin it was derived from. It was powered by a 649 cc twin making 46 bhp, nd featured the twin Amal monobloc carburetors from the Tiger T110 as standard. The 1959 model was based around an older frame design that could induce wobbling as the bike approached its top speed of 115 mph, ut it was replaced by an improved duplex frame in 1960 for a more stable platform.

From 1963 the engine and transmission were combined into one unit, nd 12-volt electrics arrived in 1964 and further frame improvements followed in 1968, long with 30 mm Amal concentric carburetors and a new ignition system. 1970 was the last year of the oil in the tank and is considered highly sought after as a collectable and the best year of the Bonneville.

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