1966 Triumph 6TA Thunderbird 650 "the last nacelle,the last thunderbird"

I'll tell you this bikes story as i know it. and as it is. bike bought new in 1966 by my friends(Tim) previous neighbor. Big Mike". ho i met oncein 1988 to possibly purchase the bike. ut he backed out. i dontknow big mikes real name. e was one of those guys who you always would see at everyevent involving anything with a motor and he always had something cool. . rom a t-bucket hot rodto a Norton Manx that was sold to Phila legend Ed Labelle who had a Triumph dealership in Phillywhere "Big Mike" ordered this bike. people say he traded the manx that was in bad shape for this bike. He rode it very little and mostly just pushed it out of his garageon sunny days. olished and waxed it up. ode around the neighborhood. hen wipe it down and put it away. he didnt want to use up the new. t was thefirst new motorcycle or car he ever bought new. i mostly remember him riding a KHK Harleyand always being at Orey Steele's Phila. Harley dealer. They would laugh. atching my 126lbs. ass kick my magneto. ron head 101 times until it would start. Then in 1973. was 5 yr old. he bought a new car for his wife who insisted on using the garage. So his bike got pushed to the back of the garage. overed in sheets and blankets. Until his wife pulled in too far and slightly dented the front fender. "Big Mike" then asked his neighbor who's garage was empty . f he could put his bikein his garage so he could take then fenders off to get painted as his wife was too careless totrust with his bike apart everywhere. so "Big Mike" put his bike in his neighbors garage. ook off all the sheet metal . ot fenders painted and then wrapped everything in wax paperand he never got back too it. there it sat all boxed up in his neighbors garage. ut of sight. utof mind. Fast forward to the year 2000 and my friend bought a house in the philly suburbsright next to "Big Mike". is new house had a great. inished. 2 car garage that contained"Big Mikes" 1966 Triumph thunderbird 6ta. "Big Mike" explained the deal he had with my friends new homesprevious owner and asked if he could still use the garage to finish the bike. My friend saidof course and even built a work bench. ut nothing happened. "Big Mikes" wife passed away and"Big Mike" soon after and the bike sat until my friend was selling his house in 2006. that had heldthe bike since 1973. thats where i came in and got the bike. oxes of parts and all. intending that my friend Timand i would put it together. I parked it next to my 30 other projects and forgot it until now. when the grapevine told me Tim had diedunexpectedly at the age of 46. i just turned 46. knew it was time to put the bike together. so i did. i rode it 30miles or so. ts everything i thought it would be. im satisfied. bought a new battery. olted up all the new and newly(1973) painted parts and put the bike together. t obviously was a little more work then my description. lmost every nut. olt. racket. asher. ab was there and intact. the wire harness is original. ncut. ven the battery ends and fuse holder are orginal. the original alluminum wire ties are there. it came with new exhaust. hocks. tc. nacelle has damage where bolts go into forkscenter stand spring broken. have the side standnew petcocksgas tank caswell sealednew chainI never got a title from Tim or mike. here are services that can easily register it for you. The bike runs very well. o weird noises. asy to startnew exhaust. ront springs. ear shocks. fluids

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