Project bike wanted.

[TOMCAT]

I sold the 69 TR6 that's in my photos for $800.00 and traded the 72 TR6 on a new Kwaka 1000. Got $1350.00 for it when the Kwaka was $3400.00 made money on both of them thought I was doing pretty good. I wish I still had the 69 but in them days when I had no money $800.00 was about 2 months wages. If I could have kept it then I would have turned it in to money sooner or later.

Sold a beautiful 1961 T120R pre-unit Bonneville back in 2002. Had to get cash to move all my crap back to Brissy when my old man got crook with cancer. It was a US Export that had been turned into a South African coppers bike. It had all original tinware and even the factory paintjob .. all there except the 1inch handlebars and the centrestand. Got what i paid for it $5,000. Guy from Seaford bought it , concourse resto job and put $25,000 on it. Last i heard he still had it for sale.

 

[BigAl52]

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New Or Used Triumph Classic 1956-1982 Motorcycles

Here's a few i found maybe one has your name on it... Here in the states we know a dude named TOP CAT where there's a will there's a way...

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TC have you checked out that site and seen how cheap the new bikes are over there, $9000 for a new Bonny!

 

[bruce aussie]

Sold a beautiful 1961 T120R pre-unit Bonneville back in 2002. Had to get cash to move all my crap back to Brissy when my old man got crook with cancer. It was a US Export that had been turned into a South African coppers bike. It had all original tinware and even the factory paintjob .. all there except the 1inch handlebars and the centrestand. Got what i paid for it $5,000. Guy from Seaford bought it , concourse resto job and put $25,000 on it. Last i heard he still had it for sale.

He can keep his concourse resto there nice to look at and cart around in trailers. I prefer something with a few oil weeps from the rocker box's and the odd stone chip as I'm guessing you would to.

 

[TOMCAT]

Alan Chance rebuilt the motor in my last early Triumph, a 68 Bonnie .. he insisted you lap the cases if you wanted him to do your engine build. He had this big sheet of thick glass and a tin of paste. Had it set up in the back of his tin shed .. man i f#ckin sweated lapping all the alloy on that engine . It never leaked one drop of oil though

 

[ruzzle]

TC ... did he goo 'em or gasket 'em afterwards as well???

 

[TOMCAT]

TC ... did he goo 'em or gasket 'em afterwards as well???

Gasket and a thin smear of Permatex .. from memory. A few of us had engines rebuilt by Chancey back in the day... all had the alloy faces lapped and none ever leaked.

 

[bruce aussie]

Both mine wept a bit around the rocker shafts on the left hand side. I don't know if it had anything to do with being on the low side when the bike is on the side stand or not. I just learned to live with it gave my bikes a bit of character. A bit like the sticky needle and seat on my 72 TR6 with fuel running everywere. After riding around for a couple of weeks with the fuel tap just open a bit I eventually fixed that because it was a bit of a fire hazard.

 

[TOMCAT]

Been offered a 1949 5T Speed Twin , locally. Matching numbers with a straight unmolested frame. Got a long jap front end and wheel .. Sportster tank and 16 inch back wheel ... some vandal has got his hands on it . Guy wants under $3,000 for it. Never even ridden a 500 Triumph and in a rigid frame suppose i could hunt up a sprung hub for it. Reckon i'll wait and see what else is available around the place , got another couple to look at latter in the week.

 

[TOMCAT]

Went and checked out a 1962 650 Tiger 110 yesterday , Bath-tub model. 90% there , motors never been unbuttoned, unbelievable. Owner wants good money for it but it's a pretty rare bike. He's got 60+ unrestored British bikes in his shed. Place is like Wonderland

 

[CanberraR3]

Just one you're interested in? You should be able to find something there. Sounds amazing.