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Post by will27 on Sept 18, 2016 13:10:55 GMT 1
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Post by majortom on Sept 20, 2016 20:41:00 GMT 1
Love em, I have a 1978 bonnie in my collection, also had a CB1300 they do fly  |
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Post by reggit on Sept 26, 2016 18:13:45 GMT 1
Got a big one myself, great and underrated bikes. you on that forum?
If it's had anything done, it's likely CBR-F cams which give about 20bhp extra.
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Post by will27 on Sept 26, 2016 18:50:17 GMT 1
Got a big one myself, great and underrated bikes. you on that forum? If it's had anything done, it's likely CBR-F cams which give about 20bhp extra. No was thinking about it mine has 17" wheels , you on there I'm after a front mudguard that fits 17" wheel better seems the forks are only on theses and rc45 , you done any mods |
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Post by reggit on Sept 26, 2016 19:55:04 GMT 1
Same user name on cb forum, not been on for a bit though. Mines standard apart from a Corbin seat and cb1300 flyscreen. Was going to cam it, but bought the wrong ones (early cbr don't work).
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Post by paulincayman on Sept 30, 2016 20:03:18 GMT 1
the trumpet looks like they used a T160 tank ,, nice looking bike, always thought the late trident was the best looking machine. i have a 69 T150 , always wanted the 160..
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Post by will27 on Oct 1, 2016 19:37:51 GMT 1
I think you are right about tank I thought the same mine has Amal carbs as well instead of Bing , I have been told towards end you could have what you wanted
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Post by paulincayman on Oct 1, 2016 21:29:29 GMT 1
what ever was in the parts bins..
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Post by TZ750D on Oct 4, 2016 8:36:59 GMT 1
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Post by markhoopy on Oct 4, 2016 13:29:09 GMT 1
My dad has a 1964 Bonneville - an early unit T120. He was looking for one for a while and we saw it advertised as a non-runner only a few miles from where we lived so arranged to go to see it. The engine was in a box completely stripped down, which explained the 'non-runner' bit quite well. It was obvious from the bores that it had seized from oil starvation but looked like it just needed a rebore and new pistons - everything else on the bike was in great condition. We knocked the asking price down from £495 to £425 and loaded it onto the pickup. This was around 85/86 so a good price to get it for, and at a time when the parts it needed to get it back on the road were easily available and quite cheap too. I put the engine back together within a few weeks - my first go at anything British which meant buying some tools as I only had metric stuff. It needed a new cam and followers as well as rebore, pistons and a few other bits that weren't in the box but once back together started and ran perfectly. We used a new oil pump just to be on the safe side, new oil lines too and I gave the oil tank a good clean out to get rid of the think gunk that had built up in the bottom of it. My dad hardly ever used the bike once it was finished and I would take it out every three or four weeks just to give it a run and from the late eighties right through to today it has probably only done three or four hundred miles. It had another engine rebuild about ten years ago after my dad retired from work. He joined a motorcycle maintenance club and took the bike along so he could take it apart and put it back together again - he had no engineering experience whatsoever and the only thing he'd done before then with a bike was change the oil, so one afternoon each week for eighteen months or so he stripped and rebuilt the engine, had the paint redone, swapped the later seat for an original one etc. Since the second rebuild I think he's been out on it once. We had to get him an engine starter for it as he's just not heavy enough to get it going himself from cold, though the engine hasn't been fired up for a couple of years now as he's just too busy doing other things. He's thought about selling it and buying a small BMW but if he did that I doubt he would start regularly using a bike again, so the T120 will probably still be there in his garage for a good few years yet. The black and white pic is one I took outside a mate's house in '88, the two colour ones were taken at the workshop after the second rebuild ..    |
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Post by will27 on Oct 4, 2016 19:35:53 GMT 1
That's great markhoopy I did similar with a triumph tr6 with my dad , he liked bsa a10 as well , the one I have is same year and colour as his unfortunately we couldn't find his old one it wasn't on Dvla database , sadly dad isn't with us anymore I would have loved to go for ride with him on bsa and triumph , my lad will be back from oz next year we will take them both out 👍
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Post by paulincayman on Oct 5, 2016 1:57:22 GMT 1
Beautiful job! If I get my trident to that condition I'll be well pleased.
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Post by veg on Oct 6, 2016 16:21:08 GMT 1
Had a 65 bonnie, fitted 68 tls like the above, us bars, hi level tr6 pipes alloy rims and mudguards and then had a mate make me some small stickers that said 'I know it isn't original now f#ck off' loved parking it up at bike meets and watch the triumph nipple counters (forerunners of olive passivate brigade) start tut tutting about my bike then read the stickers and quickly disappear.
The tank on the bike on photo bucket isn't a Trident tank but a later T140 tank , Les harris used them on his UK bikes my older brother had the same tank in a misted blue on his bonnie in the mid 80's.
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Post by reggit on Feb 14, 2017 7:46:34 GMT 1
Will, if you've still got the CB, check the front frame tube that's virtually hidden under the exhaust downpipes and radiator - mine has virtually rusted through :-( another restoration project in the offing!
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Post by will27 on Jun 20, 2017 20:29:15 GMT 1
Thinking about selling Bonnie fancy a early blade or R1 👍
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