1962 Triumph Bonneville

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I am listing this bike for a friend. It has less than 200 miles on it since its rebuild and is really a piece of moving art. Life changes are forcing him to sell. Starting bid is well below the costs paid to build the bike. Any questions, please ask. Custom 1962 Triumph Bonneville original numbered frame and motor still together. Holes and brackets in the frame were repaired. Swing arm removed and all traces of it to the frame. Custom rear section by Lucas at TFMW was bolted on. Wheels: front is a new, black 21” Sun rim laced to a vintage Honda front hub/brake. Custom machined to successfully make the small hub work with the reproduction HD springer, that has a ¾” axle. Castle nuts and cotter pins were utilized to lock everything in place. Rear wheel is also a new black Sun rim in 17” laced to a classic Triumph “spool” hub. Both wheels sport Metzler tires and polished stainless spokes and nipples. All lacing and truing was handled by Buchanan’s Spoke of Azusa, California. Fender is a hand-spun, 13 gauge, tig welded custom. Held in place by four sets of counter bored steel bungs and a pair of struts that are basically “lightened” steel channels that were heated and bent into position. This lessens the vibrations that old Brit bikes are known for. License plate bracket is an Angry Monkey Motorcycles design that is made of 10-gauge steel, TIG’d together with liberal use of gusseting. Vintage bottle opener attached to the front side for those times when you need to open a frosty beverage or two. Also, attached to the bracket is a pair of brass, Titmouse tail lights from After Hours Choppers. Very bright and well made. Navigation duties are handled by custom handle bars, made in-house and welded to the HD top clamp, and an alloy, art-deco headlamp lights the way. Low beam and high beams both work fine. Seat pan is 10-gauge steel along with leather tooling, dying and lacing of the saddle was handled in-house to match the paint of Rich Janusz of Ryzart Paint. All gold leaf and pin striping was completed by him. The gloss black powder coated frame was skillfully applied by Keith and Deena at KDM Custom Coatings in Tupelo, MS. Foot rests are alloy rear sets that were adapted to work as mid controls. Fully adjustable to fit the rider’s feet and style of riding. The brake feels just like the original long brake pedal thanks to some skillful engineering of a pivot system that acts to retain factory feel and leverage and is topped off with an Angry Monkey Motorcycles brass adjuster knob. Fully built motor and transmission includes: new cylinders (bored and honed), new pistons, fitted with new Hastings rings, and the crank got a -010” re-grind. This was all skillfully handled by Dan at Franz and Grubb Engine in North Hollywood, California. New British main bearings were included in the rebuild. New Rowe valve guides were installed and bored to receive the new stainless valves. To get the valves moving, there is a set of Mega Cycle cams timed to perfection with a full set of vintage followers, re-ground to “R” radius. A vintage K2FC magneto, rebuilt by legendary vintage BSA racer Beno Rodi, makes this bike a one-kick wonder. Two new Amal monoblocks feed the fire within, while a set of Angry Monkey Motorcycle “Window Blaster” pipes direct the spent fumes out and up. Bob Newby Racing belt drive with a lightened pressure plate gets the power to the ground. Transmission received all new bushings, bearings, seals and a couple new gears. To help minimize leaks common in these engines, two of the pre-unit transmission’s known leaky points were addressed: the cam-plate bushing and speedometer drive. A little interference-fit cap for the outside of the cam-plate bush and a solid alloy, O-ring equipped speedometer delete plug.