1965 Triumph Bonneville

T120C DU 21844

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1965 Triumph Bonneville 650cc T120C -- older restoration but low mileage. The T120C was the 1965 iteration of what became known as the TT Special. This bike has the period correct Dunlop K70s, Dunlop wheels, correct Amal 931 carburetors and air cleaner, correct aluminum fenders, correct kill switch, correct tachometer and bracket, correct ET ignition coils, correct petcocks and correct package tray. Matching engine and frame numbers with VMCC certificate of authenticity. Just changed transmission and engine oils and cleaned carburetors and petcocks. Compression is higher than standard Bonneville, so I am running leaded racing gas. Starts right up and sounds good. See attached videos below. Triumph produced 775 T120Cs in 1965, making the 1965 T120C the third-most rare of the five years of TT Special production 1963-1967. This was Triumph's factory racer, delivered new with no lights, no battery, no key ignition, no muffler, no horn, no speedometer, no mufflers, pivoting footpegs, higher compression pistons and lower gearing. The T120C was raced with great success in the U.S., often with no alteration, and was a great wheelie machine on the street. Racer Eddie Mulder: "Once they came out with the TT Special, we were down and gone. All you had to do was change the exhaust pipes [to the TT down pipes as on this bike] and you had an out-of-the-box racer." The 1965 T120C had the optimum frame and fork (rake) design. Mulder claimed that, "Anything that steers and handles is a copy of [the 1964/65 Triumph frame]." This bike was delivered new to Triumph Corporation USA in May of 1965. Clean signed New Jersey title. Ask questions now. No warranties. My cell: 48zero. 703seven.867. Require $1,000 paypal deposit within 24 hours and full payment within seven days by cash, wire transfer, personal or cashiers check. If payment by check then I will wait till check clears before I release bike. Books covering the TT Special: Bonnie by Nelson, Bonneville by Wilson, Triumph Racing Motorcycles by Brooke, Triumph Bonneville by Remus and Triumph Motorcycle Restoration Guide by Gaylin, all available from Amazon. Bike is in Phoenix, Arizona 85253 and is available for your inspection. You must obtain your own shipper. Try u-ship.com or I can recommend a shipper I have used. Thank you for bidding. For videos of bike running see below: For first video, copy/click: https://youtu.be/jZfjx9y3Bpk or copy and paste or search youtube for "Bonneville TT 1965" For second video, copy/click: https://youtu.be/eY8VyQEPNzQ or search youtube for "Bonneville TT Special 1965 running".