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650 TRIUMPH1968 MEXICAN 1000 BAJA RACE SURVIVORYOU WILL BE BIDDING ON A VERY RARE FIND THIS BIKE WAS RACED IN THE INAUGURAL 1968 MEXICAN 1000 RACE IN BAJA FROM ENSENADA TO LA PAZ PUT ON BY NORRA NOVEMBER 4-7 1968 THIS BIKE WAS RACED BY AL ROGERS & DON BOHANNON BOTH OF THE CHECKERS MC THEY FINISHED 2ND OVERALL ON THE BIKE HAVING SOME MECHANICAL ISSUESTHIS BIKE WAS BUILT FROM PARTS GIVEN TO THEM FROM JOHNSON MOTORS. MOTOR & FRAME DO NOT MATCH, THE MOTOR IS A 1966 T120C & FRAME IS A STRETCHED OUT 1968 TR6C THE BIKE IS AS HOW I FOUND IT EXCEPT FOR THE ORIGINAL BATES SEAT CALL FOR DETAILSI HAVE LOTS OF DOCUMENTATION ON THIS BIKE BOTH DON & AL HAVE GIVEN ME ALL THE PIC'S & ARTICALS & MIKE PEARLMAN SON OF ED PEARLMAN FOUNDER & PRESIDENT OF NORRA HAS GIVEN ME THE 1968 PROGRAM, DVD , PATCHES & RESULTS. BOTH AL & DON HAVE SIGNED THE FRONT FENDER ON THIS BIKE I ALSO HAVE A RECENT PICTURE OF AL & DON WITH THE BIKE AT THE TRAIL BLAZERS BANQUET A COUPLE OF YRS AGO.THIS BIKE SHOULD GO INTO A RACE MUSEUM OR A COLLECTION OF RACE BIKES.I HAVE HAD THIS BIKE QUITE SOME TIME SO IT'S TIME TO PASS IT ON. IT WAS DISCOVERED HERE IN ACTON , CA.FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR MORE DETAILS CALL 661-714-4154ROD