1979 Triumph Bonneville

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1979 Triumph Bonneville 750 Las Vegas, NV It was New Years Eve 1967when my mom came out of the house and told me, my two brothers and my cousin to jump in the car because some guy was gonna try to jump the fountains at Caesar's Palace with a motorcycle. We were on our way over to Caesar's and mom told us his name was Evel Knievel. He was riding a red, white and blue Triumph motorcycle. He wore matching, full shell Bell helmet and a white suit of racing leathers. On that day in 1967– Evel Knievel rode a 1967 Triumph Bonneville 650 T120 TT Special jump bike. Evel Knievel rode several brands of bikes during his career. He started-off on a 350cc Honda, switched to a 750cc Norton in 1966, then Triumph from 1966-1968, Laverda 750cc American Eagle from December 1969 to April 1970, and in December 1970 Harley-Davidson became Knievel’s sponsor and he began riding an XR-750– the bike he is most commonly associated with. Knievel often said that his Triumph was by far the best bike he ever jumped with– “The Harley’s got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping,” according to him. Don't tell me that tv's and videos, and real life dare devils don't have an influence on kids because, as soon as we got home we began building ramps with the doors to the closet in our garage and started jump our Schwinn sting ray bicycles off those ramps. From that day forward, I dreamed of having a Triumph motorcycle. In 2008 I got one. See the photos. Well,now I'm 61 years of age and I can't kick that engine over as easy as I used to. My knees are getting old and the wear and tear of dirt track racing, (Bultaco and Yamaha Motorcycles) and years of crashing mogul fields at Snowbird and Alta in Salt Lake City, Utah, have taken a toll. It's time to let this beauty go. This Motorcycle is for a collector or a recreational rider.