1961 Triumph Bonneville

D14652

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Up for bid is a newly restored showing winning numbers matching 1961 Triumph T120 Bonneville. The bike has the original options of an original Lucas quick disconnect headlight and Quickly Detachable (QD) rear wheel along with a Lucas K2FC (red label) auto magneto. This Bonneville has been completely disassembled and every part inspected recondition or replaced with correct high-quality parts. For the Engine: All wear items have been replaced: bearings, rings, bushings, seals etc... The crank was ground 0.010’’ under. The cylinder head was completely restored with new valves, valve guides and all cases buffed. Transmission: New Primary Chain and clutch plates, bushings, bearings, seals. Alternator inspected and tested for correct power output. Original kick-starter and shifter arm re-chrome to show quality. All painted parts were first sandblasted, zinc chromated, 2K primed and finished in Don Hutchison supplied paint of basecoat, clear coat, color sanded and buffed. Brakes and original wheels were reconditioned. A couple slight blems here and there on the rims but they are about 8+ out 10 in condition. A new drive chain was also fitted along with correct pattern tires one of them molded ‘Made in England ‘ The fuel tank is great condition with all new mounting rubber and top strap. The parcel rack was finished in show chrome. New tank badges, trim and knee rubbers have been fitted. Rear swing arm has a new pivot shaft and bushings. The front forks have new bushings, seals and gators. Exhaust pipes and silencers are new and correct for the bike as is the seat and handlebars the original exhaust head clamps have been re-chromed to show quality New cables fitted and the original hand and clutch levers have been re-chromed to show quality and all peg and control rubbers are new. The original Chronometric; Speedometer and Tachometer have been restored and set back to Zero and currently show the miles from an excellent test ride where everything from transmission to all electrics worked perfectly. The bike starts easily and runs fantastic. As mentioned this Bonneville took First Place Ridden in the Vintage Class Award during the British Iron Association bike show in CT Actual bidders are welcome to come see or call about the bike and I will be happy to talk to you at length about the build of this second to the last year of Pre-Unit Bonneville VIN #D14653NOTE: Please see the attached photo showing the letter from the State of CT in regards to titles.I will provide an State of Connecticut notarized Bill of Sale which good for anywhere in the world for transfer of the bike On Aug-21-18 at 20:08:50 PDT, seller added the following information: Note: I made a typo the engine and frame numbers are D14653 not D14652 the transmission number is 127806 which is correct for this year bike.Ebay will not me let add pics after bids so if you contact me I think I can send you pics of the numbers through ebay or txt me 2038049189 For the letter stating Connecticut rules for titles go to this linkhttp://www.ct.gov/dmv/lib/dmv/title_letter.pdf Thanks On Aug-23-18 at 18:27:42 PDT, seller added the following information: https://www.nadaguides.com/Motorcycles/1961/Triumph/T120-BONNEVILLE-650-UK/Values This NADA link shows this bike value at $22,090 for excellent condition , $13,235 for very good condition if I had buy it now it would be between these values good luck with your bids