Happy birthday/anniversary...

[thaiguzzi]

... to my T140 Bonneville.

On this day, 38 years ago, i walked into my local Triumph dealer, and rode out on a new Cherry Red with black scallops T140E.

38 years later...

 

[chrissables]

Great looking bike!

 

Your shirt is a bit.........flowery though :)

[DILLIGAD]

I still miss my 1981 T140e.



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[thaiguzzi]

1 hour ago, chrissables said:

Great looking bike!

 

Your shirt is a bit.........flowery though :)

Thanx.

I ONLY wear loud, bright shirts over here.

[chrissables]

Just now, thaiguzzi said:

Thanx.

I ONLY wear loud, bright shirts over here.

Loud pipes too i hope!

[thaiguzzi]

Loud. Very loud.

[NormanW]

Brilliant stuff ???

 

Keep the faith ?

[transam]

I miss my 1964 Honda 250SS racer..........Very loud mega's and all....

 

Sadly no pics, but it did look a bit like this...

 

[transam]

A musical interlude, one of the best bike piston sounds and my favourite bike...You must turn the sound up and watch till the end.... Happy birthday...

 

 

[Dutchbike]

Happy BD

[roo860]

A musical interlude, one of the best bike piston sounds and my favourite bike...You must turn the sound up and watch till the end.... Happy birthday...
 
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Stood next to the bike at Oulton Park when I was a kid, Hailwood riding it of course.

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[transam]

6 hours ago, roo860 said:

 

Stood next to the bike at Oulton Park when I was a kid, Hailwood riding it of course.

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Me too at Brands, 1967 I think...

[papa al]

On 4/25/2017 at 10:11 AM, chrissables said:

Great looking bike!

 

Your shirt is a bit.........flowery though :)

The trousers and hat are nice too.

OP,

Is that the very same bike you bought in the olden days?

[thaiguzzi]

6 hours ago, papa al said:

The trousers and hat are nice too.

OP,

Is that the very same bike you bought in the olden days?

Yes. Engine number tattoo'ed on my left arm. Owned from new for THIRTY EIGHT YEARS.

I was waiting for a Health and Safety Nazi comment...

Next i will be awaiting an Emissions Gestapo comment for the pipes...

[transam]

25 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:

Yes. Engine number tattoo'ed on my left arm. Owned from new for THIRTY EIGHT YEARS.

I was waiting for a Health and Safety Nazi comment...

Next i will be awaiting an Emissions Gestapo comment for the pipes...

Not from me.......

[NormanW]

Not from me ?

[DILLIGAD]

Nor me.



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[NormanW]

3 hours ago, DILLIGAD said:

Nor me.



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Lol brilliant!

[thaiguzzi]

More.

This motor aint no normal 750 Bonneville. Since it was rebuilt in 94/95 to the (near) current spec it has run anywhere between 810 and 870cc. Currently 830cc.

Been off the road the last 5 years, and another new build this year inc a "de-tune", hence this post. I've ridden over 100,000 miles on this motorcycle, the first 70,000 done by the time it was 9 years old. So, not a great deal more the next 29 years...

If anyone is interested (i doubt - as i've not seen any Meriden Geeks/ Brit parallel twin afficianados on here) i'll write up the spec and history of the bike. Along with magazine features, it was in the '95 Crossbow calendar next to a delightful Dee Ivans...

 

 

 

[transam]

2 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:

More.

This motor aint no normal 750 Bonneville. Since it was rebuilt in 94/95 to the (near) current spec it has run anywhere between 810 and 870cc. Currently 830cc.

Been off the road the last 5 years, and another new build this year inc a "de-tune", hence this post. I've ridden over 100,000 miles on this motorcycle, the first 70,000 done by the time it was 9 years old. So, not a great deal more the next 29 years...

If anyone is interested (i doubt - as i've not seen any Meriden Geeks/ Brit parallel twin afficianados on here) i'll write up the spec and history of the bike. Along with magazine features, it was in the '95 Crossbow calendar next to a delightful Dee Ivans...

 

 

 

It's coooool...

[transam]

5 minutes ago, transam said:

It's coooool...

But I actually worked at the Norton factory way back then....And rode a Honda...SORRY...

 

[papa al]

"I've ridden over 100,000 miles on this motorcycle, the first 70,000 done by the time it was 9 years old."

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So how old when first ride Bonnie?

[thaiguzzi]

20 minutes ago, papa al said:

"I've ridden over 100,000 miles on this motorcycle, the first 70,000 done by the time it was 9 years old."

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So how old when first ride Bonnie?

18 and a 1/2.

[papa al]

Ahh!

 .

Bonnie maybe has flux-capacitor upgrade.

Edited April 28, 2017 by papa al

[thaiguzzi]

On 28/04/2017 at 8:59 AM, papa al said:

"I've ridden over 100,000 miles on this motorcycle, the first 70,000 done by the time it was 9 years old."

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So how old when first ride Bonnie?

 

On 28/04/2017 at 10:30 AM, papa al said:

Ahh!

 .

Bonnie maybe has flux-capacitor upgrade.

Sorry, maybe my normal English writing is beyond your American comprehension of the English language. Perhaps this also explains your own writings, ramblings and grammar, which appear on various threads as if you do not understand what the OP has written in clear understandable plain English.

I bought the bike new as an 18 y/o.

By the time the bike was 9 y/o it had done 70k miles. That would then make me 27 y/o at the time.

Now, i am nearing 57 and the bike 38.

Not difficult...

[transam]

On 4/26/2017 at 2:35 AM, roo860 said:

 

Stood next to the bike at Oulton Park when I was a kid, Hailwood riding it of course.

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[papa al]

Ahh! Thanks for clarification.

Edited April 30, 2017 by papa al

[thaiguzzi]

On 30/04/2017 at 1:57 PM, transam said:

 

Chalk and Cheese.

Transam, much as i appreciate the engineering marvels of a racing Honda 6 cylinder DOHC 250cc motorcycle, and, yes they are a true classic bike with mucho history etc etc, it is chalk and cheese compared to a Triumph 650/750 pushrod OHV based on a design by God (Edward Turner) in 1936.

 You may like multi cylinder bikes spinning to, what 16-17000 rpm, with a power band smaller than a period two stroke. I do not.

So, no offence or insult intended,  stop hijacking this thread with classic racing, revving their tIts off little Hondas, and contribute something interesting and similar to the OP's bike (mine), like other proper British parallel twins. Please.

Norton Atlas, Commando

BSA A10's of various guises (never liked the unit A65's)

Triumph 650's pre-unit and unit

and perhaps the sexiest of all parallel twins, the Royal Enfield Constellation and fantastic Interceptor.

 Thank you.

[thaiguzzi]

All with a red line at 7000 rpm. Max. Safer sticking to 6000 rpm...

[papa al]

15 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Chalk and Cheese.

Transam, much as i appreciate the engineering marvels of a racing Honda 6 cylinder DOHC 250cc motorcycle, and, yes they are a true classic bike with mucho history etc etc, it is chalk and cheese compared to a Triumph 650/750 pushrod OHV based on a design by God (Edward Turner) in 1936.

 You may like multi cylinder bikes spinning to, what 16-17000 rpm, with a power band smaller than a period two stroke. I do not.

So, no offence or insult intended,  stop hijacking this thread with classic racing, revving their tIts off little Hondas, and contribute something interesting and similar to the OP's bike (mine), like other proper British parallel twins. Please.

Norton Atlas, Commando

BSA A10's of various guises (never liked the unit A65's)

Triumph 650's pre-unit and unit

and perhaps the sexiest of all parallel twins, the Royal Enfield Constellation and fantastic Interceptor.

 Thank you.

Yes Transam.

Mind your place.!