 Unknown Year and Model 650
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Re: Unknown Year and Model 650
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It's a '70 Bonnie, Soren.
(...you can tell 'cause of the forward engine mount is a triangulated three bolt plate, whereas the '69 and earlier models have a welded on "prong" style mount...they switched to that because it made installing/removing the engine a matter of sliding the engine directly in or out the side, instead of having to lift the engine up and over the prong-style mount first)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Re: Unknown Year and Model 650
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1968 or '69. They both had the scallop above the eyebrow badge.
Just read Dwights post so....never mind.
Last edited by TonyG; 07/31/2012 12:36 PM.
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Re: Unknown Year and Model 650
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Btw Soren, why are ya askin' here?
Thinkin' about maybe buyin' that baby?
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I don't think I like Dwight anymore.  Thanks for spoiling my deductive reasoning and great sluthing of the internet. you big doody head! 
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Quote:
I don't think I like Dwight anymore.
Well Matt, from THAT line, I'm at least somewhat heartened to learn that evidently there WAS a time you DID like me, anyway!!! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Aww, don't be so sad,  just a friendly little jab there MR. Smartypants. FYI my guess was gonna be a 71 T120
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Re: Unknown Year and Model 650
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I guess you must have missed my " " in appreciation of your joke there, Matt. Nope, I wasn't sad. I actually liked it.  Aah, but NOW we come to the issue that your guess was going to a '71 T120... WHAT?! Are you some kind of DUMMY or somethin', DUDE???!!! I mean, EVERYBODY knows that '71 was the year Triumph(and BSA) went to the Oil-In-Frame models!!! And does THAT Triumph look like one o' those to YOU???!!! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I wonder if Soren coud get the engine number, there are several really good serial number registries he could access.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Good idea, Ed! Gotta say I'm still wonderin' why Soren asked this question. (...btw Ed, as I'm sure you know, but for the benefit of others around here, another way to tell the '70 Bonnie from the '69 is that on the '70 models the passenger handrail is mounted to the fender bracket, such as on the bike shown above, whereas on the '69s that handrail is mounted to the underneath of the seat....oh, and the '70 models were the first year to have a crankcase breather tube which ran all the way back and under the left side of the rear fender...it's actually a rather ugly little arrangement, isn't it?!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I swear Dwight you have way to much knowledge of these motorbikes. Are you for certain you worked in the aviation industry?
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Btw Soren, why are ya askin' here?
Thinkin' about maybe buyin' that baby?
Not me, a good friend of mine is thinking about it. he emailed the pictures to me late last night saying that he was trying to talk the guy into selling it to him. What is still a mystery to me is why he didn't ask the owner what it is. Or if he did, why the current owner doesn't know what it is.
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Re: Unknown Year and Model 650
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I posted it on FaceBook too, and it seems the popular opinion is that it might be a '70 T120R.
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You are correct,Soren,I am varey familar with this modle as it was the first Triumph I bought new in 1970.Put over 40K on that bike and loved every mile. 
"Big" Jack Wilson
Mishawaka,IN.
2010 Thunderbird
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New Tires
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Dwight is correct, the front engine mount was a change to get ready for the OIF models in later years.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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