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Should be Riding
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I'm going to say $15,000.
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I rememeber seeing this before, it ended around something like 12k and still not at reserve.
A word to the wise is not necessary. It is the stupid ones who need the advice.
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That's real pretty. To the right buyer, 15 or 20 wouldn't be out of the question, but for some reason unknown, I don't think that rare buyer is in the wings.
I'm calling for an auction end high bid of $9,300 that won't meet reserve.
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Am I the only one who thinks it's kinda sad that this bike has never and probably will never be ridden? Don't get me wrong, it's great that someone's preserving history, but if I got hold of it, it'd be on the road at least once.
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The pipes look like brand new
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To me anything over 10 grand is alot of money for an old bike..... come to think about it anything over 10 grand is alot of money to me. There is probably somebody out there with plenty of expendable cash willing to cough up close to $15K for it though......... I guess $13,750
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I shall bid my entire comic book collection for this un-started item....
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Makes me wonder what this guy would want. Photographed this bike Sunday, Oct 8, 2006.
Dangit. The places I have to go to eat breakfast. All these old motosickles and bikers looking as old as the Stones. 
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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Thanks moe, you made me drool all over my keyboard. 
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gotta wonder if she has ever had any fluids in her????
ENJOY!!!!! NEWT!!!!!
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I think it is a waste of a Triumph not to ride it.
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- 1982 Yamaha xj650 Magnum
- Previous 2004 Triumph America
- Previous 1973 Triumph Bonneville T140V 750cc
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Am I the only one who thinks it's kinda sad that this bike has never and probably will never be ridden? Don't get me wrong, it's great that someone's preserving history, but if I got hold of it, it'd be on the road at least once.
no you are not alone i cant figure out why anyone would buy a bike just to put on display.Unless its a museum or somthing.
And i could be wrong but its my understanding that 77 was not a good year for Triumphs.
The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
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They had one in Coventry museum and i remember thinking yuk that not a bonnie + silver jubilee, how cheesy.
Nick
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And i could be wrong but its my understanding that 77 was not a good year for Triumphs.
The company had problems that year, not the Bonnies. Norton-Villiers-Triumph went broke in 1977 and sold the marketing rights to the Meriden Cooperative. The '77 Bonnies mirrored the '76's with the exception of a new color scheme [Pacific Blue (US)/Polychrome Blue (UK) and White].
Here's the '77 I traded-in for the BA ('79 color scheme):
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Nobody really wants a virgin..... They're pretty and the thought of the untouched one is mighty enticing, but what would you do with it? Ride it and ruin the very thing that makes it special? Or tuck it away and just think how cool it would be to ride her.
I don't have any money for that!!
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That special edition came with a certificate signed by the Queen herself. A bro-in-law had one: sweet looking bike.
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Needs some oil putting in her and gas, and riding. She was made for hitting the open roads, not stuck in a shed.. Thats my two cents worth... 
Ray(UK)
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It's a beauty but I'd rather ride it then store it away or trailer to a show.
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no you are not alone i cant figure out why anyone would buy a bike just to put on display.Unless its a museum or somthing.
Quite agree. The Barber Museum has a very impressive collection of bikes and most of them get ridden around the track every once in a while just to keep the cogs moving. Thats my kind of museum.
And, excuse me for saying this. But as nice as this bike is. Its just another Bonnie albeit with a rare original color scheme. Not exactly a one off is it.
Buy it and ride it. Thats what it was built for.
Now, i will raise you Entire Comic Collection for a Pokey Man Card collection.
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What a waste.. 30 years and never riden??? Is it me or am I the only one that thinks it's a waste to let a bike sit and never ride it?
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Now that just boggles the mind! What kind of sicko could buy a new motorbike and not crank it up and go for a ride?
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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He may be a collector.
I know a guy that is & a VERY SMALL PART of his collection includes a 67,68 & 69 bonnieville with the highest having 11kms (6 miles)on the clock.
He starts them every 6 months & changes the oil.
He also has every BSA goldstar ever made as well as a number of early BSA,s.
Yes,,,,, his shed is alarmed
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He may be a collector.
I know a guy that is & a VERY SMALL PART of his collection includes a 67,68 & 69 bonnieville with the highest having 11kms (6 miles)on the clock.
He starts them every 6 months & changes the oil.
He also has every BSA goldstar ever made as well as a number of early BSA,s.
Yes,,,,, his shed is alarmed
Well still a waiste of good iron.
The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
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Now that just boggles the mind! What kind of sicko could buy a new motorbike and not crank it up and go for a ride?
If you have the money............. you buy two. One for keeping, on for riding. Probably what happened here....... just a guess though.
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I rememeber seeing this before, it ended around something like 12k and still not at reserve.
Looks like he should have the taken the twelve..... or waited untill spring.  $8650... no sale
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Just shows that somthing like this is only realy worth what sombody else is willing to pay for it.
I can't imagaine buying somthing like this.
My first question would be..."dose it run?"
He'd he'd have to say "well i realy dont know."
"ok can we fire her up?"
"NO NEVER"
"ok have a nice day".
The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
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