Beschreibung:

• Matching numbers • Ground up restoration • '...a cultural icon in America' Considered by most to be the last real 'Bonnie', there were no major changes made to the Bonneville, although there were several minor improvements. New crankcase halves and engine breathing changes helped improve oil tightness. Front engine mounting plates were changed to bolt on units to facilitate easy engine changes and the Concentric carburetors were improved once again. Triumph also toned down the bright colors of the late sixties to an elegant Astral Red and Silver scalloped tank -painted on this bike by Don Hutchinson – with painted fenders to match. Make no mistake, though, the Bonneville was still a contender in competition even though the factory focused on the 750 triple. Malcolm Uphill again won the Production TT for Triumph but this time with a triple. During 1970 TriCor on the East Coast built 204 T120RTs each with a 750cc motor for the AMA's new 750 racing series. This clearly influences the factory to put into production a 724cc-750 starting in model year 1973 to join the 750 Trident triple. However, on the showroom floor, Yamaha launches their XS-1 650 twin to compete head-on with the Bonneville but with a couple of extra horsepower and at a lower cost. The Bonneville was under challenge both internally and externally. Long term, of course, it had nothing to worry about. In 1971 everything changed for the Bonneville with a major redesign for the frame to carry oil within. 'The new Bonnie is called the T120R (R for road). It also incorporates other design changes aside from the oil-in-the-frame, including new hubs, twin leading shoe brakes, paper air filters, new headlight, rubber-mounted tachometer and speedometer. But the engine remains the same.' And things did not go well with sales in the tank. The matching numbers bike has been through a ground-up restoration in the past year. The vendor advises us that the engine was torn down and received new valves, pistons, connecting rods, the crank was balanced and then carefully reassembled into its newly vaporized cases. New Amal 930 Concentric carburetors were installed together with a new wiring harness into the newly powder-coated frame, fork legs, plus silver front and black rear wheel hubs with genuine, correct, re-chromed Dunlop wheels with stainless steel spokes, and genuine new Reynold chain. New 'period style' Dunlop, 3.25 front and 4.0 rear, tires were fitted and the wheels balanced. Original cadmium plated hardware was used where possible, a rare bonus today. A genuine Lucas headlight, taillight and reflectors lens and housings are installed as are the correct stainless steel front and rear fenders, and genuine tool tray and battery brackets. Now showing about 40 test miles since the restoration, this Bonneville is nothiong short of beautiful.