69' 650 Bonneville chopper for sale

Rocket Scientist

Rocket Scientist

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Hi boys and girls. A fellow I used to work with is down in North Carolina at his father's house. His father has a 650 Bonneville he wants to sell. Don't have a price other than my friend said someone will get a really good deal. It's titled in Michigan but paper title was destroyed in a fire long ago. Would require a bit of screwing around to get a new one. Bike has 15,500 miles showing and is not seized. That's all I know about it. He asked me to show it to my Triumph buds so here it is. If interested PM me and I'll put you in touch with him.

P.S. I have no monetary interest in this sale.

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looks just like my 72 bonne t120 oil in frame wish I could see the head in between the rocker boxes and the primary double points,carbs,throtle cables coils,condensors double everything pain to get it tuned right but strong SOB.WISH I was closer
 
+1 on what Atomsplitter said.

The frame looks stock so at least it isn't a hard tail. It appears that the rake was achieved by a lower tripple tree extender, and not chopping the frame which was very common along with removing the swing arm.

The wheels are stock but they will have to be disassembled to paint the hubs. The the engine will also have to be disassembled to get at the crank sludge tube to clean it. These are a ticking time bomb if not cleaned because when these engines sit for prolonged periods, the crud in the tube hardens and cuts off oil supply. Come to think of it, Triumph may have eliminated the sludge tube because the oil in the frame models had oil filters. I'd still take it down though. Another plus is that the instruments are there and can be rebuilt if faulty. The right side cover is gone so the left is probably absent too. The good news is that these are available used on ebay and various vintage Brit bike forums

And that's just a start.
 

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