1966 Triumph Bonneville (brand new!!)

Whaat?

YES! BRAND NEW!

FOR SALE!

SOLD!!!!!

September 1, 2002:

So now....all I have are my wonderful memories of owning such a lovely machine for a brief period of time...thank you, Rick (who built it in Canada) for bringing this baby to "life"...you've made my life just that much richer, and I know you will bring untold riches to the new owner, who loves this bike as much as I do.

I showed the bike in San Francisco August 29...click here for photos

Ain't she a beaut?

 

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This BRAND NEW, never-been-run 1966 Triumph Bonneville is PERFECT! And probably the ONLY brand new
Bonneville in the world. The frame and engine numbers match and it is brand, spanking new. Everything.

Not a mark on it.

This Bonnie was built by an English-iron Canadian bike restoration expert, Rick Brown, as a labor of love over many years from ONLY brand new
1966 parts that he painstakingly collected and assembled from all over the world. You can't believe this beauty
when you see it...every detail is authentic and perfect. Not a single used part on it.
It's like being in a time warp because it's a
brand new, 36 year-old machine!
Totally nuts.
I acquired this unique piece of rolling sculpture through an art trade and I am in love with it...but
because it is what it is, it really shouldn't be ridden...in fact it would be a certain kind of sin to ride it
(yet a certain kind of wonderfulness, of course) because then it would instantly become just another
"mint" Bonnie--one hell of an example, to be sure--but it would no longer be unique.
When I wouldstand next to this baby or (this is the dangerous bit) sit on it whilst taking it off the trailer, every fibre of my being
screams out, "Go on, give it a kick and take off! You know you want to!"
Did I ever!
It's like being in the presence of a beautiful naked woman, yet having to keep your hands off, you know?
Look at her all you want, let her excite you and lure you with her charms, but if you submit, you're a goner
(but in heaven for that one brief moment).

'Get what I'm saying????

(the engine and gearbox are actually coated in assembly oil and the gas tank and carbs have never tasted petrol)
I had a '66 Bonnie in '68 in San Francisco, and it is my favorite motorcycle...so this one sang to me with
her very special siren song with my name on it.
I told my two biker buddies from the 60's, Ben and Funky Jack, about the bike (Ben used to have a Matchless 650,
and Jack had a beautiful yellow Triumph Tiger 500 that got stolen)
and they both offered to take it and keep it in their front rooms until I worked out what to do with it, just so they could be close to it, look at it (as Ben said when he saw the pictures, "Paul, I can almost smell it!")
and enjoy this wonderful machine from that magical era in all the appreciative ways we bikers love our metal.
To get out of this dilemma while I came to terms with what to do with the bike, I took each up on their
offer; but when push came to shove, they both declined saying they couldn't be trusted with it.
It would surely find its way between their legs and on the open road in a weak moment!
(and probably in the FIRST week!)
I know the feeling!

 

 

 

Yours truly astride this beauty!
(note the Clarks Desert Boots!)

 

The paint job is exquisite.

There's only one word to describe this incredible machine: fucking gorgeous!

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