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Offline Cole222

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1966 Triumph Bonneville land speed bike - 156.53 El Mirage 1978
« on: December 26, 2008, 07:17:49 PM »
Came across this Triumph tagged as running 156.53 at El Mirage in 1978. Any chance someone might know more about it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Motorcycles___1966-Triumph-Bonneville-land-speed-drag-bike_W0QQitemZ220331277817QQddnZMotorcyclesQQddiZ2283QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_motorcycles?hash=item220331277817&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A3%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Looks as though someone has taken good care of it and could be put back into race form quite easily.

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Offline Peter Jack

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Re: 1966 Triumph Bonneville land speed bike - 156.53 El Mirage 1978
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2008, 07:36:24 PM »
It's usually a good sign when the bike pictures are shot in the livingroom! :-D
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Re: 1966 Triumph Bonneville land speed bike - 156.53 El Mirage 1978
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2008, 07:39:28 PM »
To heck with racing it - I say throw a peanut tank, lights and plates on it!

Quote from: Peter Jack on December 26, 2008, 07:36:24 PM
It's usually a good sign when the bike pictures are shot in the livingroom! :-D

That means it's not a Harley - or else they drained the crankcase before they brought it in.
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Re: 1966 Triumph Bonneville land speed bike - 156.53 El Mirage 1978
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2008, 10:05:56 PM »
Pre unit construction Triumphs leaked as bad as Harleys ... maybe worse ... Joe
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Re: 1966 Triumph Bonneville land speed bike - 156.53 El Mirage 1978
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2008, 10:25:14 PM »
Thats a unit construction bike not as bad as Harleys, but still leakers.:cry:
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Re: 1966 Triumph Bonneville land speed bike - 156.53 El Mirage 1978
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2008, 11:55:09 PM »
GREAT........BUT would it pass today's Tech.???????


I had a set of similar front forks on our 350c.c.
Honda......I was told "we will let you run this time
but we don't like them"
So I put Honda 90c.c. forks on....... and everybody was HAPPY
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Re: 1966 Triumph Bonneville land speed bike - 156.53 El Mirage 1978
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2008, 02:59:17 AM »
We're in the process of trying to get this bad boy going again... It sat in a barn since the early 70's. In 1969 my gradfather went 9.80's on it in Houston texas. Started life as a Rocket 3 but grew to an 1175? stroker with the help of one of my grandfathers best friends Jack Wilson ( Big "d" triumph of Ft Worth TX).  These are Pics that My dad sent me when he went and picked it up a couple of months ago.



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Offline Dean Los Angeles

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Re: 1966 Triumph Bonneville land speed bike - 156.53 El Mirage 1978
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2008, 10:43:30 AM »
$5,369 and the reserve hasn't been met. Pretty pricey if you ask me. Bunch of people bidding on it.

Leak oil? Triumphs leak oil? Heck, I worked for a Triumph dealer and I walked through the parts department and saw oil on the ground. I realized the service manuals were leaking oil!!
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