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2022 Shannons Summer Timed Online Auction
Lot
92

1966 Triumph Bonneville T120R 650cc Motorcycle

$16,500

Brisbane

Sold

Specifications

Engine 0.65-litre twin-cylinder
Gearbox 4-speed manual
Body Work Motorcycle
Colour White
Trim Black
Wheels Chrome wire
Brakes Drums

Description

This lot is no longer available

The Bonneville T120R was famous motorcycle engineer Edward Turner’s last new design and it came to fruition too late to be included in Triumph’s 1959 catalogue. This first-generation Bonneville, named for the salt flats in Utah where Triumph and others set speed records endured until 1983, which is a very long production life for a motorcycle (or car for that matter). It was powered by Turner’s much-revered 650cc parallel twin engine and even the earliest examples could achieve 115 miles per hour. Some historians regard the Triumph Bonneville as the world’s most famous motorcycle.