What does the PPOT Motorcyclists think

Dana Norris · 02-09-2013, 12:43 PM

I was wondering what the motorcyclists here think about this bike?
What do you think its worth, fully restored to far better than new
1970 T120R 13000 miles prior to the restoration 1370 miles since
very well sorted a very nice rider.

911_Dude · 02-09-2013, 01:08 PM

Whats not to like? Except maybe the price.

Gogar · 02-09-2013, 01:29 PM

That is THE YEAR and model if you want to buy that era of Triumph, so as such it would probably command a price premium.

I'd call that a $10K bike. Maybe a little more because of the model/year.

Dana Norris · 02-09-2013, 01:34 PM

I know what I sold it for I was just wondering what some of the Pelican Motorcyclists think it is
worth. Engine rebuilt to factory spec, in fact everything rebuilt to factory spec or replaced with
NOS parts the only thing that we did not do was the paint work on the tank and oil tank that was done by Don Hutchinson of HutchinsonCycle.com no one better with Triumph paint.
We always have a motorcycle project going on 365 days not much to do here in the winter
we got 29 inches of snow in the last 24 hours.

Dana Norris · 02-09-2013, 01:39 PM

Gogar: you are damn close $9500 to a collector in Virginia and he has no intent to ride the bike
what a shame it rides so nice.

on2wheels52 · on2wheels52's Garage

I was thinking it would take the pre unit twins to be $10k. But I haven't ben very active on the british side for years. I wonder how much the guy who did the work would charge to bring my Commando to that level of tidyness.
Jim

Gogar · 02-09-2013, 01:43 PM

Oh I thought you were thinking of buying it, not that you sold it.

I still say it's a $10K bike for someone who really wants it.

Here's my noisemaker. I did an all-the-way down, all-the-way back up , powder coated everything kind of deal about 10 years ago and I love it.

Dana Norris · 02-09-2013, 01:55 PM

Gogar: Very nice did you restore it, or maybe Isles over on Sheridan Blvd, he does very nice work I bought a couple of bikes from him when I lived out there. There is also a guy that lives
up off of Boulder Canyon that does very nice work I bought a bike from him in 2000 an 84 R100
BMW all original, I will try to find a photo of it and post it. Sorry I was not implying that maybe
you didn`t restore that bike your self if you did your good.

Gogar · 02-09-2013, 05:58 PM

As a matter of fact Greg Isles built the motor. We took the whole bike down together and I ran all the parts around and brought them back and put about 50% of it back together under his direction. I'm guessing he did the hard stuff. I think If I did it again I could do all of it. I did my Hurricane 100% down and up with a fresh motor and it had a lot more bits.

VaSteve · 02-09-2013, 07:29 PM

Gorgeous!

A dumb question. Do those old Triumphs use the whitworth hardware or normal metric stuff?

speeder · 02-09-2013, 07:46 PM

Beautiful bike. I've owned a '70 as well as a '69 Bonneville, wish I still had the '69. '69/'70 are of course identical other than color and position of seat grab handle. The fenders should be painted to match the tank on that '70, other than that I do not see anything incorrect that jumps out at me. Very nice work! Perhaps someone preferred the older style, ('68), fenders.

I haven't been following vintage Triumph prices but thought that they'd gone up even more than that. I'd buy it for $10k if I had the $$ to spare in a heartbeat. They're not going down in value anytime soon.

Bill Douglas · 02-09-2013, 08:41 PM

Well, it gives me the heart flutters when I look at it...

Hehe, this is me in 1976

Gogar · 02-09-2013, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by VaSteve

Gorgeous!

A dumb question. Do those old Triumphs use the whitworth hardware or normal metric stuff?

The answer is . . . Yes. But it's even more complicated than that.

speeder · 02-09-2013, 10:12 PM

Yep. It's a mix, you need a good set of spanners.

VaSteve · 02-10-2013, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Gogar

The answer is . . . Yes. But it's even more complicated than that.

Do tell....?

HiBeam · 02-10-2013, 06:10 AM

One of the most beautiful motorcycles ever built, IMO.
Close to $14k wouldn't surprise me.

Don Ro · 02-10-2013, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by HiBeam

One of the most beautiful motorcycles ever built, IMO.

This one & the Norton Com. Both beautiful.
Price?...over $10k - maybe $12k wouldn't surprise me.
Thanks for the pics...brings back memories of one of my 1st bikes when I was 17 and worked 2 summers to buy a friend's '63 T120. I was in heaven.

creaturecat · 02-10-2013, 08:16 AM

10000 max.
I wouldn't even pay that much.
They are nice to look at ............

Aragorn · 02-11-2013, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Dana Norris

Gogar: you are damn close $9500 to a collector in Virginia and he has no intent to ride the bike
what a shame it rides so nice.

It's a good thing he has no intent of riding that bike. The Brits did all the controls backwards on those bikes.

Dana Norris · 02-11-2013, 03:20 PM

Aragorn: I don`t know when you started riding, but when I started riding the shift lever was on the right and brake was on the left. I think it was around 1973 or 1974 that all bikes sold in the U.S. had to have the shifter on the left, the govment decided that was best ( azzholes ) I was quite familiar with shifting on the right, hell I even ride a bike that has afoot clutch on the left and a stick shift. It was built in Springfield Mass. three years after I was born in Springfield.
I am an old fart.....