Make & Model:Triumph Bonneville                                                                                    

Registration Number: EHJ930P

Date Registered: 1st January 1976

Colour: Maroon/White

Engine Size: 744cc

Frame No.T140VNN64188

Documents: V5C

The Triumph Bonneville T140 was the second generation of the Bonneville series developed from the earlier 650 cc (40 cu in) T120 Bonneville and was produced by Triumph Engineering at Meriden near Coventry in a number of versions, including limited editions, from 1973 until 1983.

The T140 uses a 360-degree, air-cooled parallel twin layout. Gear driven camshafts operate a single inlet and exhaust valve in each cylinder via pushrods. Twin Amal carburettors supply the cylinders with fuel/air mixture through short intake manifolds. The crankshaft drives the clutch through a triplex chain operating in an oil bath. Starting is by kick start.

The frame of the T140 is manufactured from mild steel tubeand uses a 'duplex' layout. Twin rear adjustable shock absorbers provide suspension through a swinging arm, sprung and oil-damped front telescopic forks are used. The 19 inch diameter front wheel and 18 inch rear wheel were spoked.The under-seat area is occupied by the battery and ignition coils.

From 1976, the T140 had hydraulic disc brakes for both thefront and rear wheels.

Designed as a sporty tourer, you get almost modern levels of equipment. A Bonnie is a comfy, rapid classic that can lope along all day, stop when you ask it to and blast off into the middle distance occasionally when you open the taps. Find a good A-road and give the big twin a handful and it’ll shoot off like an elderly but over-excited labrador getting the scent of a rabbit.

Increasingly collectable with great parts availability and easy to work on the T140 makes a great bike to own and this two UK owner bike has had much recent expenditure which includes a complete top end engine rebuild meaning it has also been converted to unleaded petrol, new pistons with honed bores and the engineering work was carried out by renowned classic bike specialists SRM classic in South Wales. The carburettors have also been rebuilt and what we have now is a nice matching numbers example that is just crying out to be run in, ridden and enjoyed.

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