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15-08-07, 08:22 PM
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Old Bonny
At last!! Located the only known pic of my Triumph. Was taken at the lakes when out with my old mate on his CX around 1980. We'd driven down from Rosyth for the weekend.
All I can recall of my machine is that it had a 650 gearbox with a 750 Morgo arrangement bolted above. It had a Dresda tank, I think I got the handlebars from some bike shop in Dunfermeline, off something like a BSA. I believe it may have been an 'oil in frame' type. Anyway...here she is... 
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15-08-07, 10:09 PM
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Re: Old Bonny
Ah happy days.
 Have owned both those bikes from new. Your Bonnie looks like a 71K-73M model with the conical front brake, and oil in the frame, which was a clever idea except, that rumour had it, that the swarf from the maching wasn't cleaned out of the frame with dire consequences. Mine seized at 1600 miles!  At least my CX lasted a lot longer. 
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18-08-07, 06:46 PM
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Love those high handlebars!!!!
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18-08-07, 09:15 PM
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Great aren't they But really, they felt right at the time, on that bike - the open face helmet, sunglasses and flies in my teeth. 21yrs old and invincible.The irony is that I may have to resort to something similarly shaped in the near future because of my knackered neck  . So, it's back to uprights !!
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18-08-07, 09:34 PM
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Re: Old Bonny
Which one's yours?
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19-08-07, 09:37 AM
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Bonnie on the left, Honda on the right.
Hope u dont mind Stingo, took the liberty of tweeking it a little. 
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19-08-07, 05:26 PM
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Re: Old Bonny
 Ooh - that's much better Haggis. TVM.
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19-08-07, 06:28 PM
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Whats that 750 morgo stuff you're talking about? What does it do?
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19-08-07, 09:04 PM
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Re: Old Bonny
Agreed Sid. At the time of purchasing this beast, I was blinded by the 'must have a British bike' bug and this one just happened along. Got rid of my nice 500/4 to finance it
 .I think, allow me to rephrase, I KNOW that I left several parts of it around the borders region (nice road from Rosyth to Berwick upon Tweed) including an exhaust can (sfunny, bike sounds a bit different  !!), two number plates and the back light, and one of them caps that allows access to the tappets, LHS - my left leg was jolly oily I can tell you!!But it was the cudos I tell you. People really did stop to chat and point etc (not because it looked like sh!te either)...even the old bill took a keen interest!! Must've pulled me four times just for a chat , no really!! I kiddest thee not!!
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