This post is somewhat late. I remember this magnificent restoration from years back.I'm so glad I ran into it again. Last month I was hit by some woman and broke my elbow and dislocated my shoulder.My Vstrom came out fine. What a treat to see your videos.My next door neighbor's T150 needs your superior skills. Thank you for making me smile.
😊 A pleasure Frank and thank you very much. I wish you have a speedy recovery from your injuries and thank you for watching my videos. My best wishes. Loscar✌👍
My first motorcycle was a 1973 Bonnie 750. I was 17 and bought if from a guy who bought it at the dealer on impulse and then didn't want it. I think I remember it had around a thousand miles on it. What a great bike that was.
Very special. And looks the part with the older style side panels. Hope all original bits retained, though no need to even think of putting them back on this beauty. What a recreation, Loscar
Hi Matthew, I'm glad you like it. Of course I keep its original panels but much more beautiful with the most classic style. Thanks for watching my videos. Best regards Loscar.👍
Agreed. 73 owner here. 5 speeds, right side shift, and the retro side covers and air horns. With the Pazon/Podtronics combo its the best of all worlds.
Short of stealing the words of Gordon Stuart:- beautiful beautiful bike, it is a job well done and great attention to detail even down to the music on the post. Thank you thoroughly enjoyed your post from start to finish 👍❤✌
i CAN'T LEAVE MINE ALONE WHEN i GO SHOPPING. TOO MANY WANN- BEES, DROOLING AND SITTING ON HER. I HAD TO COVER HER UP AND LOCK IT. SURE MISS RIDING HER. SHE'S A GARAGE QUEEN NOW. TEMPTED TO PUT GAS AND BATTERY IN A RUN UP THE STREET A FEW TIME. COPS ARE QUICK HERE. VERY CHANCY WITH NO LEAGAL PLATES AND SUCH .
Nice!! I have a 1978 T 140,,, just restored it last year,,,changed to electronic ignition and upgraded all the wiring and used drycell battery and voltage regulator. I have the amal carburetors on mine.
I'm doing the same job now. Mine was a running machine, but needed reconditioning. I was with the original owner, my best buddy, when he bought it from Jimmy Arnold's Triumph in Memphis in 1979. I have worked on this bike on and off for 42 years for 3 other friends who bought it from each other. Now it will stay with me, and I will ride with the original owner as he rides his 20 year old Honda Valkyrie this next summer. Oh, and yours looks great. Still riding it?
😊 Thank you very much Alex for that interesting story. I keep driving and restoring as long as my body allows it! ✌ Thank you very much for your note. Kind regards, Loscar
It's alright when you know what you're doing and got the tools. Dudes like me have to pay top dollar after they have been done up. p.s! love the seventies style BBC hum and drum music.
Hi, friend. Yes, that's true, but you can also do a lot of things at your own level and doing the work yourself gives great satisfaction. Greetings Loscar✌️
This is an interesting hybrid echoing essentially what Hinckley Triumph have been trying to do which is to capture the 'essence' of a Bonneville in their contemporary designs. For me some of it works really well some of it doesn’t especially the tail light area. The ‘gargoyle’ tail light, as it was known, wasn’t a highlight of BSA/Triumph's design history and making it erect IMHO hasn’t helped. Overall though it’s a valiant effort and one to be highly commended. Well done Loscar.
Gracias amigo. Precisamente estoy haciendo ahora, otra TR7RV de 1978 Un conocido me la ofreció en precio razonable y por descartar el proyecto de restauración. Ahora tendré tres, la Bonneville y dos Tiger.😉 No me importa, por que me gustan mucho. Su diseño clásico con su bonito motor (una escultura de Turner) y con sus cinco marchas muy bien escalonadas, la hacen una moto muy divertida. Hace tiempo que no subo ningún video al canal, pero siempre estoy haciendo cosas. He restaurado para amigos, pero prefiero hacer solo mis motos. Ahora he terminado, mi otra Honda Four K3 que quedo muy bonita, pero ya hice un video de mi K6 y no me gusta repetir. Ya veremos. Mi pasión son los hierros Británicos, pero también las alemanas, italianas, Japonesas, etc.😅 Si solo tiene 4000Km eso estará nuevo!! No sé si te valdría, abrir el motor. Con esos pocos km debería estar perfecto y con solo una buena limpieza, puede recuperar el aspecto de nuevo. También puedes quitar tapas y pulirlas. Pintar el resto, deposito, bastidor y cromar partes ya depende de tu criterio. En hora buena y si tienes alguna duda cuenta con migo. Saludos Loscar ✌
A crime the way that bike was left to rot. So glad you saved her. I'm surprised they handle as well as they do considering how simple and basic the frame is. Obviously stiffness and light weight account for more than meets the eye. Plus tire size etc. As i had read about the detrimental effect of Moto Guzzi LeMans going to a 16" front wheel at one point during their production. Looks to be roller bearing mains and plain shell rod bearings. I could never get what to me was acceptable life from the bottom end of my Triumph 500 TT. I think the roller bearings must have been the culprit. Some folks give a rabid defense of British engineering. I wonder why British vehicles always gave me problems i never experienced elsewhere. Gas lines freezing up in the cold climate, weak trans. and 3rd member, poor bottom end life (Triumph motorcycle)
Bonjour Superbe rénovation, merci d'avoir fait cette vidéo, en plus superbe frein arrière à tambour conique, c'est je pense la plus belle jolie moto réussi en esthétique. J'ai la 750 Harris mais je préfère la vôtre Cordialement b
I was born in Sydney Australia( 1951) These English motorcycles gave me lots of fun, I had by 15 ridden a BSA bantom & a 56 Ariel red hunter, at sixteen & nine months, I purchased a five month old 67 Bonneville. went on to own many, the 750 Commando to me was amazing, you needed a good tool kit to keep them running like they should..... Could talk for hours on this but I guess nobody would be interested...
Hi, friend! Yes you're right. I have to make a video recording with the Bonneville. I'm retired but sometimes I think "I need to retire to have more time"😂 Thank you for commenting and watching my videos. loscar✌
I put more miles on a T140 then all other motors together,just broke my right leg .Was hit on a harley and I'm diein to ride .that was a big job.Respect!
Well done, thankyou for saving 1973 T140, I had one years ago, it was a bit special, got rid of all balance pipes, reverse cone megs fitted & dynamicly balanced crank, rods, pistons. Bowyer ignition mk2 Amals. It was the best bike that I ever had. Then some Bar-Stuard, stole it. Almost broke my heart. P/S, so glad you saved that crank. Some people think that a big hammer will fix (forse) anything*!?# 😵💫👹🙃
Amazing work. Absolutely well done. It reminds me on similar project I finished quite a lot of years ago on 6T 1961. The bike that is still here at my home. Once done completely and properly surely lasts long.Thanks.
had same year T140V XH22347 (amazing the trivia one never forgets) very fond memories, actually liked the original sidecovers/ airboxes more along with original mufflers, one change that really changes the handling is to pop 4" longer front forks in ….then you really can throw it around.. nice to see this completed though
best mod on these is an oil filter kit, goes in same place as the mesh strainer in the oil in frame models.I had a tweaked 77'T140v, wish I;d never sold it.
I thought that, but the "experts" of all things triumph say not to put one on because its not on the feed side of the oil system, the sump sucks it through the filter and they reckon its not a good idea?
@@junglie that's brilliant news, just got a new bike and the filter on it looks ancient, and it was still sucking the oil through it so all good. These triumph forums of full of people discussing who's got the biggest kahoonas I'm sure
From a few years ago but i love these bikes. Build turned out perfect !! ' 69 650 Tiger was bought by one friend then sold to another. Great times ! Best motorcycle memory for me was screaming up a two lane street where i grew up on a Sunday Night, Daytona 500,1975 . my 'mom' (birth and wife) wouldn't let me buy one.
pity about the music, not that its bad like some of the stuff people put on, but I would much rather you talked about what you are doing, just a thought.
Wow = my brothers had triumphs when I was about 7 yrs old... 1 was a trophy 500 = 1 was a tiger ... and BSA. 650 lightning... = These bike expounded coolness in MOTORCYCLES... = Great looks and great sounds... SEEMS to me alot were chopped and modified... Good to see you bring this bike back to ORIGINAL form... thanks for sharing
I had a Daytona 500 [69] and a 76 Bonny 750 T140v...Pretty bikes, but really, pretty trashy. Frames where weak, oil system was weak. I rode it for years till I bought a 70 Electra-Glide. 34 years ago, still ride the Glide all the time, but, Ive thought about another Triumph.
wow thats alot of work. I could never do that much. Have done a clutch adjustment and point set. but nothing so intense as this. You have to know your sh-- ! hAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS, PARTS AND SMARTS !
Outstanding refurbishment on the old classics. Brilliant ! No better word. Keep up the good work .
Thank a lot Viraf! Cheers, Loscar
This post is somewhat late. I remember this magnificent restoration from years back.I'm so glad I ran into it again. Last month I was hit by some woman and broke my elbow and dislocated my shoulder.My Vstrom came out fine. What a treat to see your videos.My next door neighbor's T150 needs your superior skills. Thank you for making me smile.
😊 A pleasure Frank and thank you very much. I wish you have a speedy recovery from your injuries and thank you for watching my videos. My best wishes. Loscar✌👍
My first motorcycle was a 1973 Bonnie 750. I was 17 and bought if from a guy who bought it at the dealer on impulse and then didn't want it. I think I remember it had around a thousand miles on it. What a great bike that was.
Another top quality restoration. Thanks for letting us watch.
+John Wharton Thanks John and I'm glad you like it!
Awesome. I may have to copy that paint job on my 78 T140. That's one of the coolest oil-in-frame Triumphs I've seen.
Thanks Dave. I'm glad you like it and thank you for watching my videos. Best wishes, Loscar.😊
My mate had one about 50 years ago and I think they are the best! thanks for sharing.
Thank a lot! Cheers, Loscar👍
Very special. And looks the part with the older style side panels. Hope all original bits retained, though no need to even think of putting them back on this beauty. What a recreation, Loscar
Hi Matthew, I'm glad you like it. Of course I keep its original panels but much more beautiful with the most classic style. Thanks for watching my videos. Best regards Loscar.👍
Beautiful rebuild, well done.
Brilliant! The old Bonneys were the best. Thanks to you ⭐️LOSCAR⭐️for bringing yet another back from the brink.
I think the same that you! Thanks a lot for your note. Best regards, loscar.👍
Stunning machine ,you should be so proud !
Agreed. 73 owner here. 5 speeds, right side shift, and the retro side covers and air horns. With the Pazon/Podtronics combo its the best of all worlds.
The profile of the tunes 7:50 are so great for this clean classic power style engine view!!
Hi Dana
Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
The guy who restored this motorcycle deserves a medal! The previous owners must have sick!
Beautiful rebuild I seen these in the cycle magazine when I was a kid dreaming
Thank a lot! Cheers, Loscar
Excellent! Another T140 Saved!
Thank you very much!!
Short of stealing the words of Gordon Stuart:- beautiful beautiful bike, it is a job well done and great attention to detail even down to the music on the post. Thank you thoroughly enjoyed your post from start to finish 👍❤✌
Thanks friend 😊 I'm glad that even music you like !! A pleasure and thanks for watching my videos. Best wishes. Loscar ✌️
Beautiful work. Thanks for rescuing these classics.
Thank a lot! Cheers, Loscar
Beautiful restoration.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Excellent professional job ! nice to see the old gal back looking to how she should ! :o)
My pleasure Nic. Thanks a lot for your note. Best regards, loscar.👍
They were / are a good looking bike. Great job!
Thanks a lot David. Cheers, loscar
‘hope’. Beautiful job and great music!
THE most beautiful classic motorcycle of all!
Great looking job. Heres to all the fine parking lot conversations wherever it goes.
Thank you! Best wishes, loscar
i CAN'T LEAVE MINE ALONE WHEN i GO SHOPPING. TOO MANY WANN- BEES, DROOLING AND SITTING ON HER. I HAD TO COVER HER UP AND LOCK IT. SURE MISS RIDING HER. SHE'S A GARAGE QUEEN NOW. TEMPTED TO PUT GAS AND BATTERY IN A RUN UP THE STREET A FEW TIME. COPS ARE QUICK HERE. VERY CHANCY WITH NO LEAGAL PLATES AND SUCH .
Nice!! I have a 1978 T 140,,, just restored it last year,,,changed to electronic ignition and upgraded all the wiring and used drycell battery and voltage regulator. I have the amal carburetors on mine.
Congratulations George. Thank you for watching my videos.
looks so beautiful, very nice , absolutely TOP
From a sad looking heap of junk to one gorgeous motorcycle, very impressive.
Hello geoff
I apologize for the unforgivable delay. Thanks for watching my videos.
Best regards, loscar
Outstanding Work!
+Craig Gebauer
Thanks for watching, and I'm glad you like it!
I'm doing the same job now. Mine was a running machine, but needed reconditioning. I was with the original owner, my best buddy, when he bought it from Jimmy Arnold's Triumph in Memphis in 1979. I have worked on this bike on and off for 42 years for 3 other friends who bought it from each other. Now it will stay with me, and I will ride with the original owner as he rides his 20 year old Honda Valkyrie this next summer. Oh, and yours looks great. Still riding it?
😊 Thank you very much Alex for that interesting story. I keep driving and restoring as long as my body allows it! ✌ Thank you very much for your note. Kind regards, Loscar
Great work!
A job well done.
Old fart here had 68 Bonnie to me that's looking motorcycles ever made still riding and still enjoying
Not to forget the crank sludge traps.
Félicitations !!! Superbe restauration, merci de nous avoir fait profiter de cette belle vidéo accompagné de bonne musique que du bonheur!
Merci beaucoup Bruno.
Je suis content que tu aimes la vidéo. Cordialement Loscar
beautiful job
What a piece of art!, fantastic! WOW!
Fantastic worki gratulations
A pleasure Vincent. I'm glad you like it and thank you very much for watching my videos. Best wishes Loscar👍
@@LoscarMotorcycles I Like Yours video's - great job
It's alright when you know what you're doing and got the tools. Dudes like me have to pay top dollar after they have been done up.
p.s! love the seventies style BBC hum and drum music.
Hi, friend. Yes, that's true, but you can also do a lot of things at your own level and doing the work yourself gives great satisfaction. Greetings Loscar✌️
UN VRAI BIJOUX DU REVE A LETAT PUR BRAVO
"He sentado la fealdad en mi rodilla, y casi inmediatamente se cansaron de él"
, Salvador Dalí
Hi William
Thanks for all your comments!!
Wow! Good bike 😎👌
Me alegra que te guste!😊Un saludo ✌
Outstanding work. Wish I had your knowledge and skills. PS: Jim Hall and Red Mitchell? (Just a guess).
bike looks perfect! can you advise me on what seat that is and where to get one?
Wow you make me dream Bravo!!!
Great job !
This is an interesting hybrid echoing essentially what Hinckley Triumph have been trying to do which is to capture the 'essence' of a Bonneville in their contemporary designs. For me some of it works really well some of it doesn’t especially the tail light area. The ‘gargoyle’ tail light, as it was known, wasn’t a highlight of BSA/Triumph's design history and making it erect IMHO hasn’t helped. Overall though it’s a valiant effort and one to be highly commended. Well done Loscar.
Beautiful.
Bellissimo lavoro. Ho una Trident del 73 che ho comprato da nuova.
Muy bien hecho Loscar! Estoy a punto de empezar un T140E del 79 con solo 4000 km, utilizare este video ejemplar de como hacerlo!! Jaime (Londres)
Gracias amigo. Precisamente estoy haciendo ahora, otra TR7RV de 1978 Un conocido me la ofreció en precio razonable y por descartar el proyecto de restauración. Ahora tendré tres, la Bonneville y dos Tiger.😉 No me importa, por que me gustan mucho. Su diseño clásico con su bonito motor (una escultura de Turner) y con sus cinco marchas muy bien escalonadas, la hacen una moto muy divertida. Hace tiempo que no subo ningún video al canal, pero siempre estoy haciendo cosas. He restaurado para amigos, pero prefiero hacer solo mis motos. Ahora he terminado, mi otra Honda Four K3 que quedo muy bonita, pero ya hice un video de mi K6 y no me gusta repetir. Ya veremos. Mi pasión son los hierros Británicos, pero también las alemanas, italianas, Japonesas, etc.😅
Si solo tiene 4000Km eso estará nuevo!! No sé si te valdría, abrir el motor. Con esos pocos km debería estar perfecto y con solo una buena limpieza, puede recuperar el aspecto de nuevo. También puedes quitar tapas y pulirlas. Pintar el resto, deposito, bastidor y cromar partes ya depende de tu criterio. En hora buena y si tienes alguna duda cuenta con migo. Saludos Loscar ✌
Hood you polished those dings off the RT side con rod...
It was the time when the bikes were beautiful...
Je suis totalement d'accord avec toi Mitchel.
Merci d'avoir regardé mes vidéos. Salutations
Kudos!
fabuloso motores sin duda y exelente mecanico.
Superb !
Shsuss!...genius at work.
He..he, thank you! Best wishes, loscar
A crime the way that bike was left to rot. So glad you saved her. I'm surprised they handle as well as they do considering how simple and basic the frame is. Obviously stiffness and light weight account for more than meets the eye. Plus tire size etc. As i had read about the detrimental effect of Moto Guzzi LeMans going to a 16" front wheel at one point during their production. Looks to be roller bearing mains and plain shell rod bearings. I could never get what to me was acceptable life from the bottom end of my Triumph 500 TT. I think the roller bearings must have been the culprit. Some folks give a rabid defense of British engineering. I wonder why British vehicles always gave me problems i never experienced elsewhere. Gas lines freezing up in the cold climate, weak trans. and 3rd member, poor bottom end life (Triumph motorcycle)
Bellísima complimenti 👍
Bonjour
Superbe rénovation, merci d'avoir fait cette vidéo, en plus superbe frein arrière à tambour conique, c'est je pense la plus belle jolie moto réussi en esthétique.
J'ai la 750 Harris mais je préfère la vôtre
Cordialement b
Mon plaisir Bernard. Merci beaucoup pour votre note. Cordialement, loscar.
Une autre époque
Nice bike..don't forget to lock it up..even to walk in & buy a newspaper!
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
✌🏿😜 VAS-Y MON LOSCAR
T'ES BON BON BON 💪😜
⚙️🔧⚙️🔧⚙️🔧⚙️🔧⚙️🔧⚙️
Well done!
Thank you very much!!
I was born in Sydney Australia( 1951) These English motorcycles gave me lots of fun, I had by 15 ridden a BSA bantom & a 56 Ariel red hunter, at sixteen & nine months, I purchased a five month old 67 Bonneville. went on to own many, the 750 Commando to me was amazing, you needed a good tool kit to keep them running like they should..... Could talk for hours on this but I guess nobody would be interested...
Makes mesalvatelove it very good restore
Doesn't it run?
Hi, friend! Yes you're right. I have to make a video recording with the Bonneville. I'm retired but sometimes I think "I need to retire to have more time"😂
Thank you for commenting and watching my videos. loscar✌
What is the Bike`s Value after Restoration Please.
That gave me a major chubby!!!! I think I'm gonna pass out!!!
Stop the stupid music. Just show the bikes, hear the folks talk and listen to the engine.
1968...last good year..... oil in the frame.... ridiculous.
Bought this bike new in 73 and sold it two years later when i got married to find deposit for our first house - big mistake , guess which one.
😂
Bonneville ... ♪8^)
awesome job....better than new.
Oil in frame too tall.oil bag design liked better had a 60 tr6.
NEVER LIKE THE OIL IN FRAME EITHER
Les motos d'aujourd'hui ça ne ressemble plus à rien !!!
Today's motorcycles no longer look like anything !!!
I put more miles on a T140 then all other motors together,just broke my right leg .Was hit on a harley and I'm diein to ride .that was a big job.Respect!
Absolutely gorgeous - I'll swap you the wife for it!
All 350 lbs? Probably a thank's but NO WAY PAL.
Wow, a real master at work, incredible skills.
Thanks a lot John
La moto está increíble!!!
Muy buena la última foto tuya, jajajaja
That's one beautiful bike. I've always wanted a Triumph 750.
Beautiful, I love this bike👍
Thank you! Best wishes, loscar
Well done, thankyou for saving 1973 T140, I had one years ago, it was a bit special, got rid of all balance pipes, reverse cone megs fitted & dynamicly balanced crank, rods, pistons.
Bowyer ignition mk2 Amals. It was the best bike that I ever had.
Then some Bar-Stuard, stole it.
Almost broke my heart. P/S, so glad you saved that crank. Some people think that a big hammer will fix (forse) anything*!?# 😵💫👹🙃
Very talented man, beautiful work....
These 650's were the best of the best in there time era.
Amazing work. Absolutely well done.
It reminds me on similar project I finished quite a lot of years ago on 6T 1961.
The bike that is still here at my home.
Once done completely and properly surely lasts long.Thanks.
had same year T140V XH22347 (amazing the trivia one never forgets) very fond memories, actually liked the original sidecovers/ airboxes more along with original mufflers, one change that really changes the handling is to pop 4" longer front forks in ….then you really can throw it around.. nice to see this completed though
What an outstanding video and restoration.
Rolling art
best mod on these is an oil filter kit, goes in same place as the mesh strainer in the oil in frame models.I had a tweaked 77'T140v, wish I;d never sold it.
I thought that, but the "experts" of all things triumph say not to put one on because its not on the feed side of the oil system, the sump sucks it through the filter and they reckon its not a good idea?
@@bonkeydollocks1879 Well it never hurt mine & just had to be better than a gauze strainer....experts eh?
@@junglie that's brilliant news, just got a new bike and the filter on it looks ancient, and it was still sucking the oil through it so all good. These triumph forums of full of people discussing who's got the biggest kahoonas I'm sure
Nice job Sir. I own a Tiger 800xc. Also a nice bike...
You can be proud of this work! Thumbs up!
From a few years ago but i love these bikes. Build turned out perfect !! '
69 650 Tiger was bought by one friend then sold to another. Great times ! Best motorcycle memory for me was screaming up a two lane street where i grew up on a Sunday Night, Daytona 500,1975 . my 'mom' (birth and wife) wouldn't let me buy one.
Thank You that brought back many memories I used to ride a 650 Bonny in 1973
I'm glad it brings you good memories!! Thank a lot! Cheers, Loscar👍
pity about the music, not that its bad like some of the stuff people put on, but I would much rather you talked about what you are doing, just a thought.
Wow = my brothers had triumphs when I was about 7 yrs old... 1 was a trophy 500 = 1 was a tiger ... and BSA. 650 lightning... = These bike expounded coolness in MOTORCYCLES... = Great looks and great sounds... SEEMS to me alot were chopped and modified... Good to see you bring this bike back to ORIGINAL form... thanks for sharing
My pleasure Tracy. Thanks a lot for your note. Best regards, loscar.
I had a Daytona 500 [69] and a 76 Bonny 750 T140v...Pretty bikes, but really, pretty trashy. Frames where weak, oil system was weak. I rode it for years till I bought a 70 Electra-Glide. 34 years ago, still ride the Glide all the time, but, Ive thought about another Triumph.
wow thats alot of work. I could never do that much. Have done a clutch adjustment and point set. but nothing so intense as this. You have to know your sh-- ! hAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS, PARTS AND SMARTS !
You have to ask who would treat a bike to leave it in the condition this one was in when you found it.
Super job looks beautiful. What music is playing - it sounds like Kenny Burrell?
Beautiful beautiful bike!
What music tracks were playing?
hope you changed the awful cams and put e3134s in they didn't need 5 gears either!
It is a good restoration and the bike looks very good. It was a good bike in its time.
I think that's actually a better bike than and then a brand new one
The most beautiful motorcycle ever built!
Tied with the Norton 850.
It should be in the Smithsonian Institute