1960 Triumph Tiger 110/Bonneville spec, 650cc. Registration ...

Hammer

£7,500

1960 Triumph Tiger 110/Bonneville spec, 650cc. Registration number 334 YUX (non transferrable). Frame number D8902. Engine number T120R D8902.
Hurriedly prepared for its debut at the 1958 Earls Court Show (it was too late for inclusion in the 1959 catalogue) Triumph's Bonneville arrived at a time when young motorcycle enthusiasts wanted style as well as substance and had the money to pay for it. Finished in striking two-tone Tangerine/Pearl Grey with matching mudguards and black cycle parts, the bike was a real looker, and the name 'Bonneville', chosen in honour of Johnny Allen's record-breaking achievements with his Triumph-powered streamliner at the eponymous Utah salt flats, was an inspired piece of marketing. Works tester Percy Tait had achieved 128mph at MIRA on a development bike, and even though this figure proved beyond the reach of the production version, the Bonnie was at least as fast as the opposition and much better looking, which was all that mattered.
YUX has no known early history but by 2013 The Lechlade Motor Company registered it with DVLA and restored it, see receipts on file, the mileage recorded with MOT was 19,775. For some reason it was registered as a 1960 Tiger 110 but according to the cataloguers research the frame and engine numbers should make it a 1961 Bonneville, prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves over this and maybe obtain a dating certificate from the owners club and inform DVLA.
Our vendor bought it in 2018, after it had been sold by Spinning Wheel Motorcycles to a friend of his. He moved it on after having the mag rebuilt to Kelvin Stewart and then bought it back as it was not being used. He has ridden it occasionally but has decided to part with it again.
Sold with the V5C, various MOT’s, a file of receipts for parts and work done.