69 120r

Great news on the work so far, don't skimp on bits now as its all in the detail now.

 

Steel (as per original fitment) mudguards also available from here :-

https://www.classicbikeshop.co.uk/frame-chassis-mudguards.html?p=5

Possibly here :-

http://www.auto-cycle.co.uk/

And almost certainly from here :-

Simon, Renovation Spares, email [email protected], 07375697350, 01527 402654

Renovation Spares used to produce mudguards for quite few retailers but the business sold a few years back and was taken over by Simon. He's a really nice guy and was very helpful when I needed (for an American friend) some VERY unusual profile guards for his vintage Nortons.

 

Steel mudguards for paint are the best bet as it will match your rear, Dunlop K70's are the correct tyre and are still made in the correct 400x18 rear and 325x19 front sizes and there is nothing wrong with their handling . Triumph should have moved over to UNF and UNC by then but Whitworth still being used lol.

 

Keep the pictures coming mate
Looking good

 

I can't recall (I used to won a '69 Bonnie, way back in the dim and distant) exactly how the front 'guard was configured but having trawled a few internet pictures - yes it IS the equivalent of porn - I'm of the uninformed opinion that the Bonneville steel mudguard is a 'blade' type and so is bracketed to sit between the fork legs without needing any indentation. A 'valanced' type - like the rear one is - would need fork leg indents. I'm fairly sure it should have a rolled end at the front edge and sides but Simon at Renovations Spares is likely to know.

Avon Speedmaster MkII (ribbed) front and GP rear are an option, though I have no idea of the price. 'Phone Avon tyres and they'll give you a local stockist. Avon are VERY helpful and knowledgeable. And don't worry about the old fashioned 'look' of these tyres, I think they use race compounds so grip shouldn't be an issue. And they're made in the West Country!!

p.s. is the MGA yours, too?

EDIT :- I don't think you can get the GP in the correct size for the rear.

 

Evening Tibster, black dampers just presses on to legs with the thick end at the bottom, mudguards are of the rolled edge type on 69 and have the recess for fork gaiters as in pic.

 

I should warn you that Simon was pretty hard to pin down when I last used his services but that was largely due to him having to do a full time job AND re-invigorate RS, and that was a few years ago. Hopefully things will have settled down for him! I do hope he can sort you out.

I love the MGA - such graceful lines, a poor man's XK120, I suppose! Is it a 1500 or 1600? Guess we shouldn't pursue that topic on a bike forum. I'm a V8 person so have a Stag (Triumph engine) and a Jag (XK8) that are both in need of serious attention and finance but will have to wait until the house renovation is finished.

Choosing a '69 T120 for its - and your - return to motorcycling is a bold statement of intent! I like your style, Sir. There are few finer machines when on song (a '72 Combat Commando is one of the few of that era) and none quite so iconic or beguilingly handsome. For me they have that aura of the pedigree race horse - all elegance and beauty on the outside, with an understated capacity to demonstrate power and pace on demand. Your Bonnie is, quite clearly, going to be an absolutely beautiful machine when it's all done.

 

No washer as the nut has a plinth around it, just be carefull

 

Not sure about how your bike came to have spring washers as only flat washers used from factory with Cleveloc nuts

 

Darkman will give you the definitive answer, I know, but this may give you some idea of the complexity of the issue :-

https://triumphbonneville120.co.uk/paint-specifications.php

I'm hoping this is all going to make my life much easier - way down the time line - as I've got one stashed away somewhere to be restored. It's a 1970/71 model, though, but not all that different in the greater scheme of things!

Edit :- You could try John CRICHLOW, the paint guru for Triumphs :-

http://www.msmotorcyclesuk.com/

 

On shocks, all eng apart from the case halves and plate mount f/r, rear f/rest plates, fork clamp nuts in fact nearly every bolt will have a Cleveloc nut. Not top yoke nut n bolt as the nut is a convex nut. Gold, bronze, white, blue and black cover the unit line colours, white for 69 Have taken this op to post a pic of my bikes to try n keep you on the right path