Thanks for the opportunity! I'm hoping to buy an historic oil in frame Triumph Bonneville from late 70's to early 80's with gear selector on the 'modern' side! Thought I'd join the forum to see if there is any advice or warnings! Looking for the right bike at the moment.
Gidday mate, welcome to the forum. I have no useful advice for you in your search, but have a look at the attached link, there most probably will be some gold in there. https://www.thetriumphforum.com/forums/bonneville.44/#google_vignette
@wolfram Welcome to the family. Looking at the Bonneville's do check for service history and how any owners. To many cowboys out there that think they can work on them. Not true. Start the bike from cold. First few seconds you may get white smoke but if it turns blackish then you may need valve stem seals on complete valve regrind. If you find a decent bike talk to @Iron or @darkman and for a please and thankyou they will steer you in the right direction or offer advice. There are some more very helpful peeps here just got to find them. If you look in the classics section their names will be there. But the T140 is a nice machine with a smile a mile. And if you find a TSX let me know and i will try and beat you there. And the TSS but they need more inspection. Great bike but the head studs did leak a little oil easy job with compression washers on there. Now i am dribbling so i will get my jacket.
Hi, @wolfram, and welcome to the forum. Good luck with your search! As others have said, there are folks here who can be quite helpful with knowledge and advice.