Beschreibung:

The owners of Johnson Motors, the Western distributor of Triumph motorcycles were wise to the ways of Hollywood promotion. Part of the Triumph legend in America was created by clever placement of pictures of movie stars sitting on Triumphs. Because several stars owned Triumphs, Johnson Motors personnel had access to their customers when they were working at the studios, and rarely forgot to take a camera. Edward Turner Triumph’s Managing Director liked nothing better than coming to California and having his picture taken with movie stars. Triumphs even starred in movies such as The Wild One, starring a young and brooding Marlon Brando. By the time the designed-for-the-U.S. Bonneville arrived in 1959, the younger generation associated Triumph, not just with speed, but glamor. No matter how dowdy the rider might be, if he were astride a Triumph, he too was a star, if only among motorcyclists. This 1965 Bonneville is from the second generation, unit construction production. It is an unmolested original specimen with the proper Pacific Blue over Silver paint scheme on both tank and fenders. All the original pieces including the tank insignia and knee pads, gauges, Amal monobloc carburetors, tail light/license plate holder, etc. are present. Recent work includes carburetor rebuilds, new cables and fresh oil. The bike starts and runs perfectly. This time warp Triumph will allow an owner to reflect on the fast and famous before him/her who had a similar view of the world over the tank, gauges and headlight of one of motor cycling’s most charismatic models.