1979 Triumph Bonneville OIF T140V Cafe Racer (Nottingham)

1979 Triumph Bonneville OIF T140V Cafe Racer

Called The Blue Bonneville for obvious reasons everything is powder coated except the seat and headlamp bucket which are fiberglass and so spray painted. The engine was completely stripped down the cases split and everything was cleaned and inspected. Every single bearing was replaced as were all the seals. The head was completely rebuilt with new valve guides valves and springs. Small repairs were made to the cases where some of the threads had been stripped. Gear box was completely stripped down a new main shaft put in and several worn gears replaced. The engine was rebuilt by Bob Wolf of Arbutus MD. The barrels and pistons are .006 over and crank pistons and con rods were sent to House of Balance here in Baltimore for balancing. It has all new clutch plates and a new stator. The battery is a light weight lithium model from Shorei and it and all main electrics are under the seat with a metal plate welded into the frame to hold them. No fuses are used instead there are a set of circuit breakers. The seat is secured to the frame using the same method as on a Norton Commando which makes seat removal a simple one minute job should you need to access the electrics. There are two incredibly loud horns mounted under the seat so you won t have any trouble alerting the cage drivers to your presence A new electronic ignition from Boyer has replaced the points. The bike uses new digital instruments from Acewell as I wanted to try to do a blend of old and new. The old style Lockheed brakes have been replaced with modern Nissin four pot calipers and the lines are new as well of course. The front forks were completely stripped down and rebuilt with a mixture of new and used parts. The rims are powder coated to match the bike and both hubs were rebuilt with new bearings and the wheels were laced and tuned with stainless steel spokes by an experienced wheel builder here in Baltimore. The unusual rearset set up and foot pegs are off a Yamaha R6 and a slight mod had to be made in the kick start to allow for this. The tank is an old British spec steel tank increasingly rare here in the US and it has been sealed inside with Carswell tank sealer and powder coated on the outside.