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[alpinaclone]

Kind of a sad day at the alpinaclone homestead. I just handed over the paperwork for my former 1968 Triumph TR6C. The bike had been part of the family for a good while, but I have not been riding it as much as I should and it had just been sitting dusty in the garage. My only mistress now is the boxy little calypso coupe, and she is hungry. So, as sad as I am to see the old Trump go, some funds have been liberated for the e30. E-mails and PMs are already flying about on ways to spend my money before the wife gets a hold of it. Here are some pics of the old bomb.

[JasonC]

I love the older bikes

[Erik]

That thing is awesome. The color of the bike matched the E30!

[DarkWing6]

beautiful bike

[bimmer_E30]

OMG . what a cute kid.

[TwoJ's]

I agree, that's a cute kid.

Out of curiosity, what does a bike like this go for? And what's the displacement?

[z50_Jumper]

Thats a cool bike.

[bergie_318is]

yes yes indeed, spend the money before the wife gets it, you know she'll use it on "shopping" or "furniture" lol

[aproy]

i have 2 old triumphs, and i dont know what it would be like to sell them. im interested to know what you got for that one as well. and its too bad ive been looking for a bike to keep in az as i have been spending a lot of time out there.

[cbouchez]

nice bike man.

[alpinaclone]

I agree, that's a cute kid.

Out of curiosity, what does a bike like this go for? And what's the displacement?

Thanks for the kind words. The bike is a 650cc bored over to 680cc. Being the TR6C it was a single carb bike where as the Bonneville was esentially the same except for having twin carbs. It was Triumph's competition off road model, hence the "C". Bikes have become a lot more specialized in the last 40 years :D. I let it go for $3000 which is fairly resonable, it needed a few things but it was a complete running bike. Pre '71 models are the most desirable , they can go from around $1000 for a basket case to $7-8000 and up for correct restos and mint originals. BTW that is my youngest son in the picture, he just turned 10 months old.

[alpinaclone]

i have 2 old triumphs, and i dont know what it would be like to sell them. im interested to know what you got for that one as well. and its too bad ive been looking for a bike to keep in az as i have been spending a lot of time out there.

It was tough to see it go. It has been a part of the family for a long time. It was my Dad's bike, he and I built it the first time (it has seen many iterations) when I was 13. He "gave" it to me as a gift for joining the Air Force. As I said earlier it was sitting far too much and was not getting the attention it deserved. The new owner is a friend of mine and I trust he will give it the care it requires. P.S. what 2 old triumphs do you have?