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Awakening a Classic: The Triumph Bonneville You NEVER Knew Existed!

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This is a bone stock, 850cc Triumph Bonneville. This is the first year (2001)Triumph re-made the late 60’s model. A true classic in the motorcycle world. This is one for the books Moto Tubers! Enjoy!!

In 1902 the first Triumph motorcycle was produced in Coventry, England
Triumph has a varied and interesting past... a brief sampling:

1938: Triumphs start being sold in the USA at a small shop in California (home of the outlaw biker movement)
1940: WWII bombing of the Triumph Coventry factory
1953: Marlon Brando rides a Triumph in The Wild One (famous biker movie)
1955: The Triumph streamliner The Devil's Arrow sets the absolute motorcycle speed record at Bonneville at 193.7 mph
And on and on!

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