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After the Bonneville T120 had been named in recognition of Allen's records, other Triumph-engined motorcycles went faster still on the Salt Flats. In 1962 Bill Johnson set a two-way average of 230.269 mph (370.5 km/h) over a measured mile, riding a 667 cc 'streamliner' whose design was based on the American X-15 rocket plane .
The Triumph Bonneville T120 1200 is a British motorcycle designed and built in Hinckley, Leicestershire by Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. Models. Bonneville T120
The original Triumph Bonneville was a 650 cc parallel-twin motorcycle manufactured by Triumph Engineering and later by Norton Villiers Triumph between 1959 and 1974. It was based on the company's Triumph Tiger T110 and was fitted with the Tiger's optional twin 1 3/16 in Amal monobloc carburettors as standard, along with that model's high-performance inlet camshaft.
The Triumph Tiger 100 was named because it was capable of 100 mph (160 km/h). The best one way speed obtained with the Tiger 110 by The Motor Cycle magazine was 109 mph (175 km/h) – although the speedometer read 114 mph (183 km/h). [1] By 1959, the Tiger 110 was eclipsed by the dual carburettor Bonneville T120 as
To reflect this collaboration with the FIM, Triumph created a production derivative bike that takes the name of the previous Daytonas. The power unit, which was developed using that of the Triumph Street Triple RS as a basis, is a 765 cc inline three-cylinder four-stroke engine with a liquid cooling system that produces a maximum power of 130 ...
The designation comes from the T100 models produced by Triumph between 1959 and the mid-1970s [4] and it is sold as part of Triumph's "Modern classics" range. The engine features double electrically heated carburettors. Triumph added an air injection unit near the spark plug to achieve emission regulations introduced in 2007. [5]
The first bike to use the name was the Thruxton Bonneville, a limited-edition production-class racer hand-built in 1965 by the Triumph Engineering factory race shop at their Meriden Works based on the Bonneville T120. The Thruxton Bonneville was developed for homologation purposes and it was entered into British endurance races by local agents.
The Triumph Bonneville T140 is a standard motorcycle with a 750 cc (46 cu in) capacity engine that was designed and built by Triumph Engineering at Meriden near Coventry.. The T140 was a continuation of the second generation in the Bonneville series developed from the earlier 650 cc (40 cu in) T120 Bonneville and was produced by Triumph in a number of versions, including limited editions, from ...