My new Triumph - What the hell do I have here?

Well I just picked her up at an bankruptcy auction today. Looks like its a 1968 T120 - 650. I good shape - good compression - needs some wiring work so cant start her yet.

Any info would be helpful!

 

another

 

Engine

 

An English bike that needs wiring work, boy is that rare!

Seriously, cool score! Now that it's getting warmer here, it's making me wish I had a bike... if only that dude at work will sell his Norton!

Jay

 

the t120 has dual carbs- maybe someone changed the head to a single carb set up?

 

The sportster forks and wheel gotta go...

 

Looks like a TR6R. A 659, single carb for the road. As opposed to the TR6C.

 

What do the numbers just below the barrel say?

 

T120RDU5411 - for ID numbers

 

T120RDU5411
Uncodes as a 1963 Bonneville, 6 volt, twin Monobloc carbys, and a lot of other information for restoration, which you are FAR away from
UNLESS you missed a number, in which case it is a 1967 (check for a plug centred behind the cylinders, if not, it's early). Yet the frame looks 1963. In any case, the head is wrong, the primary cover is wrong (post '68), and should be a pair of Amal carbys, not a single Dell'orto (certainly NOT a square slide, ugh).
The interesting thing is whether it is still on 6 volt.
Cosmo