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Levis Classic
04-04-2004, 05:10 PM
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!

Levis Classic
04-04-2004, 05:10 PM
another

Levis Classic
04-04-2004, 05:11 PM
Engine

RileyRacing
04-04-2004, 05:11 PM
An English bike that needs wiring work, boy is that rare! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Jay

hightest
04-04-2004, 05:29 PM
the t120 has dual carbs- maybe someone changed the head to a single carb set up?

disastron13
04-04-2004, 07:40 PM
The sportster forks and wheel gotta go...

buzzard
04-04-2004, 07:47 PM
Looks like a TR6R. A 659, single carb for the road. As opposed to the TR6C.

Blue
04-04-2004, 09:11 PM
What do the numbers just below the barrel say?

Levis Classic
04-04-2004, 11:06 PM
T120RDU5411 - for ID numbers

cosmo
04-04-2004, 11:22 PM
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