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<blockquote data-quote="XxLeannexX" data-source="post: 3307699" data-attributes="member: 145744">Ok.....before you start tuning-up on me, know that I am very proud of my bike, though it is not the crotch-rocket some of you folks ride. Yes, I still need to kick-start the little beast, and yes, it has been known to kick-back and &quot;bite me&quot; once in a while. I can also reliably report that being a 1974 Triumph 750 Bonne, I daresay its probably older than some of the people posting. I wanted to post a couple of pics but I&#039;m afraid I don&#039;t seem to be able to get the hang of it (help?). This is the second such bike I had, having had exactly the same year and make before I had this one. A very old story.... Got it as a mess.....cleaned it up and straightened it out....promptly sold it b/c I thought I got it out of my system and then.....you guessed it....bought another one. Its not that I have not had other bikes. Had a &#039;73 Harley for a short time (can&#039;t say I know what all the excitements about. Was a real chintzy POS, Hope they&#039;ve done better since then!) I also had a BMW 1000RS which I loved....if only for the electric start. Just got tired of leaning on my wrists hour after hour. If I had my druthers I would get another BMW 1000 but make it an RT instead of an RS. Since we are talking about Chicagoland, I&#039;m afraid that cycling on a regular or daily basis just isn&#039;t in the cards. I had thought about adding a sidecar, but the damn thing would cost more than the price of the bike was!! Nice thing about my old Twin is that I can do all of the work on it myself. It gets a bit tricky since the year I have was a kind of &quot;transitional model&quot; meaning it was literally put together from disparate parts from a range of industry sources. Further &quot;original parts&quot; (can I actually use that term with this beast?) are becoming rare---and damn expensive. I priced a new tank---used but &quot;new&quot; to me---and was told a tank in good condition would run up to and over $500USD. At those sort of prices there are no &quot;motocycle boneyards&quot;. I may start nosing around NORMAN HYDE, or some such, as there is no thought of ever trying to restore this machine to original condition. Its basically stock but also has a fairing. I might even add a box or pair of bags.&nbsp; No real point. Just a couple of cents into the discussion. Best Wishes, Bruce</blockquote>

[QUOTE="XxLeannexX, post: 3307699, member: 145744"] Ok.....before you start tuning-up on me, know that I am very proud of my bike, though it is not the crotch-rocket some of you folks ride. Yes, I still need to kick-start the little beast, and yes, it has been known to kick-back and "bite me" once in a while. I can also reliably report that being a 1974 Triumph 750 Bonne, I daresay its probably older than some of the people posting. I wanted to post a couple of pics but I'm afraid I don't seem to be able to get the hang of it (help?). This is the second such bike I had, having had exactly the same year and make before I had this one. A very old story.... Got it as a mess.....cleaned it up and straightened it out....promptly sold it b/c I thought I got it out of my system and then.....you guessed it....bought another one. Its not that I have not had other bikes. Had a '73 Harley for a short time (can't say I know what all the excitements about. Was a real chintzy POS, Hope they've done better since then!) I also had a BMW 1000RS which I loved....if only for the electric start. Just got tired of leaning on my wrists hour after hour. If I had my druthers I would get another BMW 1000 but make it an RT instead of an RS. Since we are talking about Chicagoland, I'm afraid that cycling on a regular or daily basis just isn't in the cards. I had thought about adding a sidecar, but the damn thing would cost more than the price of the bike was!! Nice thing about my old Twin is that I can do all of the work on it myself. It gets a bit tricky since the year I have was a kind of "transitional model" meaning it was literally put together from disparate parts from a range of industry sources. Further "original parts" (can I actually use that term with this beast?) are becoming rare---and damn expensive. I priced a new tank---used but "new" to me---and was told a tank in good condition would run up to and over $500USD. At those sort of prices there are no "motocycle boneyards". I may start nosing around NORMAN HYDE, or some such, as there is no thought of ever trying to restore this machine to original condition. Its basically stock but also has a fairing. I might even add a box or pair of bags. No real point. Just a couple of cents into the discussion. Best Wishes, Bruce [/QUOTE]

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