$7,999
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Category
Standard Motorcycles
Engine
650
Posted Over 1 Month
I'll tell you this bikes story as i know it..and as it is.....bike bought new in 1966 by my friends(Tim) previous neighbor,"Big Mike",who i met oncein 1988 to possibly purchase the bike,but he backed out..i dontknow big mikes real name,he was one of those guys who you always would see at everyevent involving anything with a motor and he always had something cool.,from a t-bucket hot rodto a Norton Manx that was sold to Phila legend Ed Labelle who had a Triumph dealership in Phillywhere "Big Mike" ordered this bike..people say he traded the manx that was in bad shape for this bike.He rode it very little and mostly just pushed it out of his garageon sunny days,polished and waxed it up,rode around the neighborhood,then wipe it down and put it away..he didnt want to use up the new,it was thefirst new motorcycle or car he ever bought new. i mostly remember him riding a KHK Harleyand always being at Orey Steele's Phila, Harley dealer.They would laugh,watching my 126lbs.ass kick my magneto,iron head 101 times until it would start..Then in 1973,i was 5 yr old. he bought a new car for his wife who insisted on using the garage. So his bike got pushed to the back of the garage,covered in sheets and blankets.Until his wife pulled in too far and slightly dented the front fender."Big Mike" then asked his neighbor who's garage was empty ,if he could put his bikein his garage so he could take then fenders off to get painted as his wife was too careless totrust with his bike apart everywhere,, so "Big Mike" put his bike in his neighbors garage,took off all the sheet metal ,got fenders painted and then wrapped everything in wax paperand he never got back too it,, there it sat all boxed up in his neighbors garage,,out of sight,outof mind.. Fast forward to the year 2000 and my friend bought a house in the philly suburbsright next to "Big Mike",his new house had a great,finished, 2 car garage that contained"Big Mikes" 1966 Triumph thunderbird 6ta,.. "Big Mike" explained the deal he had with my friends new homesprevious owner and asked if he could still use the garage to finish the bike.My friend saidof course and even built a work bench,,but nothing happened.."Big Mikes" wife passed away and"Big Mike" soon after and the bike sat until my friend was selling his house in 2006, that had heldthe bike since 1973..thats where i came in and got the bike,boxes of parts and all..intending that my friend Timand i would put it together..I parked it next to my 30 other projects and forgot it until now..when the grapevine told me Tim had diedunexpectedly at the age of 46,, i just turned 46,,i knew it was time to put the bike together..so i did.i rode it 30miles or so,,its everything i thought it would be,, im satisfied. bought a new battery,bolted up all the new and newly(1973) painted parts and put the bike together,,it obviously was a little more work then my description,almost every nut,bolt,bracket,washer,tab was there and intact. the wire harness is original,uncut,even the battery ends and fuse holder are orginal..the original alluminum wire ties are there.it came with new exhaust,shocks,etc..nacelle has damage where bolts go into forksI never got a title from Tim or mike,,there are services that can easily register it for you. The bike runs very well,no weird noises,easy to startnew exhaust,front springs,rear shocks.fluids
