'New' bike adventure!

[gumpt1oo]

Well for quite some time now I have been looking for a Meridan Bonnie, and at the weekend I bid on and won one on ebay!
It is a 1979 T140E US spec Triumph Bonneville. :ya2:
So on wednesday I am catching the train from Kendal to London, then another from London to Surrey.
The plan is to ride it home!
Rather than ride it back on motorways for 300 miles I am doing a bit of a detour to keep to A roads and take my time.
So I am riding from Surrey to Lincoln, call in on my Mam and Dad and stay overnight there. Then ride from Lincoln back to Kendal on thursday, again on A roads.
It will be a total of 180 miles on the first day followed by 160 miles on the second. This may not sound a lot, but the bike is 30yrs old!
My wife thinks I am having a mid-life crisis!
I am looking forward too it, and if anything goes wrong I have my AA card with me! (thats Automobile Association, not Alchohlics Annonymous! LOL)
I will post some pics when I get back.

 

[devo]

cool and congrats gump.
well done
:y18:

 

[Rocky]

Very cool :y115: Good luck and a safe ride.

 

[CarlS]

Congratulations! A very nice acquisition!! That is cool. :y115: :y115:

I am looking forward to the pics. Enjoy the trip - and take some basic tools, spare fuses, and a spare headlight and tail light bulb.

 

[The Seeker]

Do you have a link to it's ad on eBay??

That is SO cool!! You'll do just fine. Congratulations!!

 

[DaveM]

Congratulations I hope you will be taking pics of the ride home :y18:

 

[avion]

Congratz on the 'new' bike gump.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that you have good weather for your trip.

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[grandpaul]

Read your update, so sorry.