1972 Triumph Bonneville 650 - Still Winning Races - Vintage Motorcycle Ad

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1972 Triumph Bonneville 650 - Still Winning Races - Vintage Motorcycle Ad
Original, Vintage Magazine advertisement.
Page Size: Approx. 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm)
Condition: Good
A quarter of a million bikes ago,
the basic Bonneville engine started winning races.
It still is.
When our first famous vertical twin began winning, Gene Romero hadn't even been born.
Yet last year Gene wore the AMA’s Number 1 plate because that same basic engine—Triumph's
dual-carb, 4-stroke OHV Bonneville—helped him thunder to his Grand National Championship.
To hang so tough for so long, an engine just has to be better-designed and better-built.
It even looks the way a great engine should.
And it's pulling a great bike. Bonneville offers a choice of four- or five-speed gear box,
for greater flexibility. It has a special Through-The-Frame Oil System that obsoletes the oil tank.
And a beefed-up pump that flows oil faster to cool cooler.
It has aluminum alloy forks—stronger yet lightweight, and they damp 63/4" both ways.
Conical alloy hubs brake surer and cooler while they cut unsprung weight.
And the double-loop frame is hand-welded for double strength.
There's plenty more. But maybe you want a big bike with the simplicity of a single carb.
Then straddle a Triumph Tiger 650. It has the super specs of the Bonneville,
but its one Amal 30mm concentric makes touring easier on the coins.
Find out what 650cc's are all about: Triumph Bonneville or Tiger.
With the engine that won a reputation as a classic. It's still winning it.
Triumph's Tiger 650 has many of the same specs as the Bonneville.
However, Tiger's max. torque is 36.5 ft. lbs. @ 6250 rpm;
it has one Amal 30mm concentric carburetor;
and it weighs 386 pounds.
ENGINE TYPE OHV-4 stroke
CYLINDERS. 2
MAX. TORQUE 38.5 ft. lbs. @ 6000 rpm
BORE/STROKE 71 x 82mm
COMP. RATIO 9:1
TRANSMISSION 4-Speed gearbox
5-Speed gearbox
CARBURETOR 2-Amal 30mm cone.
FRONT TIRE Dunlop 3.25 x 19" K70
REAR TIRE Dunlop 4.00 x 18" K70
FRONT BRAKE 8" DLS
REAR BRAKE 7" SLS
WHEEL BASE 56"
GND. CLEAR. 7"
DRY WEIGHT 387 lbs.
FUEL TANK 2’/2 & 3’/2 gals.
OIL 6 pts.
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