A Rally, and a Bonneville

1959 T-120 Bonneville
Photo Credit; Alton-Uncovered Iron

At the beginning of the summer, I visited a national Triumph motorcycle rally located in Oley Pennsylvania. This was my first experience at an overnight rally. I had the pleasure of seeing all types of classic bikes, not just Triumph's. One motorcycle caught my eye, which had a gulf blue and orange style paint scheme. The bike was a 1959 Triumph T-120. According to www.classic-british-motorcycles.com, the paint on this 59' is actually called pearl grey, and tangerine. The front fender in the picture has Triumph's statement, "worlds fasted motorcycle". There is a also a speed of 214.4 mph listed. This probably refers to the controversial world absolute speed record set in 1956 by Johnny Allen in the famed "Texas Ceegar". A Triumph Thunderbird engine was used to set this record. Just a quick post on a motorcycle model that changed the world. This is by far my favorite Bonneville, comment your thoughts on the classic!

-Uncovered Iron; Alton

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Here is the Triumph national rally flyer for 2014

Triumph Rally Flyer

Photo Credit; http://triumphnationalrally.com/

Information Credited;

http://www.classic-british-motorcycles.com/1959-triumph-bonneville.html

http://motorcrave.com/fastest-motorcycles-the-10-fastest-motorcycles-in-history/

http://triumphnationalrally.com/

http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=113