The easy route?

This is the identical bike to my Bonnie. Should I drop 10K into my original owner bike or should I sell it (not a basket case, just getting a little tired) and buy this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Triumph-Bonnevi ... otorcycles

Either way, I love my bike.

Keep your existing bike AND buy the Special.

Just bought a new Commando 961 Sport. Wish I could in the perfect world.

So the restored Bonnie sold for 6700 clams and I was sorry I didn't bid, BUT, the buyer welched, it relisted and I won the auction at 6300. Wooooohoooooo. Picking it up this Sunday. My identical original clean T140D is now for sale. It needs fork seals and a thorough fuel system cleaning. I can start with with carb cleaner or ether and run it all day, but when she cools down I can't restart it. The frame has most of the paint and the tank and side covers show a little fading. Everything works....dials and electrics. I'm just a lazy sod, not a good mechanic and it was more cost effective to by the restored one and sell mine than to pay 10 grand for a complete resto job.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Triumph-Bonnevi ... SA:US:1120

If you can afford a 961 , you can aford to keep the Triumph for spares . Might save a fortune if your
putting real milage on it , gives you rotateing serviceability - like motor swaps between overhauls etc ,
If your going to run it fast & hard , Turner reconed on 25.000 miles trouble free - if properly serviced .

A few hooligans got them new . Properly maintained they made a meal of most things , in the 60s at least .

The new 140 D is a champ. My old one is nice and loose and I seem to be able to chuck it around a little easier but this one is real tight and shifts like hot butter. Tracks real well with no shimmies. Put about 200 fairly easy miles on it although I did crack it up to 80 for 10 seconds or so. She hums real nice at 70. This person that restored it was extremely meticulous, may he RIP. I got a real nice journal hand written with the restoration process for every single component. That was worth the $$ itself. Real fun little bike.