Triumph Bonneville T140V: new exhaust pipes 

Blue with the White flash and gold pinstripe....best colour scheme...for me anyway!

I've been the proud owner of a lovely, clean 140v for precisely one day. I'm here to learn so looking forward to any and all maintenance videos as I descend into the rabbit hole.

its a feeling ,any old school triumph rider knows that feeling.

My 78 T140V (UK model) is also in hibernation now. Up until recently, it used to come out during the winter if we got a dry day with no salt (few and far between in the UK), but last year I bought a cheap 1980 Suzuki GS550L, so now I use that when the weather is not good enough for the Triumph. If you want to upgrade the brakes, the first thing I would recommend is replacing the front master cylinder barrel with a 13mm bore, stainless steel version. It screws straight in as a direct replacement, with all the same fittings, and gives you effectively 50% more leverage than the standard setup, without any changes to the disc or caliper. I've always found the rear to be perfectly good enough to lock the wheel, so have left that as standard. I changed the silencers on mine, too, nearly 30 years ago, to the widely available Norton style pea-shooters. They give a very pleasing bark when you give it some welly, but can be very civilised around town at small throttle openings and are happy at the standard carb settings. My colour scheme (the original) is aquamarine and silver. It wouldn't have been my first choice, but I'm used to it by now and the bike would look strange any other way now. I've done lots of small improvements over the years to make it run better (most of them unseen), but have always kept the stock appearance, because I like it.

Original Le Mans style walk to the bike for the last ride of the season nice start. The bike sounds great with the new exhaust as you say very manly 👍 nice to see the ruins along the ride. Definitely go with some "over winter work shop wonders" maintenance video.

I own the same model, resurrected it about fifteen years ago from a warehouse it had been sitting in many years prior, and have been tinkering on it ever since. I have to agree, It's a delightful thing to ride, and probably one of the most comfortable of all the bikes I've owned in sixty five years of riding. I've kept it bone stock, with the exception of electronic ignition, better clutch plates, that don't stick together, and improved lighting. Thinking though about a vented front disc.

Good luck with it Geoffrey, you clearly love it! I just bought one too, a red one, 1978, been in storage for years but in fine fettle, haven't had to do that much to it. Turned out mine had Lucas RITA ignition as standard. I am now watching as many vids as I can on here haha, useful hints and tips. Keep the triumph vids coming and thanks for posting. Need to fit new tyres on mine, the ones on there are very old and I wouldn't trust them.

sweet bike crystal clear mirrors but be a good one

I've got a 73 t140. Love it. Mines not really standard though....😁

Sounds lovely. The only true Bonneville sound is a 360 crank sound. ( Said by this old codger)

Roll on next spring when we can go for a ride out again but in the meantime look forward to seeing this old girl up close maybe do a walk around before you start wrenching on it. The exhaust sounds great and i actually quite like the blue tank but of course red would look equally as good. I really enjoy riding my yamaha N-max 40-50mph is fast enough on the roads near me and it's just fun

6:55 Yes it was definitely Cherokee Red, probably to appeal to the American market. Like those new pipes BTW - they sound the business!

Still a classy motorcycle

It would've been good to see the exhaust and see what muffler was on , how it fit up .

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Hi, Geoff. Great footage and commentary and the sound of the bike is AMAZING! Is this shot in Belgium? Whereabouts? McEvoy is obviously a Scottish name so was your parentage British or American? Your English is excellent but with a European/American accent and terminology i.e. "Fall" which is American rather than "Autumn" which is the British term for the season. Calling someone's house a "hovel" is not very nice or polite but very funny...🤣Having a crossover video with "Songs From the Saddle" is a really good idea. I follow his videos and his diatribe on the psychology of having a kickstart is very well put over and entertaining. "OldBiker" videos are also worth following for his work on his T140. Based in Stevenage north of London. I'm in Bedford and am rejuvenating a 1980 T140v that had stood in a field for a couple of decades. I'm hoping for it to be on the road in early Spring....fingers crossed.

Is the v a 78.75 I have the same prob with neutral.....would love to hear from you I nz

Where did you source the 'silencers' from Geoff please?

My T140E looks beautiful .. handles the bends like a dream .. but those push fit exhausts … unbelievably crap cheap engineering .. BMW and Honda must have laughed their socks off .. sick of having to get the spanners out .. I am selling!