Occasionally, customers and acquaintances tell us they want to sell a bike and ask us to pass the word along. And sometimes, we come across a machine that needs a good home. So if you're interested in buying, this would be a place to keep in mind.

This 1960 Triumph TR6 (650 cc pre-unit) is my own personal bike, built from scratch and registered to me. It will be for sale soon, but I still need to fix an oil leak and replace the clutch basket. I am planning on nickel plating the frame and painting the sheet metal (undecided on a color).

It is a currently-licensed, everyday-rider 1960 Triumph motorcycle. It has a 1960 engine and transmission in a 1962 Triumph frame with welded on 1957 Triumph T100 "Yetman" factory race tail section.

I did a complete rebuild on the engine—new sludge trap and all new bearings on a polished unit crank shaft. It has a set of 9.5-1 .040 over pistons inside on a unit top end with modified unit rocker boxes, (shaved to look like pre-units) with Kenny Harmon (jomo#15) cams with type "R" lifters.

The intake manifolds are very rare "Webco twin manifolds" with two new 376 monoblock carbs with Amal velocity stacks.

The electrical system is an all-new 12-volt no-battery Boyer electrical charge system with a "Boyer Mark 4" electronic ignition inside a custom-made Norton Atlas distributor. It also has a working tachometer drive cam cover with a custom-made tach drive nut on a "unit" exhaust cam.

The transmission is rebuilt with new main bearings and needle bearing conversions; it is a functioning "Slick Shift" transmission.

The wheels are early 1960s T100 wheels with a new English made pre-unit cast drum laced with stainless spokes to a 18" Dunlop rim and a Pirelli rear tire. The front wheel is a 7" T100 drum 19" wheel with a new Dunlop K70 tire.

The front forks are unit-style forks with new tubes and bushings with custom made internal springs.

The headlight is a Bates center mount headlight with a 5" Lucas competition headlight lens.

Tail light is a 1960's Bates aluminum housing with a Lucas lens mounted on a Wassell "front" fender.

The seat is a 1960s Italian made Bates-style seat on 5" springs.

The gas tank is from a 1966 T120, the oil tank is from a 1953 BSA B30.

The handle bars are English-made BSA low-style bars mounted to early Barnett risers on early chrome unit-style trees.

The bike has chromed pre-unit folding Bates foot pegs.

I ride this bike back and forth to work, it is always a one kick bike and I have had it out on a couple of 2-hour rides and it nicely cruises down the road at 65 mph.

I will have it finished around the end of July.

I am asking $9,500.

Let me know if you are interested.

– TONY DUNN, 714-974-1438