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Sandcast?
Spitfire:
Yes you can get carried away on e Bay, when I was looking for F1/F2 parts I constantly had to check with Dave Silvers to compare prices and loads of time it was cheaper to go with Silvers.
Cheers
Dennis
Sgt.Pinback:
Have no experience with DS but a lot of dealers sell replica parts.
royhall:
Couldn't agree more Uli, but in this particular case https://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/CB450K0-SUPER-SPORT-1965---1968/part_130397/ Exactly the same thing described as "rare rare rare" was £225 plus postage.
Tomb:
Its not just the classic stuff, I needed a right handlebar starter/kill switch for a little Chinese bike, second hand looking sorry for its self on ebay from a breaker - £20. From the dealer brand new OEM - £6.99. The same breaker had a ropey looking carb for £30, brand new £26.99.
MCTID:
It's just the same garbage with Triumphs.......99% of the Triumph Unit Construction bikes from 1963 to 1970 used the same parts......basically the TR6/ TR6C had a single carb and raised handlebars (yokes) and the T120 Bonneville had two carbs and lower handlebars (yokes) with some other minor differences like fuel tanks, headlights, exhausts, forks and mudguards (painted or stainless/ alloy)......which were all 'universal' fitting to be honest.
Like the 'Sandcast Hondas', the 'Cash Cow' of the Triumph line up is the T120TT model which was produced in small numbers as a 'Factory Dirt bike racer' out of the crate.....which like 'Sandcast CB750's' is advertised as 'The Holy Grail' at anything up to £20K + yet 99% of the parts on the T120TT were the same as those fitted to the TR6/ TR6C/ Bonneville.
Of course a 'genuine' ex factory T120TT model is more valuable now than the other models because of their scarcity, but you could buy a 'basket case' and collect all the specific parts to make a 'replica' for a quarter of the price which makes the prices Dealers are asking for something supposedly or allegedly with a T120TT 'connection' laughable.....as the only thing which was really 'exclusive' to the T120TT was the Frame and Engine numbers..........anything other than those are just 'Triumph' - no more and no less.
I chuckle every time I see old Triumph parts advertised as 'T120TT' because most of them are nothing of the sort, but the asking price is hyper inflated trying to 'con' the unwary out of their 'hard earned'.....and it's not just the unscrupulous Dealers who are guilty, unfortunately, it's a disease that seems to be spreading throughout the industry.
One Golden Rule that 'newbies' to the Classic Motorcycling world need to learn very quickly is that nothing is as it seems, and 'CAVEAT EMPTOR' (Let the Buyer beware) should be their Screensaver !
Further reading:https://triumphbonneville120.co.uk/tt-the-true-story.php
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