Description
This motorcycle is Lot 74 of Bonhams Motorcycles Online – The Summer Sale; open for bidding 5-15th June 2026. This Lot is available for public view and eventual collection from Bonhams Motorcycle Department, Milton Keynes.
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Auction Timings:
Bidding on all Lots commences Friday 5 June, 12:00 noon.
Bidding closes Monday 15 June, 12:00 noon, starting with Lot 1
Each subsequent Lot will then close one minute apart unless bidding remains active.
Public Viewing (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY):
All Lots:
Wednesday 10 June, 9am - 5pm
Thursday 11 June, 9am - 5pm
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Lot 74
1968 Triumph 490cc T100R Daytona
Registration no. BGC 295G
Frame no. XC07033 T100R
Engine no. T100R XC07033
Competition success in the USA prompted Triumph to adopt the 'Daytona Tiger' name for their top-of-the range sports '500' in 1966, Buddy Elmore having won that year's prestigious Daytona 200 race on a works twin, a feat Gary Nixon repeated the following year on his way to the first of back-to-back AMA titles. With the relaunch of the BSA-Triumph range in November 1970, by which time it had gained the 650's excellent twin-leading-shoe front brake, the 'Tiger' part of the name was dropped and the Daytona's model designation changed to 'T100R'. However, within two years the entire BSA/ Triumph Group was in severe financial difficulty and the proposed closure of Triumph's Meriden factory led to a workers' occupation of the plant in September 1973. When the plant eventually reopened, the two 500cc models in production immediately prior to the shutdown – the T100R Daytona and the TR5T Trophy Trail – were not revived.
This 1968 North American export model was repatriated to the UK in 1995 by a previous keeper and first registered in this country on 5th June 1995. Subsequently restored (restoration photographs on file), it was purchased by the previous owner, Charles Fryer of Morecambe, from the previous keeper's family circa 2020. The vendor acquired the Daytona in May 2023.
The machine was restored with alloy wheel rims; stainless steel exhaust pipes and silencers; an electronic ignition system; and Hagon rear dampers. It is offered complete with a history file containing the owner's handbook; replacement parts catalogue; Haynes manual; V5C Registration Certificate; and the aforementioned restoration photographs. A new wiring loom was fitted in July 2023 and the motorcycle was serviced in February 2026 (there is a video on file of it running).
£4, 200 - 4, 800
All lots are sold ‘as is/ where is’ and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Visit the Bonhams Motorcycles website for all pertinent auction information.
