The knights, resplendent in shining armor (they spend eight hours a week polishing) dismounted and walked to the door of the shabby warehouse. Knocking loudly on the door, they shouted they were there for The Avocado. The door was opened a crack, and a beady eye was seen. “Whaddya want,” a voice snarled. The first knight stuck a mailed foot in the opening. “We are here for the Avocado,” he repeated loudly.
Enough of Dungeons and Dragons. The actual story of how Dennis Etcheverry rescued a green 1970 Triumph TR6R from the clutches of a strange and sketchy individual is entertaining enough.
Dennis is a master welder who is a partner in Norman Racing, a service facility for high-end sports cars. After hours, he collects motorcycles, mostly British. Even if he is not actively interested in buying, Dennis likes to look at the motorcycles for sale advertised in Craigslist. Some five or six years ago, Dennis was idly scanning the Craigslist ads. He saw a green 1970 Triumph that looked promising, and called the number listed in the ad.
A TR6R is a single carburetor version of the Triumph twin. “When I was a kid,” says Dennis, “Everyone wanted a Bonneville, the dual-carb twin with splayed intake ports. But the single-carb machines are much easier to maintain. There’s no carburetor synching. People who bought them used them for transportation, not racing, so when you do find a single-carb Triumph, it is less likely to have a worn out engine.”
