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Triumph offered American buyers seven models in 1967 – and Dave Smith has one of each. Is he American? No. Does he live in the States? No. Is he obsessive? Well, now you mention it...

T he championship line for ’67’ is what Triumph dubbed its catalogue of models offered in the States 50 years ago. In the latter half of the ’60s, the company was on a roll, enjoying high-profile success in American motorcycle sport, so it was no idle boast.

Dave Smith has been far from idle for the last 20 years, too. Apart from a couple of other distractions, in the form of a 1970 Bonnie and a Rickman Metisse with a 500cc Triumph motor, completing the set of 1967 American-market models has held his focus for the best part of two decades. And here they are – all seven of them.

We’re talking two versions of the twin-carb Bonnie: the 650cc T120R Bonneville Road Sports and the T120 TT Bonneville TT Special – a stripped to the bones,