Triumph Diana pic anyone?

**Big Dave** · 26th March 2009, 12:39

Anybody have a pic of one?

**Maha** · 26th March 2009, 12:44

Is that a scooter?
Google images??

**Big Dave** · 26th March 2009, 12:56

It was a 900 Meriden sports bike - been 10 pages deep 't google.

**Maha** · 26th March 2009, 13:00

I have found an 81' Bonny produced for the Diana/Charles wedding....obviuously not it, but I will put the link up, have a look through it, some amazing Triumph pics.

Try this......http://images.google.co.nz/imgres?im...N%26start%3D40

Think theres one in here if you scroll down....http://images.google.co.nz/imgres?im...%3Den%26sa%3DG

**Max Headroom** · 26th March 2009, 19:43

BD, here's a link showing a piccie of the engine, if that's any help:

http://www.fedrotriple.it/agg_2008_0...umph-diana.jpg

**Bonez** · 26th March 2009, 20:29

Pheonix was the project name? Did a whole bike ever get put together?

**Big Dave** · 26th March 2009, 21:40

Originally Posted by Bonez

Pheonix was the project name? Did a whole bike ever get put together?

It's mentioned in several of my reference books. Nil images.

**Big Dave** · 26th March 2009, 21:41

I've pinged the esteemed Ryhs James - if anyone has one...Haven't heard back yet.

**Big Dave** · 26th March 2009, 21:45

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

BD, here's a link showing a piccie of the engine, if that's any help:

http://www.fedrotriple.it/agg_2008_0...umph-diana.jpg

Thanks - p'haps it was just an engine after all

According to chadwick:
1983

TSS-engined T58-1 with rubber-mounted, eight-valve engine aimed at police use is designed. The TR6 is reduced to 600cc. A prototype water-cooled, 900cc bike called the Phoenix (the engine was also known as the 'Diana') is designed in early 1983 (a water-cooled, twin OHC vertical twin). Also, the Thunderbird was reduced to 600cc, and offered with twin carbs as the Daytona 600. Last year for the TSX. But Meriden's money was running out and car sales were rising while bike sales were dropping.

**Robbo** · 26th March 2009, 22:21

Originally Posted by Maha

I have found an 81' Bonny produced for the Diana/Charles wedding....obviuously not it, but I will put the link up, have a look through it, some amazing Triumph pics.

Try this......http://images.google.co.nz/imgres?im...N%26start%3D40

Think theres one in here if you scroll down....http://images.google.co.nz/imgres?im...%3Den%26sa%3DG

Hey Maha. Great links, thanks for that.

Cheers

**Maha** · 26th March 2009, 22:23

Originally Posted by Robbo

Hey Maha. Great links, thanks for that.

Cheers

Yeah that first link is awesome eh?
Dont think it helped BD any but its worth a scroll through.

**Paul in NZ** · 27th March 2009, 06:30

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Thanks - p'haps it was just an engine after all

According to chadwick:
1983

TSS-engined T58-1 with rubber-mounted, eight-valve engine aimed at police use is designed. The TR6 is reduced to 600cc. A prototype water-cooled, 900cc bike called the Phoenix (the engine was also known as the 'Diana') is designed in early 1983 (a water-cooled, twin OHC vertical twin). Also, the Thunderbird was reduced to 600cc, and offered with twin carbs as the Daytona 600. Last year for the TSX. But Meriden's money was running out and car sales were rising while bike sales were dropping.

I'll hve a look around the place but I'm sure I've got more info here some place...

For what it's worth - the Thunderbird was reduced to 650cc not 600cc and was sold as a T65 I think. Apparenty it was a very nice bike and was highly sought after by riders. The odd example made it here but I've never ridden one.

Re the other. I think in the 60's there was a Norton project designed by charles udal that had extensive testing. I was a horrible heavy rattley OHC thing fitted into a cut down featherbed chassis. It sort of hung about like a bad smell for yonks and was even considered as a bonnie replacement but thankfully it was abandoned and work started of other options. There were several contenders. A modual V series where cylinders were added from a basic single learners up to a massive V5 (I think Hopwood did that one) and Norton played with the stepped piston 2 stroke (the Wulf) but went to the rotary (they had spend a fortune on licenses already).

Triumph did display a Pheonix at the NEC (from memory) and somehow it was connected to the earlier Udal bike (cleaned up or redeveloped) as I remember something in Bike about it but it was so obviously a prototype and fuggly no one seriously considered it.