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[Bonez]

Bollocks. The new triumph sportsbikes don't have more or less class than a suzuki or kawasaki. They just rely on the name. TRIUMPH, ooohhhhh classy.

True. Their marketing timing for the new Trumpy twins seems almost spot on. But then again the Japs bet them to it by a few years

[Bonez]

Triumphs are the coolest.

TRIUMPH. POSING SINCE 1886

-Indy

May I remind you the new Trumpy company is NOT the old outfit. But they have done a great job. First cloning the japs and building on it. Sound familliar? It should.

[Indiana_Jones]

May I remind you the new Trumpy company is NOT the old outfit. But they have done a great job. First cloning the japs and building on it. Sound familliar? It should.

Not really

Shhhhhh it's all about the name man

-Indy

[Bonez]

Not really

Shhhhhh it's all about the name man

-Indy

Keep trolling. It's quite amusing.

[merv]

As for posing, here I am posing on my Bro's Triumph. Napierites will recognise the location that I rode to on it.

Looking at the second pic can the Triumph buffs out there tell us how original that bike is and what has been changed? My Bro bought it about 14 years ago and was told it was US spec bike.

[Blackbird]

Shit oh dear that is just so damn cool! I love the little extras and the mirrors! Oh the mirrors!!!!!! CLASSIC!!! The ace bars turned up for 'touring' oh deary me that is just so great!! The white seat cover... (couldn't afford a leopard skin one eh?) and the head lamp peak...

Lot's of little extras added to what is now (and has always been) a very nice bike, those alloy T100's were so nifty and it even has the big Tiger scooped front brake! 1955's version of the 636.

Oh man would I LOVE to have that bike now just as it is, what a bloody ripper..... ACE Cafe - here we come!!!!

Alright, alright Those bloody mirrors used to fold back over 80 mph and trap me! The bars were the genuine US hi rise. The previous owner used to work for the Reliant car company (I prefer to think Scimitar, not Robin ) and he had access to all the chroming baths so it had a lot of bling. The motor was a pearler though. E3134 cams and a few other goodies. BTW, I still have 2 pristine manuals for the 350 and 500 unit construction Triumphs up to 1963 and all Triumph twins from 1945 to 1963!

Geoff

[MD]

Yes! We ended up with a Spitfire because Vicki was horrified when she sat in a Bug Eyed Sprite (that she fancied) to find that there were no door handles and not even a boot with a lid. Basic? Hell yes, the spitfire didn't have a heater but it had wind up windows and a 50/50 chance of keeping dry in the rain.

Apologies for taking this a bit off your bike topic. I think the Triumph cars of the 70s were some of the best machines for their dollar in that era and the co. deserved to prosper but for reasons beyond me it folded. I always smile when I see a well preserved Stag on the road. Those MGs were for poseurs. Real men rode or drove a Triumph. The Spities were a good looker but had a very average 4 pot engine. I first had the GT6, a 2.0 L straight six. Great looker, good power (for it's day) and quite practical
The TR6 ran rings around MGBs with it's 2.5l six with overdrive. Mine had hard and soft tops as well. A lot of car for your $
I read a bit of history on Triumph once and if you go back far enough the car and bikes were all one and the same company to start with.
Bloody shame both disappeared.

[Blackbird]

Paul, as per your request, here is a photo taken at the '69 TT. Sorry about the people draped over it spoiling its lines . The other photo is a teaser for you. It's mine, but what motor is it?

Will have a look through my box of old photos tomorrow and see what else I can find.

Geoff

[Motu]

That 5TA Trophy is maybe 1969 Merv - got the 7in twin leader,but the black barrels and lack of feeler guage access caps in the rocker boxes make it pre 71 at least.

Here's a photo taken outside KB member OWLMorris's place as we set off for a ride.We were running in my wife's Tiger 100 on which she had just fitted a new top end (all work done by herself) Got rid of the crappy alloy top end and fitted a '58 5T big port head,new pistons and tappet blocks.That's the black Triumph in the foreground - take a guess if you like,I'll fill in the details if you like later.

The red Norton next to it is my '61 99 SS,note the Commando front brake and gold Renthall speedway bars.The light blue 1954 Tiger 100 is my best mates bike,exactly as it was when he rode it as Road Captain in the '60's,and as it was when we rode with him in the '70's....this photo is about 1980 I think.The last Norton is OWL's 650 Mercury,1971 I think.

It was a good ride that day....

[sels1]

Paul - well done Sir - I tip my hat in your general direction.

(And I would like to come round and see it in the flesh!)

[Ixion]

eventually I seized it going down the gorge into Wellington because I ignored the warning signs when I should have just bored it and whacked in some pistons and rings

Just as a matter of interest, how did you manage to seize a Triumph? Over the years, I holed pistons, burnt valves, snapped innumerable primary chains, blew countless headgaskets, ran the big ends, sheared a distributor drive pin, burnt out alternators, exploded a clutch, bent a pushrod, seized a valve rocker, and various minor misfortunes: but I never managed to seize a piston, even on a motor that had bores so worn that it smoked more than a two stroke of the day.

[Paul in NZ]

Paul, as per your request, here is a photo taken at the '69 TT. Sorry about the people draped over it spoiling its lines . The other photo is a teaser for you. It's mine, but what motor is it?

Will have a look through my box of old photos tomorrow and see what else I can find.

Geoff

Unit 350 or 500 with the head reversed and a supercharger mounted up front. Obviously a sprinter of some description judging by the frame?

[Paul in NZ]

That 5TA Trophy is maybe 1969 Merv - got the 7in twin leader,but the black barrels and lack of feeler guage access caps in the rocker boxes make it pre 71 at least.

Here's a photo taken outside KB member OWLMorris's place as we set off for a ride.We were running in my wife's Tiger 100 on which she had just fitted a new top end (all work done by herself) Got rid of the crappy alloy top end and fitted a '58 5T big port head,new pistons and tappet blocks.That's the black Triumph in the foreground - take a guess if you like,I'll fill in the details if you like later.

The red Norton next to it is my '61 99 SS,note the Commando front brake and gold Renthall speedway bars.The light blue 1954 Tiger 100 is my best mates bike,exactly as it was when he rode it as Road Captain in the '60's,and as it was when we rode with him in the '70's....this photo is about 1980 I think.The last Norton is OWL's 650 Mercury,1971 I think.

It was a good ride that day....

Um - not 100% sure the 500's ever got the funny little feeler guage hole??

However, the grab rail is 1970 onwards and the tail light is the horrid 'group' one fitted to the 71 on OIF 650's so I'd say it's one of the last lot of Daytonas made 71 through 73, the top of the forks look like the T140 ones so I'd say a 73. One of the very last Daytona models...

Motu - that piccie is gold mate - pure gold. Not sure the Mercury went as late as 71, I think 69 was the last orders. Loved my Atlas to bits and indeed every featherbed I ever rode had that air or superiority about em...

[The_Dover]

how old is blackbird???

triumphs are cool cos they are british. a bit like marshall amps. the orginal.

but some of you guys are far too old for riding bikes. and far too old to be up this late.

you must have been right little bastards when you were younger.

[Paul in NZ]

Just as a matter of interest, how did you manage to seize a Triumph? Over the years, I holed pistons, burnt valves, snapped innumerable primary chains, blew countless headgaskets, ran the big ends, sheared a distributor drive pin, burnt out alternators, exploded a clutch, bent a pushrod, seized a valve rocker, and various minor misfortunes: but I never managed to seize a piston, even on a motor that had bores so worn that it smoked more than a two stroke of the day.

Nipped up the drive side piston and welded the rings into the lands causing loss of compression on that side. I put it down to a worn oil pump and sloppy pistons (it was getting leaky in the top end so some blow by)

Rode it home on 1 and a half pots, sod it... It was due a freshen up anyway!!