A few of my Triumph bikes
Discussion
Wacky Racer said:
soad said:
Daytona looks great, so cheap now.
It was totally mint, 8,000miles, full service history, think it was £2600 around 2006.Should have kept it.
M138 said:
Is that M-reg a T120 Bonnie Wacky Racer?
No, a Tiger 750 (Single carb)£1600 from Allan Jeffries in Shipley, Yorkshire about 1988.
The next bike after that was this brand new GPZ900R in 1990.
I did have a 2005 Bonneville in black and white, which (off memory) was £6000,
The TR6 Trophy in the first photograph I sold for £365 in 1972, the day that was taken.
Nice little collection... I've particularly grown to like the Thunderbird Sport, having bought a Legend a few years back - took a while to gel, but I'm appreciating it more as the miles go by.
We've currently the Legend, an early Scrambler and a T140ES... thoroughly enjoy all of 'em, despite for years saying I'd never own a Triumph!
A T100SS that I built for my better half... collected it from about eight locations around town, and rebuilt the whole thing in my living room after realising just how shagged the bits were...
A couple of early Hinckley Bonnies... the black one was box stock, t'other had a few "go faster" bits and was all the better for it.
And an old pre unit chop that I sorted for a friend...
I tend to think that I've not had much to do with Triumphs, but I guess the above gives the lie to that.
We've currently the Legend, an early Scrambler and a T140ES... thoroughly enjoy all of 'em, despite for years saying I'd never own a Triumph!
A T100SS that I built for my better half... collected it from about eight locations around town, and rebuilt the whole thing in my living room after realising just how shagged the bits were...
A couple of early Hinckley Bonnies... the black one was box stock, t'other had a few "go faster" bits and was all the better for it.
And an old pre unit chop that I sorted for a friend...
I tend to think that I've not had much to do with Triumphs, but I guess the above gives the lie to that.
spoodler said:
Nice little collection... I've particularly grown to like the Thunderbird Sport, having bought a Legend a few years back - took a while to gel, but I'm appreciating it more as the miles go by.
We've currently the Legend, an early Scrambler and a T140ES... thoroughly enjoy all of 'em, despite for years saying I'd never own a Triumph!
A T100SS that I built for my better half... collected it from about eight locations around town, and rebuilt the whole thing in my living room after realising just how shagged the bits were...
A couple of early Hinckley Bonnies... the black one was box stock, t'other had a few "go faster" bits and was all the better for it.
And an old pre unit chop that I sorted for a friend...
I tend to think that I've not had much to do with Triumphs, but I guess the above gives the lie to that.
Nic Triumphs there.We've currently the Legend, an early Scrambler and a T140ES... thoroughly enjoy all of 'em, despite for years saying I'd never own a Triumph!
A T100SS that I built for my better half... collected it from about eight locations around town, and rebuilt the whole thing in my living room after realising just how shagged the bits were...
A couple of early Hinckley Bonnies... the black one was box stock, t'other had a few "go faster" bits and was all the better for it.
And an old pre unit chop that I sorted for a friend...
I tend to think that I've not had much to do with Triumphs, but I guess the above gives the lie to that.
Wacky Racer said:
No, a Tiger 750 (Single carb)
£1600 from Allan Jeffries in Shipley, Yorkshire about 1988.
The next bike after that was this brand new GPZ900R in 1990.
I did have a 2005 Bonneville in black and white, which (off memory) was £6000,
The TR6 Trophy in the first photograph I sold for £365 in 1972, the day that was taken.
Single carb, easier to keep in tune than 2 and 3 carbs. I think a lot of Commandos went over to single carb.£1600 from Allan Jeffries in Shipley, Yorkshire about 1988.
The next bike after that was this brand new GPZ900R in 1990.
I did have a 2005 Bonneville in black and white, which (off memory) was £6000,
The TR6 Trophy in the first photograph I sold for £365 in 1972, the day that was taken.
Nice bikes, but in truth in the day (the 70s) I was never really in to Triumphs; I was a Norton guy and then Kawasaki. I guess it would have been ‘75 when 3 of the Triumph guys in my motorcycle club went out and bought new bikes - 2 ‘export’ Bonnie’s (small tank and higher bars) and a Trident. On emptier and less-policed roads of these days my Norton bias was confirmed when my ratty ‘69 Commando proved to be quicker than even the T160. But of course with the passage of time I’ve come to rather like ‘proper’ Triumphs.
But in the day the one Triumph that I always lusted after was an X-75 Hurricane (although in reality it’s really a BSA Rocket 3 in a Triumph frock). I was blown away when one was featured in a US bike comic a friend had…we both were. And I did have a poster of one even before I was old enough to have a licence (albeit the BSA badged prototype). But then by the time I was in a position to get a newer/‘decent’ big bike after the Commado in the mid/late 70s, things had moved on and I bought a Z900, and all things British became just ‘old’. Apart from the Hurricane, that I’d remembered as timeless.
Roll forward maybe 45 years or so and I eventually got my Hurricane, and a glorious thing it is too. In my book, without a doubt, the best looking standard bike ever created. Sounds magnificent too, and actually handles very well, although the brakes aren’t up to much.
Apart from electronic ignition and a smaller rear sprocket (the US had a 55 limit so I’ve re-geared it as a regular Rocket 3) it’s pretty much as it left the factory on January 4, 1973…so 53 years old in a week or so, and in my eyes it hasn’t aged one bit).
Although a contemporary of the CB750, the Hurricane didn’t have indicators, electric start, mirrors, disk brakes, OHC motor, 4 cylinders…but it was faster than the Honda and had looks and a sound track to die for.
And it makes a fine table for on-the-go fish suppers.
But in the day the one Triumph that I always lusted after was an X-75 Hurricane (although in reality it’s really a BSA Rocket 3 in a Triumph frock). I was blown away when one was featured in a US bike comic a friend had…we both were. And I did have a poster of one even before I was old enough to have a licence (albeit the BSA badged prototype). But then by the time I was in a position to get a newer/‘decent’ big bike after the Commado in the mid/late 70s, things had moved on and I bought a Z900, and all things British became just ‘old’. Apart from the Hurricane, that I’d remembered as timeless.
Roll forward maybe 45 years or so and I eventually got my Hurricane, and a glorious thing it is too. In my book, without a doubt, the best looking standard bike ever created. Sounds magnificent too, and actually handles very well, although the brakes aren’t up to much.
Apart from electronic ignition and a smaller rear sprocket (the US had a 55 limit so I’ve re-geared it as a regular Rocket 3) it’s pretty much as it left the factory on January 4, 1973…so 53 years old in a week or so, and in my eyes it hasn’t aged one bit).
Although a contemporary of the CB750, the Hurricane didn’t have indicators, electric start, mirrors, disk brakes, OHC motor, 4 cylinders…but it was faster than the Honda and had looks and a sound track to die for.
And it makes a fine table for on-the-go fish suppers.
tvrolet said:
Nice bikes, but in truth in the day (the 70s) I was never really in to Triumphs; I was a Norton guy and then Kawasaki. I guess it would have been 75 when 3 of the Triumph guys in my motorcycle club went out and bought new bikes - 2 export Bonnie s (small tank and higher bars) and a Trident. On emptier and less-policed roads of these days my Norton bias was confirmed when my ratty 69 Commando proved to be quicker than even the T160. But of course with the passage of time I ve come to rather like proper Triumphs.
But in the day the one Triumph that I always lusted after was an X-75 Hurricane (although in reality it s really a BSA Rocket 3 in a Triumph frock). I was blown away when one was featured in a US bike comic a friend had we both were. And I did have a poster of one even before I was old enough to have a licence (albeit the BSA badged prototype). But then by the time I was in a position to get a newer/ decent big bike after the Commado in the mid/late 70s, things had moved on and I bought a Z900, and all things British became just old . Apart from the Hurricane, that I d remembered as timeless.
Roll forward maybe 45 years or so and I eventually got my Hurricane, and a glorious thing it is too. In my book, without a doubt, the best looking standard bike ever created. Sounds magnificent too, and actually handles very well, although the brakes aren t up to much.
Apart from electronic ignition and a smaller rear sprocket (the US had a 55 limit so I ve re-geared it as a regular Rocket 3) it s pretty much as it left the factory on January 4, 1973 so 53 years old in a week or so, and in my eyes it hasn t aged one bit).
Although a contemporary of the CB750, the Hurricane didn t have indicators, electric start, mirrors, disk brakes, OHC motor, 4 cylinders but it was faster than the Honda and had looks and a sound track to die for.
And it makes a fine table for on-the-go fish suppers.
Best looking bike ever, congratulations.But in the day the one Triumph that I always lusted after was an X-75 Hurricane (although in reality it s really a BSA Rocket 3 in a Triumph frock). I was blown away when one was featured in a US bike comic a friend had we both were. And I did have a poster of one even before I was old enough to have a licence (albeit the BSA badged prototype). But then by the time I was in a position to get a newer/ decent big bike after the Commado in the mid/late 70s, things had moved on and I bought a Z900, and all things British became just old . Apart from the Hurricane, that I d remembered as timeless.
Roll forward maybe 45 years or so and I eventually got my Hurricane, and a glorious thing it is too. In my book, without a doubt, the best looking standard bike ever created. Sounds magnificent too, and actually handles very well, although the brakes aren t up to much.
Apart from electronic ignition and a smaller rear sprocket (the US had a 55 limit so I ve re-geared it as a regular Rocket 3) it s pretty much as it left the factory on January 4, 1973 so 53 years old in a week or so, and in my eyes it hasn t aged one bit).
Although a contemporary of the CB750, the Hurricane didn t have indicators, electric start, mirrors, disk brakes, OHC motor, 4 cylinders but it was faster than the Honda and had looks and a sound track to die for.
And it makes a fine table for on-the-go fish suppers.
When I went to buy my first T160 in 1980, purple/white one above at Acton Vale Motorcycles it was £1795, also in the shop was an original from the factory BSA X75 Hurricane at £2250, I couldn’t stretch that far at 17 in 1980, it finally sold in 1982. I went to a Hurricane meet at Duxford in the 90s, by this time I owned a yellow/white T160 above and that BSA X75 was there, at the front on this photo I took.
Tbh I was too tall for my second T160 that I bought in 1994, I looked a bit too gangly on it.
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