Just ordered a new Triumph

[Wacky Racer]

After much deliberation I placed an order yesterday for a new retro 900cc Triumph scrambler, as in the early seventies I had a 1968 650 Trophy scrambler with upswept pipes which was virtually identical, and I fancied returning to my youth........Colour Green/silver..


I will post up a piccie in a few days....


At least this one shouldn't leak oil........

[SS HSV]

Congrats mate looks very nice. I'm just selling my back to youth bike but doing it the other way around - I'm selling my brit to buy a jap, and the oil leaks I can do without

Do post your pics up that looks as good as the orginal. Have you ridden one yet?

[Wacky Racer]

SS HSV said:

Congrats mate looks very nice. I'm just selling my back to youth bike but doing it the other way around - I'm selling my brit to buy a jap, and the oil leaks I can do without

Do post your pics up that looks as good as the orginal. Have you ridden one yet?

Errr, no, but I am p/x my naked 1200 Bandit I bought new two years ago, 277 miles on the clock, so I guess you can say I'm a fair weather biker....


I'll try and do a bit more on this one......

[Grant.D]

Wacky Racer said:

SS HSV said:

Congrats mate looks very nice. I'm just selling my back to youth bike but doing it the other way around - I'm selling my brit to buy a jap, and the oil leaks I can do without

Do post your pics up that looks as good as the orginal. Have you ridden one yet?

Errr, no, but I am p/x my naked 1200 Bandit I bought new two years ago, 277 miles on the clock, so I guess you can say I'm a fair weather biker....


I'll try and do a bit more on this one......

277 miles in two years Iv had my Rs50 3 months now and its got 1100 miles on the clock

[Speed addicted]

My speed triple is 10 days old, it's got 770 miles on it.... (and I was offshore for 4 of those days).

[Busamav]

great looking bike , brings back a lot of memories.

I had a TR6 and a Bonneville in the early seventies

Didnt they call them Siamese pipes ?

Edited by Busamav on Wednesday 18th July 16:14

[Wacky Racer]

Busamav said:

great looking bike , brings back a lot of memories.

I had a TR6 and a Bonneville in the early seventies

Didnt they call them Siamese pipes ?

Thanks Busa...

Snap. I had a 650 TR6 (single amal carb) in 1972 RRJ 646H, still got the photos....

No, siamese pipes were as the name suggests 2 into 1.............

[Wacky Racer]

SS HSV said:

Congrats mate looks very nice. I'm just selling my back to youth bike but doing it the other way around - I'm selling my brit to buy a jap, and the oil leaks I can do without

Do post your pics up that looks as good as the orginal. Have you ridden one yet?

So what are you selling and what are you getting then??.......

[Wacky Racer]

Speed addicted said:

My speed triple is 10 days old, it's got 770 miles on it.... (and I was offshore for 4 of those days).

No wonder you're called Speed addicted..........

[aeropilot]

Wacky Racer said:

No, siamese pipes were as the name suggests 2 into 1.............

As on this 1960 TR6.......

[Busamav]

Wacky Racer said:

Busamav said:

great looking bike , brings back a lot of memories.

I had a TR6 and a Bonneville in the early seventies

Didnt they call them Siamese pipes ?

Thanks Busa...

Snap. I had a 650 TR6 (single amal carb) in 1972 RRJ 646H, still got the photos....

No, siamese pipes were as the name suggests 2 into 1.............

Thanks , mine was a '67 GFX528E

It gave me all the mechanical experience I posses .

probably 3 rebuilds , every time the throttle was wide open it threw a rod , maybe i was doing something wrong lol

and how to jam a slither of baked bean can alongside valve guides to make them fit

[Wacky Racer]

Busamav said:

It gave me all the mechanical experience I posses .

probably 3 rebuilds , every time the throttle was wide open it threw a rod , maybe I was doing something wrong?? lol

Not at all......It's a Triumph...

That's why we love 'em.......