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The TR6C Trophy Special was built at the request of Triumph's sole US distributor at the time, Johnson Motors in southern California, as a way to target the growing number of desert riders. It was fitted with Dunlop Trials Universal block-tread tires and was the model referred to as the "Desert Sled". 1968 650-cc TR6C Triumph Trophy
TR6 Trophy: 650 1956–1968 Single carburetor model. TR6C Trophy: 650 C is the 'Competition' Model. High pipes on left side. Frequently referred to as desert sleds when used for racing in the Western US. Lower overall gear ratios. TR6P Saint 650 1967-1973 Police version of the unit construction Trophy.
The new removable hardtop for the TR6 was designed in-house by Triumph, and was available as an option. [5] Construction of the TR6 was traditional body-on-frame with four-wheel independent suspension, front disc brakes and rear drum brakes. All TR6s were powered by Triumph's 2.5-litre straight-6 engine. The TR6 featured a four-speed manual ...
Triumph Motorcycles Ltd: Triumph TR6 Trophy: 650 cc: Parallel-twin: 1956–1973: Triumph Engineering Co Ltd, Meriden Works, England (defunct 1983) Triumph TR5 Trophy: 500 cc: Parallel-twin: 1949–1958: Triumph Engineering Co Ltd Triumph TR25W Trophy: 250 cc: Single-cylinder: 1968–1970: Triumph Engineering Co Ltd
The original Triumph Bonneville was a 650 cc parallel-twin motorcycle manufactured by Triumph Engineering and later by Norton Villiers Triumph between 1959 and 1974. It was based on the company's Triumph Tiger T110 and was fitted with the Tiger's optional twin 1 3/16 in Amal monobloc carburettors as standard, along with that model's high-performance inlet camshaft.
The Scrambler was designed as a Bonneville with off-road styling and limited off-road capability. The TR6C Trophy Special was the major influence on the new Scrambler, and the new bike shared the same key features – most obviously including the high level stacked twin exhausts and crossover exhaust headers, though Triumph had to swap sides (from left to right) with the stacked pipes because ...
Tait had been a Triumph works racer and development since the early 1960s. He had competed in the 1967 to 1970 500 cc world championships [13] and won the Thruxton 500 endurance race in 1967 and again in 1969. [14] John "Mooneyes" Cooper was a known as the "Master of Mallory", [15] where he had won many races including the Race of the Year in ...
On 6 September 1956, at Bonneville Salt Flats American racer Johnny Allen secured the motorcycle land-speed record on a heavily modified Triumph T110 with a top speed of 214.17 mph (344.67 km/h). [3] This success led to the development of the Tiger T110's successor - the Triumph Bonneville .