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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.
T110 Tiger: 650 Sports model capable of 110 mph TR5T Adventurer/Trophy Trail: 500 1972–1974 On/off-road style TR25W Trophy 250 250 1968-1970 Single-cylinder engine based on the BSA B25 Starfire (not the Tiger Cub. The starfire/C15 was a development of the Tiger cub engine.). T100C Trophy 500 1966-1972 single carb. Mainly for export to the USA
The TR6 Trophy is a motorcycle that was made by Triumph, in Meriden, from 1956 to 1973, when it was replaced by the five-speed 750-cc Triumph Tiger TR7V. [clarification needed] During this time, it was a successful model, particularly in the US. The competition variant, popularly known as the "desert sled", won numerous competitions throughout ...
In 1962 Tony Godfrey and John Holder rode T120 Bonnevilles to victory in the Thruxton 500 mile endurance race, and an article in The Motor Cycle entitled "Thruxton Triumph by Bonneville" led to the development of the Triumph T120R 'Thruxton', which was hand-built by a team of Triumph technicians using specially picked components and precision ...
The Triumph Bonneville T140 is a standard motorcycle with a 750 cc (46 cu in) capacity engine that was designed and built by Triumph Engineering at Meriden near Coventry.. The T140 was a continuation of the second generation in the Bonneville series developed from the earlier 650 cc (40 cu in) T120 Bonneville and was produced by Triumph in a number of versions, including limited editions, from ...
Triumph Tiger 800, produced since 2010; Triumph Tiger 1050, produced since 2007; Triumph Tiger 900 (T400), produced between 1993 and 1998; Triumph Tiger 955i, produced between 2001 and 2006; Earlier models made by Triumph Engineering prior to 1982: Triumph Tiger 80, produced between 1937 and 1939; Triumph Tiger 100, produced between 1939 and ...
That 650 cc motor, designed in 1939, had the world's absolute speed record for motorcycles from 1955 until 1970. The Triumph brand received considerable publicity in the United States when Marlon Brando rode a 1950 Thunderbird 6T in the 1953 film, The Wild One. The Triumph Motorcycle concern was sold to their rivals BSA by Sangster in 1951 ...
1961 Triumph T110 with rear 'bathtub' fairing. The Triumph Tiger 110 650 cc OHV Twin was developed for the American market, [citation needed] and was Triumph's fastest production motorcycle to date. The T110 was built in 1953 and introduced as a 1954 model.