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A "Norbsa" with a BSA chassis and Norton Commando 850cc engine. The Triton was probably the most common hybrid British motorcycle. Others include the Tribsa, with a Triumph engine in a BSA frame; the Norvin, with a Vincent V-twin engine in a Norton featherbed frame; [4] and a Trifield with a Triumph engine in a Royal Enfield frame.
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 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.
Some bikes were intended to be named Triumph and the others BSA, to enable two opportunities for makers' honours. [7] [8] [9] A Tribsa was built experimentally at Meriden by Triumph in 1973 using surplus BSA A65 frames. [10] This led to a 'factory Tribsa' which was to use the BSA A65 frames with the 650 cc TR6 engine.
A 600 cc Triumph Daytona 600 was manufactured in 1983 by Triumph Motorcycles in their Meriden factory. It was a short-stroke twin-carburettor version of the 650 cc TR65 Thunderbird with an 8.5:1 compression ratio, but it was exhibited at the 1983 motorcycle show at the National Exhibition Centre as a new model for their (eventually unrealised ...
Luxury Is Calling. One man’s trash is very often another man’s treasure on eBay, which has been selling head-scratching items since 1995. But eBay is a place for a lot more than just cheap ...
Triumph TR65 Thunderbird: 650 T140 derivative, 76x71.5 giving 649 short stroke engine TR7T Tiger Trail: 750 On/off-road style TR65T Tiger Trail: 650 On/off-road style with TR65 engine T140LE Royal Wedding Bonneville: 750 1981 250 of these to commemorate the Prince of Wales' marriage T140J Bonneville Silver Jubilee: 750 1977
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