Where can I find a 1960s Triumph motorcycle?
Here you find 1960s Triumph motorcycles with specifications, pictures, rider ratings and discussions ordered by year. Click a model name to show specs, pictures, rating and a discussion forum for the motorcycle. Click here to show all Triumph motorcycles made since 1960. Specs for missing models and more pictures of the listed old models wanted.
When did the triumph 6T Thunderbird come out?
Triumph 6T Thunderbird 1950-61, 649cc, ohv twin, 400lb, 60mpg, 95mph Soft and smooth tourer with customary Triumph characteristics, which had the new swinging arm frame and the Pre-unit Triumph twin. The sports version was the Tiger 110, which was introduced in 1954 and had better brakes. 1960 saw the bathtub model introduced. 650cc, 34bhp. 650cc.
Which is the best motorcycle of the 1960s?
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What kind of bike is a 1962 Triumph TR6?
I WON’T PRETEND TO BE AN EXPERT ON CLASSIC TRIUMPHS AND iI’VE BEEN TOLD IT SHOULD HAVE BE A TWIN CRAB SET UP FOR EXAMPLE,SO IF YOU WANTED A NUMBERS MATCHING ALL ORIGINAL Triumph TR6 650cc 1962 Full matching number Pre Unit bike, first registered 1962.
How big is a triumph 6T Thunderbird engine?
He bored it out to 71mm & stroked it out to 82mm & in doing so, created a 649cc fire-breather. The 6T Thunderbird was born & was instantly one of the fastest motorcycles on the market! A huge advantage was that most of the major engine castings remained relatively unchanged from the 500cc units already in production.
What kind of engine does a Triumph motorcycle have?
Many years of experience enable Triumph to supply the right model for every police duty designed for equipping with a wide range of specialised radio and other equipment. The modern vertical twin engine was first introduced by Triumph and has long since become the accepted type for high performance motorcycles.
What kind of bike was the Triumph Thunderbird?
The 1954 Triumph Thunderbird, once the flagship of the Triumph Motorcycle line & the fastest bike they produced, was now marketed as the detuned, commuter (or ‘plodder’) version, although the two bikes continued to be styled almost identically.
What kind of gear does a Triumph 650 C C use?
Note the twin high-level camshafts driven by gears, the tremendously rigid crankshaft and the light alloy head with large diameter inclined valves. The inset sketch shows the plain distributor driving gear (as on 6T). On the main drawing the gear incorporates auto-advance for magneto (as on other 650 c.c. models).