moonlight machine
Diamond
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2007
- Location
- marysville ohio
The old Triumph motorcycle co. made about 900 in '73. I need a good sharp photo of the trim ring around the gas fill neck. Also the diameter and thickness. Thanks
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No one has one?
I have some of the original posters but no idea where to look.
Also a couple regular Tridents, but that won't help.
smt
Ah, another admirer blinded by Lucas, the Prince of Darkness.
Ah, another clueless lip flapper. In 42 years of riding Triumph, Norton and BSA motorcycles 100s of thousands miles I have had exactly one electrical failure. On a 1969 BSA A65 it quit running on one of the two cylinders. 5 minutes of trouble shooting revealed a broken wire on one coil. I stripped a bit of insulation and put it over the blade terminal and put the terminal on over the wire to hold it as a temporary repair. back on the road in 10 minutes. The wiring on those old English Bikes is simple and is reliable in my experience.
No one has one?
Talk about obscure Triumph models....
As we were leaving on a Monday early afternoon, Slippery Sam, living up to his name and dripping Castrol, was being wheeled through the lobby after a weekend out being exercised at a vintage track event (race). I was too busy running around gaping to get good pictures. There's also a small window shrine display of the remains of the original Slippery from the fire a number of years ago. Lots of melted castings and such.
Like Norton Manx soldiering well into the 60's, Tridents in the 70's were competitive way long after they should have been, partly due to ever better handling, for the respective eras.
smt
Talk about obscure Trident based Triumph models....
As we were leaving on a Monday early afternoon, Slippery Sam, living up to his name and dripping Castrol R, was being wheeled through the lobby after a weekend out being exercised at a vintage track event (race). I was too busy running around gaping to get good pictures. There's also a small window shrine display of the remains of the original Slippery from the fire a number of years ago. Lots of melted castings and such.
Like Norton Manx soldiering well into the 60's, Tridents in the 70's were competitive way long after they should have been, partly due to ever better handling, for the respective eras.
smt
As much as I love Triumphs....I have to say that I had plenty of electrical issues.
If you look at the design/quality of the pieces you can see why. I guess the wire itself was never an issue, but the terminals were all begging for failure. Light bulb sockets in particular...basically a lump of metal bonded to the end of the wire with 'not especially tight' tolerances. Sometimes you got contact, sometimes not. Bare spade terminals left exposed to the elements. Wiring routed without enough space or support. That sort of thing.
I had lots of Zener diode failures, which probably led to lots of headlight failures. Always kept a spare bulb under the seat.
I am both old enough and lucky enough to have seen Slippery Sam ridden in anger, by Ray Pickerel and Percy Tait.
Not that I'm rubbing it in you understand but also as a trackside marshal with Slippery Sam (and many others) passing within 10 feet (or less ) of me, ............ on full song, S'Sam had a lovely exhaust note .
No one has one?
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