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This category is for engines made by the British Triumph Motor Company. Pages in category "Triumph Motor Company engines" The following 6 pages are in this category ...
The "Slippery Sam" name was acquired during the 1970 Bol d'Or, a 24-hour race for production-based machines held in France, when engine difficulties and escaping oil covered the bike of Triumph employee Percy Tait and co-rider Steve Jolly who managed to finish in fifth place to winners Paul Smart and Tom Dickie on another works Trident.
The engines were fitted with 11:1 pistons, a lightened crankshaft, the head was gas-flowed and breathed though three 1 3/16" Amal GP carburettors. [7] [8] Fontana 250 mm (9.8 in) double-sided front drum brakes were fitted. The engine had sheet metal shrouds fitted to guide the air within the fairing over the engine. [6]
The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company in the 19th and 20th centuries. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann of Nuremberg formed S. Bettmann & Co. and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them under his own trade name in London.
Triumph approved the project, and provided a budget of $25,000. The car, christened the TR-250K, was based on a standard Triumph independent rear suspension chassis, but with a tubular structure added to support the alloy bodywork. Kastner moved the 2.5 L six-cylinder engine back 9.5 in (241 mm) in the chassis.
Having started his own performance parts business early in 1976, Hyde used his engineering experience to design his bikes, and in 1987 he introduced the Hyde Harrier, a café racer kit for Bonneville and Trident engines using a frame developed with Harris Performance in Hertfordshire. This was followed up in 1995 by the Hornet, a 126-mph single ...
Cheney Racing is a British motorcycle manufacturer, founded by Eric Cheney, based in Petersfield, Hampshire which builds complete specialist high performance motocross motorcycles, rolling chassis or frame kits to individual customer specifications.
The Triumph Sabrina engine is an internal combustion engine for automotive applications developed by the Triumph Motor Company division of the Standard Motor Company in England in the late 1950s. It powered Triumph's Le Mans team entries in 1959, 1960, and 1961, and was considered for use in a production road car.