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The first true sports bike from the new Hinckley Triumph. Using an engine only very loosely based on the long stroke triple motor, it was much lighter, more powerful and used a unique alloy perimeter frame allowing the low centre of gravity and dedicated sports bike handling necessary to compete in this market.
Fitted with tapered conical hubs, special motocross forks and large alloy fuel tanks, a Cheney Triumph was first used in the 1968 British Trophy Team. [ 4 ] In 1970 and 1971 three 504cc Cheney Triumphs were used by the British team in the International Six Days Trial (ISDT). [ 5 ]
The Triumph TSX was a British motorcycle credited by the factory as being designed in 1981–1982 by Wayne Moulton, president of Triumph Motorcycles America(TMA), the factory's American arm. [1] This is the only instance of Triumph's signature twin cylinder models being designed by an American.
The Triumph Trophy (model codes T336 and T340) is a three or four-cylinder touring motorcycle of either 885 cc or 1,180 cc capacity. These bikes were produced from 1991 to 2003 at Hinckley , Leicestershire , England, by Triumph Motorcycles Ltd , the successor business to the defunct Triumph Engineering at Meriden Works, Warwickshire , England.
The racing machines used a Rod Quaife 5 speed gearbox, although BSA brought the rights to produce the gearboxes themselves in 1970. [10] Work on the racers was undertaken by Triumph's Experimental Department at Meriden, and by 1971 the department had effectively become a race shop for both the BSA and Triumph triples. [11]
In 2006, Triumph abandoned its earlier flirtations with four-cylinder middleweight bikes, and unveiled a 675 cc triple engine to power the all new Daytona 675 sport bike. The engine is liquid-cooled, fuel-injected, transversely-mounted and produces 123 bhp (92 kW) at 12,500 rpm and 53 lb⋅ft (72 N⋅m) of torque at 11,750 rpm.
The motorcycles used were a Tiger 70, 80, and 90 from local Triumph dealers, and not specially race prepared. The Brooklands results for the Tiger 80, which was ridden by Allan Jefferies was an average speed of 74.68 miles per hour (120.19 km/h).
Based on the Speed Twin, the TR5 was a trials machine designed for off-road use with a high level two into one exhaust and good handling on public roads. [2] The name 'Trophy' came from the three 'specials' that Triumph built for the Italian International Six Day Trial in 1948, which went on to win three gold medals and the manufacturers team trophy. [3]