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The Fonz, a character played by Henry Winkler in the popular and long-running American sit-com Happy Days, rode a mildly customized 1949 Trophy TR5 starting in Season 2. The motorcycle was provided by stuntman and Triumph dealer Bud Ekins, who removed the front fender, painted the fuel tank silver and changed the handlebars. The bike used in ...
The Triumph TR5 is a sports car built by the Triumph Motor Company in Coventry, England, between August 1967 and September 1968. [1]Visually similar to the Michelotti-designed TR4 open two-seater it was derived from, [2] the TR5 replaced Triumph's 105 bhp (78 kW) SAE Standard inline-four engine with the much more powerful Lucas mechanical fuel-injected 150 bhp (110 kW) Triumph 2.5-litre ...
Triumph Grand Prix 500 cc OHV 500 1947–1949 Used an all alloy stationary engine, designed to power military generators during the war. TR5 Trophy: 500 1949–1958 Competition bike winner of ISDT Trophy for 4 years Triumph TRW500 500 1950–1964 Side valve military production motorcycle 6T Thunderbird: 650 twin 3TA or Triumph Twenty One: 350
After the war the recovery of Triumph at Meriden was largely due to the Speed Twin, which was developed in 1946 with a telescopic fork and optional sprung hub rear suspension. The headlamp and instrument area was tidied up in 1949 with the Turner-designed nacelle, a feature retained until the end of the model line. In 1953 the Speed Twin caused ...
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 Trophy 4: 1200 cc: Four-cylinder: 1993–present: Triumph Motorcycles Ltd: Triumph TR6 Trophy: 650 cc: Parallel-twin: 1956–1973: Triumph Engineering Co Ltd, Meriden Works, England (defunct 1983) Triumph TR5 Trophy: 500 cc: Parallel-twin: 1949–1958: Triumph Engineering Co Ltd Triumph TR25W Trophy: 250 cc: Single-cylinder: 1968–1970 ...
The 1800 Roadster, model number 18TR, [1] was designed in the closing days of World War II. [5] Triumph had been bought by the Standard Motor Company in 1944, [5] and the managing director of Standard, Sir John Black, wanted a sports car to take on Jaguar, which had used Standard engines in the pre-war period.
Triumph TR5 Trophy with sprung hub. The Triumph sprung hub is a motorcycle suspension unit contained within a rear wheel hub. It was designed by Triumph engineer Edward Turner to give Triumph's existing rigid frames the option of rear suspension. It was one of the first motorcycle components to have a safety warning cast into its housing.