Over the years, Triumph has bandied around the name ‘Trophy’ willy-nilly. Sometimes it’s attached to a trail bike but more often to a tourer – as recently as 2017 – but ‘Trophy’ comes from a very worthy background. In 1948 Triumph entered its then new TR5 off-road capable 500cc twin in the prestigious (and very […]
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In case you haven’t noticed, Triumph is really going for it at the moment. Not only are brand new road models coming out – including this latest Triumph Scrambler – but the Hinckley based manufacturer is also providing race bikes for the Moto2 world championship and in 2024 will be entering into moto cross and
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Lifelong motorcycle enthusiast Tony East amassed a world class collection of classic motorcycles over the years which became a Collection open to the public at Kirk Michael on the Isle of Man TT course. Tony moved there when he retired in 2002 and often had more than 100 machines on display, including some on loan.
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A truly historic Triumph motorcycle is up for sale at the H&H classic motorcycle auction at the National Motorcycle Museum on Wednesday, 12 July. It’s a 1923 Triumph Ricardo – one of the first to have a four-valve, overhead valve engine that transformed the power output. The 500cc single cylinder Triumph Ricardo put out 20hp
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Among the 85 motorcycles listed so far in the Charterhouse Classic & Vintage Motorcycle Auction at the Haynes Motor Museum on 30 March is an extraordinary 1936 Brough Superior SS100 with an Alpine Grand Sports sidecar. Bearing the original registration number of DAU 673, the outfit is estimated to sell for between £260,000 to £270,000.
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