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Triumph Tiger Cub

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RowenaH

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21st November 2022

Edward Turner’s cobby Cub has been a firm favourite with classic fans since the early 1950s – and the mighty mite is regularly featured in depth in the monthly magazine. Here are some of the highlights, should you be tempted to bid on a T20 right now… Triumph’s first production sprung frame plunged (ahem) into…
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Tiger Cub Book Back!

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RowenaH

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20th March 2022

It’s been out of print for a while, but the Triumph Tiger Cub Bible is now available once again, as Mike Powell explains… The Tiger Cub Bible is back in print from Veloce Publishing as part of their ‘classic reprint’ series. Any owner, enthusiast or rider with interest in these charismatic machines will find an…
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Triumph Tiger Cubs: part three

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RowenaH

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10th September 2021

In the end, everything goes back to the beginning: Paul Henshaw’s Cub career comes full circle… Back to BXS 487, my first Cub. Many years had passed when I decided to strip the engine to see what the knocking noise was about and try to put it right. It had been rebuilt with a new…
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Triumph Tiger Cubs: part two

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RowenaH

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14th August 2021

Last time, Paul Henshaw recalled his first adventures aboard Edward Turner’s Sports Cub. Turns out this was one of those formative experiences which lasts a lifetime… Sometime later after it’d been restored to full working order, I blew a big hole in the bottom of the Sports Cub’s crankcases, with both conrod and piston exiting…
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Triumph Tiger Cubs: part one

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RowenaH

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5th August 2021

In the August issue of RealClassic, Paul Henshaw of Performance Classics gives us his guidelines to living with Triumph famous four-stroke lightweight. And his expertise has been hard-earned; he’s been a Cub enthusiast since his 13th birthday! Here, Paul recalls his early riding life with the tiny Tigers… My inspiration for buying my first Tiger…
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Triumph 3TA / TwentyOne

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RowenaH

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3rd August 2020

The first of Triumph’s unit-construction twins provided practical transport 40 years ago. These days, the 350 performs best on gentle weekend rides… Geoff Painter bought his 3TA, aka the Triumph Twenty-one, in 1967 when it was just two years old. The 350 twin was supplied to Elite Motors in July of 1964 but wasn’t sold…
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Triumph TSX Shock Shrouds Back In Stock

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RowenaH

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20th September 2019

Among classic British bikes, Meriden’s venerable unit twins have perhaps the greatest range of parts still available at a reasonable price. That goes a long way towards explaining why the later T120s, T140s and TR7s make such straightforward restoration projects. However, Triumph’s rarer models have a nasty habit of using parts made from pure unobtanium,…
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Triumph Daytona T100R

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RowenaH

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9th February 2018

Triumph introduced their unit-construction 500 twin in 1960. By 1966 it had evolved into a proper proddie racer, the Daytona, which packed considerable poke into its petite package. Marion Thirsk found an interesting example at last year’s Ayr Show… When Steve purchased this Daytona it’d been lying forlorn in a garage for seven years, with…
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Triumph Visitor Experience

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RowenaH

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21st October 2017

Triumph has a long history of making motorcycles which stretches all the way back to 1902. The firm’s history falls into two distinct parts* – the classic bike side and the modern motorcycles – and these are reflected in the company’s new Visitor Experience. Frank Melling has visited, and is experienced… First, there is what…
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Triumph Thunderbird

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RowenaH

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11th October 2017

Back in the early 1980s, Triumph built a budget 650; a short-stroke version of the 750 Bonneville. These days the TR65 Thunderbird is proving to be a rewarding practical classic bike for one regular rider… ‘As I age,’ says RC regular Mark Holyoake, ‘my taste in bikes has changed. Gone are the days of race-reps…
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