triumph 750

  • Classic Bikes For Sale

    Classic Bikes For Sale

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    Welcome to our latest online selection of classic motorcycles seeking new homes. This time we showcase three very different Triumphs – one genuine collector’s item, no less – and at least one machine you’ve probably never heard of. Could you be tempted to make space in your shed for one of these old bikes?  Prices…

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  • Triumph Silver Jubilee Bonnie: one to win

    Triumph Silver Jubilee Bonnie: one to win

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    In 1977, Triumph celebrated the Queen’s silver jubilee with a ‘Silver 750’ T140 limited edition, a Bonneville with a distinctly red, white and blue theme. 1000 were built for the British market – and this year you have the chance to win one of them in the National Motorcycle Museum’s summer raffle… Although the April…

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  • Hinckley Triumphs: out of the archive

    Hinckley Triumphs: out of the archive

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    Hinckley Triumphs went into production nearly 30 years ago, and the first generation were definitely built to last. A 1990s Triumph is still a lot of motorcycle for not too much money, as our buying guide reveals… John Bloor’s Hinckley Triumph factory started producing bikes in 1991, and this article covers the first couple of…

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  • Triumph TSX Shock Shrouds Back In Stock

    Triumph TSX Shock Shrouds Back In Stock

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    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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  • April issue out now!

    April issue out now!

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    This month’s magazine celebrates big British twins from BSA, Norton and Royal Enfield alongside three 750 triples; two Triumphs and a radical kettle. And if that’s not odd enough, how about BMW’s streamlined bahnstormer, the K1? All that, and the world’s fastest Velocette, the new MoT regulations for classic bikes, and an 80mph vintage single…

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  • Plugs & Leads

    Plugs & Leads

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    Five Triumph Tigers are up for auction; there’s a rapid replacement for old Lucas Rita ignition systems; the Beamish Trophy Trial date has changed, and here’s a quick kit to fix a snapped speedo cable… RITA REVIVED! It’s been years since the Lucas Rita electronic ignition system has been available, which means that owners have…

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  • Classic Bike Bargains

    Classic Bike Bargains

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      It’s easy to be blinded by the bling and overwhelmed by the extreme amounts which some classic motorcycles sell for at auction. However, even at the most prestigious sales – like the recent Bonhams auction at the Carole Nash International Classic Motor Cycle Show at Stafford – there are affordable old bikes selling for…

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  • Shepton Snapshots, part two

    Shepton Snapshots, part two

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      We return to the VMCC’s brilliant bikejumble to view some bargain Britbikes, an outstanding Ariel, ‘cheap’ Triumph twins and an original Ninja… Just the other day we were talking about ‘bargain Bonnevilles’ and how the prices of Triumph T140 twins seem to have gone sky-high recently. Just to prove us wrong (or possibly not…)…

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  • Triumph Bonneville T140

    Triumph Bonneville T140

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    Considering your first classic British bike? The Triumph T140 Bonneville (actually a range of 750 twins built between the mid-1970s and early 1980s) is still the obvious choice. There’s always a good selection of 750s up for sale at any time, so you have plenty to pick and choose between. Spares supply is superb. There…

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