750 Triumph Triple

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750 Triumph Triple

02 Nov 2011 21:23

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This is a charcoal sketching I have,but no date.
Anyone have an idea?
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Re: 750 Triumph Triple

02 Nov 2011 22:07

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Re: 750 Triumph Triple

02 Nov 2011 22:17

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Thanks Motorhead,that site looks very interestng.I'll post an age if I can.

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Re: 750 Triumph Triple

02 Nov 2011 23:06

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I have two Tridents. A 75 and a 76. If I put two days into the 75 it'd run. The 76 needs a bit more work.

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Re: 750 Triumph Triple

03 Nov 2011 00:41 - 03 Nov 2011 00:59

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KZCSI.Bill,does that mean that you have this weekend planned and we can look forward to seeing a video of it running on Sunday evening? :whistle:
Nice bike.

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Re: 750 Triumph Triple

03 Nov 2011 10:34

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SPARKY47 wrote: KZCSI.Bill,does that mean that you have this weekend planned and we can look forward to seeing a video of it running on Sunday evening? :whistle:
Nice bike.

Don't I wish! The Trident will have to wait. I've got an addition to my house to finish first. I'll post a better pic later today.

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Re: 750 Triumph Triple

03 Nov 2011 11:20

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KZCSI wrote: I have two Tridents. A 75 and a 76. If I put two days into the 75 it'd run. The 76 needs a bit more work.

Bill

That's interesting...I worked at a Honda/Triumph dealership in the mid-1970's and we had several trident's in the storage area...still crated. They didn't sell well at all and the owner never assembled them. When I moved out of state, they were still sitting there...crated.

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Re: 750 Triumph Triple

03 Nov 2011 19:43

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They were never that popular here realy.Although there is a fella lives quite close has a Commando which he stripped all the way down and rebuilt.It was better than the day it came out of the factory with all its faults.(Oh look,an oil slick!)He replaced the entire electrical system because the existing excuse for one was just too tempting for him.But they were doomed because they couldn't compete with the far eastern man and the bikes were generally heavy,non responsive,design was in inches rather than thou,unreliable,expensive,and dangerous in some cases.
So I'm not a fan.
Plus they all got burnt off by "those bloody kawasaki's". :whistle: :woohoo:

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Re: 750 Triumph Triple

04 Nov 2011 02:59

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SPARKY47 wrote: They were never that popular here realy.Although there is a fella lives quite close has a Commando which he stripped all the way down and rebuilt.It was better than the day it came out of the factory with all its faults.(Oh look,an oil slick!)He replaced the entire electrical system because the existing excuse for one was just too tempting for him.But they were doomed because they couldn't compete with the far eastern man and the bikes were generally heavy,non responsive,design was in inches rather than thou,unreliable,expensive,and dangerous in some cases.
So I'm not a fan.
Plus they all got burnt off by "those bloody kawasaki's". :whistle: :woohoo:

The triples were a poor attempt to hold up against the Japanese multis. The 750 Tridents are little more than a Triumph 500 with one more throw on the crank. I've never started mine but I believe that they had some success on the dirt flat tracks.

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Re: 750 Triumph Triple

04 Nov 2011 09:27

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Rob North framed "lowboy" racer,

they are still regarded as fast vintage race bikes,

one won the 750 class here in Italy last year against bevel ducs and guzzi twins. you just need to spend tons of money to build a reliable motor.

The street bike was extremely unreliable but this specific bike won daytona, actually beating the honda sohc 750....

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Re: 750 Triumph Triple

04 Nov 2011 10:54

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I think Gary Nixon rode the number "9" in the drawing. Roy

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