......... Was a bloody showpiece, mind. God forbid what a ride out in North Wales on a wet Sunday on March would leave it looking like ...... That's what they're for though, isn't it? ..... If the time ever comes that I spend more time cleaning them than riding them, someone put me out of my misery 
I had her for about 14 years..I built it & Street Tuned it..That was good for around 130 MPH ..It would sit at the Ton Mark all day long on the M 6..Realaible as the Sun Comin Up..Somebody pinched Steve McQueen off the back, Billy ...
Aye..I remember getting on a Honda 750 Four & getting the shock at how under powered they were compared to the T 160..The Honda 750 Four quite rightly was the final blow to Triumph & Norton though as the first T 150 Tridents were still using Drum Brakes & were Very Complex to work on compared to a Simple Overhead Cam & Wet sump & Wet Clutch Design..The Electric's were far simpler on the Japanese bikes as well at that time..They should never have stopped building them like that, Billy ....... Got a local bike shop here called Mersey Motorcycles; they're a family business that's been going since forever. They have a shedload of old British and US military bikes, tracked and half tracked vehicles ..... they take them out to shows all over the place.
Peter ...... The son that runs most of the business these days ...... He'll tell you the same thing about British bikes: All their quirks were particular. You can say "Oh yeah ....... Hondas do this thing" ....... But "Only this BSA model from that year will do that thing".....
Peter is an absolute gold mine of cool info and he likes to talk as he works, so MOT time is an education ......... And his Dad has forgotten more than anyone I know knows
Johnny ......... It wasn't for a giggle that Triumphs were known on the basis of their oil consumption as well as their fuel economy ......
They wouldn't be British, otherwise
