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| Flashback Triumph TR-5 adventure 1956 google doc | |
The demand for more & more power was relentless, especially in
America. The 500 twin had been punched out to a 650 in its street bikes
in 1950. Now the off-road Trophy was about to get the same treatment.
The 650 twin had started with the Triumph 6T Thunderbird in 1950 &
it was the most bike on the market at the time. It was trumped in
1953 by the Triumph T110 Tiger 650. Now it was 1956 & it was about
to get trumped again, this time by the Triumph TR6. The first TR6's all
came with a 2-into-1 single exhaust that high along the left side of
the bike, above the primary cover. They all came trimmed out for
off-road work, with removable headlights (with quick-disconnect
electrical connections), light alloy fenders & gaitored forks. It
was a handsome machine & an instant hit, especially in America,
where they liked it's lean, stripped-down look, compared to the stodgy
Thunderbird & Tiger, with their valanced fenders & headlight
nacelles. The 500cc Triumph TR5 Trophy was still being produced also,
side-by-side with it's new, bigger brother, and it would continue as
such until the end of 1958, when the 500 twin went unit construction in
1959. For the next decade, all Trophy's would be 650's.
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| james dean on triump TR5 google doc |
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