Humbug
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I have a friend who's been hankering after a pre war bike for a while now.
He went to an auction in Cambridge yesterday and came back with this beauty.
It's a rare 1936 Triumph - only 200 were ever made. Three owners from new and totally unrestored. Lovely!
1936 650cc Triumph 6/1
In July 1933 a brand new, modern Triumph made its bow in the shape of two prototype machines. This exciting machine, coded 6/1, was to enter limited production for the 1934 season but was only to be listed for two seasons. Not only did it have an advanced specification but it only sold in extremely small numbers, a few hundred only ever being built and today extremely rare. Designed by Val Page, the 647cc vertical twin cylinder engine bore no relationship to the Edward Turner Speed-Twin which debuted in 1937 and was subsequently mass produced in many guises and capacities. The 6/1’s valves are operated by a single gear driven camshaft mounted at the rear of the crankcases. The Mag-Dyno is gear driven from the camshaft with the dry sump lubrication featuring an oil container in the crankcase. A flywheel is carried on the nearside of the 360 degree crankshaft and, outboard of it, is the primary drive which is by double helical gears, an expensive feature and, because of this, the engine has to run backwards! To celebrate the arrival of the 6/1 an example was hitched to a sidecar and, after circling Brooklands for 500 miles at 60mph, was put through the gruelling ISDT winning the coveted Maudes Trophy. The vendor relates that the bike was purchased in 1936 and sold the same year to a brother in law, Mr Alen Oven, who kept the machine until approximately 1998 when the current custodian purchased it. In the approximate 5,000 miles covered in the next 10 years the Brooklands banking and famous Test Hill have again been ridden. The urge to restore has been resisted and the 6/1 is presented in running, original, unmolested order and complete with V5C, SORN and some hoarded spares which include a front hub, rear wheel and seat covers. A unique opportunity to purchase one of the very rarest of all historic British Motorcycles.
Exposed valve gear.
He went to an auction in Cambridge yesterday and came back with this beauty.
It's a rare 1936 Triumph - only 200 were ever made. Three owners from new and totally unrestored. Lovely!
1936 650cc Triumph 6/1
In July 1933 a brand new, modern Triumph made its bow in the shape of two prototype machines. This exciting machine, coded 6/1, was to enter limited production for the 1934 season but was only to be listed for two seasons. Not only did it have an advanced specification but it only sold in extremely small numbers, a few hundred only ever being built and today extremely rare. Designed by Val Page, the 647cc vertical twin cylinder engine bore no relationship to the Edward Turner Speed-Twin which debuted in 1937 and was subsequently mass produced in many guises and capacities. The 6/1’s valves are operated by a single gear driven camshaft mounted at the rear of the crankcases. The Mag-Dyno is gear driven from the camshaft with the dry sump lubrication featuring an oil container in the crankcase. A flywheel is carried on the nearside of the 360 degree crankshaft and, outboard of it, is the primary drive which is by double helical gears, an expensive feature and, because of this, the engine has to run backwards! To celebrate the arrival of the 6/1 an example was hitched to a sidecar and, after circling Brooklands for 500 miles at 60mph, was put through the gruelling ISDT winning the coveted Maudes Trophy. The vendor relates that the bike was purchased in 1936 and sold the same year to a brother in law, Mr Alen Oven, who kept the machine until approximately 1998 when the current custodian purchased it. In the approximate 5,000 miles covered in the next 10 years the Brooklands banking and famous Test Hill have again been ridden. The urge to restore has been resisted and the 6/1 is presented in running, original, unmolested order and complete with V5C, SORN and some hoarded spares which include a front hub, rear wheel and seat covers. A unique opportunity to purchase one of the very rarest of all historic British Motorcycles.
Exposed valve gear.
