"These are not special machines, but ordinary production bikes..." Oh yeah? What about all the titanium inside the engines, forged pistons, bigger oil-pumps etc, and engines 'not quiet in the usual place', ahem, as the frames were made from better tubing anyway. Not to mention the odd bit of alloy-painted magnesium in places the scrutineer could see (unpainted elsewhere). But I'll begrudgingly take one off you if you were to offer it for free! Met Alec Scobie a few times, y'see. The stories...
@sparra1946 hmmm are you calling people from that time stupid?They where not dummer that we are they made quality bikes today bikes are worse in quality i can say becose they need the money when people need to fix the bike.
love this video but Triumph really should never have made that mistake in there own advertising. Bonneville was not named after the Bob lepan speed record . That was made much later. It was named after Johnny Allens speed record at Bonneville
"These are not special machines, but ordinary production bikes..." Oh yeah? What about all the titanium inside the engines, forged pistons, bigger oil-pumps etc, and engines 'not quiet in the usual place', ahem, as the frames were made from better tubing anyway. Not to mention the odd bit of alloy-painted magnesium in places the scrutineer could see (unpainted elsewhere). But I'll begrudgingly take one off you if you were to offer it for free! Met Alec Scobie a few times, y'see. The stories...
sparra1946 2 years ago
@sparra1946 hmmm are you calling people from that time stupid?They where not dummer that we are they made quality bikes today bikes are worse in quality i can say becose they need the money when people need to fix the bike.
slize10 7 months ago
Just goes to show the british bikes were more than up to it long live british bikes there is still nothing like them
burnley5960 2 years ago
love this video but Triumph really should never have made that mistake in there own advertising. Bonneville was not named after the Bob lepan speed record . That was made much later. It was named after Johnny Allens speed record at Bonneville
kombivw 2 years ago
I was at the Highlander to watch this race. The good old days before I became an old man.( who still rides a Fireblade 954)
DBD34GS 2 years ago
Aaaah yes, dear old me, pudding-basin Cromwells, slipping clutches, oil fumes and fading brakes...now THOSE were the days !
john289 3 years ago
Nicely put john289, I still think the sound of an old Brit twin takes some beating :-)
Thanks for your great comments.
lunmad 3 years ago