Look, I love the Bimota Tesi and the Honda RC30 as much as the next guy. But if you stare too long at the sun, you’ll go blind. Also, I can’t afford those bikes. So while I do love to look and lust after them, I also love to look around for more affordable exotica,…
NOTE: This one sold while I was writing this post which isn’t really surprising because among fans of the Triumph Daytona series, this is one of the most desired. Even though it has already moved to a new owner I think its still worthy of a post. I am a big fan of the…
Revived by entrepreneur John Bloor after their final bankruptcy in 1983, Triumph Motorcycles engineered a family of engines using a 76mm diameter piston and established a manufacturing facility in Thailand. The venerable brand celebrated it centenary in 2002 and has continued manufacture and now completes almost 50,000 motorcycles per year. This particular bike is a…
1997 Triumph T595 (955cc) Daytona for sale on ebay Here is a personal favorite of yours truly, a 1st generation Triumph Daytona T595. Although these bikes carried a model designation of “T595”, the 1st generation of the reborn Daytona actually featured a 955 cc displacement three-cylinder engine designed in part by Lotus. Along with the other…
Here is one we haven’t had on RSBFS before, a 1st gen Triumph TT600. Despite being the first 600cc sportbike with fuel injection, the introductory triumph 600cc bikes have been pretty much forgotten about, which is a shame because they are actually excellent “intro/learner” bikes for people new to 600cc sportbikes. 2002 Triumph TT600 for…
Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. is the largest surviving British motorcycle manufacturer but it hasn’t been an easy path for the Uk-based manufacturer. The entire British bike industry basically collapsed back in the early 1980’s and Triumph went into receivership in 1983. After a few years and a lot of legal wrangling, British businessman John Bloor ended…
A plucky spirit and old-world charm were ultimately no match for the industrial might of the Japanese and Triumph was gone by the early 1980’s. The motorcycle landscape was changing rapidly, and they simply couldn’t keep up with the pace. So when construction magnate John Bloor changed his plans to raze the Triumph factory to…
Fast, classy, and just a bit different, this Triumph Daytona T595 represented a huge change in thinking for the recently resurrected company. Early on in Triumph’s John Bloor era, cost-cutting measures that didn’t compromise reliability or quality were in full-effect, and basically all of their bikes were based around a common frame and two engines,…