Overview
Want to be an expert on Triumph’s 350 and 500 unit-construction twins? Here is everything you need to know about these classic machines. Alongside the headline-grabbing bikes – the Bonneville and Trident – Triumph built a whole series of smaller 350/500cc machines, with all the style of their bigger brothers, but lighter in weight, easier to ride, and now cheaper to buy. The Triumph 350/500s played a key role in the company’s success through the 1960s, in North America as well as the UK. The range included everything from the original 350cc 3TA, a mild-mannered tourer, to the final Daytona Tiger 500 (a modified version of which won the Daytona 500 race in 1967), and the TR5T trail bike. This comprehensive book covers the complete history of these bikes, with details of model variants, advice on buying and living with a Triumph 350/500, technical specifications, and a list of useful contacts.
Full Product Details
Author: Peter Henshaw
Publisher: David & Charles
Imprint: Veloce
Dimensions:
Width: 20.70cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 25.00cm
Weight: 0.593kg
ISBN: 9781845849030
ISBN 10: 1845849035
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 15 September 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
By Peter Henshaw and Justin Harvey-James, this tome concentrates on the twin cylinder unit construction machines produced from 1957 to '74, covering every model, noting the differences between each, from touring 3TA through to race-winning 500cc Daytona, and what the press reports of the time said too. Aside from all the insider info required to be able to identify a model, there's also plenty of hints and tips for identifying year and specification of parts, and for maintaining and modifying your bike if you've acquired on of the unit construction tins. With lists of clubs, resources, sales figures and magazine reviews, it is part workshop manual, part easy reading and part reference manual. In shirt, if you have an interest in the subject matter, you should order a copy! - Old Bike Mart.
Author Information
Peter Henshaw has been an enthusiast for anything with wheels since he was a child – everything from bicycles to 500hp tractors. He was Editor of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure for five years before going freelance, and now contributes to a whole raft of transport magazines and websites, including The Vintagent (motorcycles), A to B (cycling) and Tractor (as it says …) as well as editing Vintage & Classic Motorcycle. But this petrolhead is becoming increasingly green – now doesn't fly, doesn't own a car, rides the most economical motorcycle on the market, and for local journeys uses a bicycle or pedelec.
