Morning gents, very much the same bike that Pery Tait took to 2nd place at Spa in '69 I assume ?

Morning chaps Also Rhodie , the ' 3 ' was'nt about in '67 IIRC

Could this be the same bike?

This is a Triple .

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

and this one!

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

Snetterton Race of Aces 1971.

Photo Copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

Not a patch on Graham's picture but it's the real thing.




And another

Keep em coming!! there superb as usual CP.

Thanks Mr Fu. I´ve been well and truly told off, and I deserved it, I must add.

Dont do it again!

I think you will find that most of th bikes shown in this thread have modern forks, not the original forks like my North, the original forks, used on the works bikes did not have a fitting for a mudguard, so if you fit modern forks with cast sliders, you can fit a mudguard.

Thanks

Mark

What have you got Mark? any piccies?

My bike which is a copy of the works bikes with some sensible mods has the POGO STICK forks, i.e. steel sliders, not the moder Cerriani or Marzocchi versions, I just wanted the bike to look period. However I do have a dry clutch and a six speed box, which was perhaps a little over indulgence on my part, but the clutch is nearly hidden by the fairing. The engine has Carrillo rods, centre plug head, 33 mm Amal carbs.

When I know how, I shall post some pics.

Sorry posting pics to a forum is not my strong point.

Mark

See if this works, and no muguard!


Mark

Indeed it does, what a beauty!!!

Maybe getting the hang of it, removable baffle/silencer when the noise police are not around.


Thanks Graham for the help.

Mark

I want one!!

Well done Mark , looks good

Thanks,

I wanted one from many years ago, since spectating at Glen Helen as a school boy, you never forget the noise of the works triples, it stays with you for the rest of your life, even my RG 500s as marvelous as they are can not match the exhaust note.

I have plenty of other pictures, I just have to find the correct thread to put them in.

Mark

Just thought I would share some photos of a Rob North triple that I had years ago. I was working at Dresda Autos at the time, must have been 1974/75, and bought a rolling chassis from a friend of ours who had started building it in his bedroom. It was said to be a chassis made for the factory’s racing team the following year but they stopped racing, so was sold off. If I remember right it was a BSA frame, but as I had got hold of a Trident engine, that’s what I fitted. I can’t remember what I had to do to get the Triumph engine in, whether it was just different front plates or some welding was involved, but I’m pretty sure it was a BSA/Triumph amalgam as I seem to remember painting it the red colour to go with the BSA side of it.

The engine was around 900cc. The crank was stroked, welded up and remachined by some sidecar guy in the north-west, if I remember right, then dynamically balanced on a Repco machine (as of Repco Brabham). I think the barrel was by Morgo, but I may be wrong as I’d also built up a 800cc twin with a Norton crank and Morgo barrel.

I don’t think I ever actually raced it; I entered club races but I don’t think I ever actually ran it because it took longer to get the engine completed than I expected and you had to enter the popular Bemsee meetings way in advance.

When Richard Peckett and I started P&M I sold the bike (to raise some cash) to a Tommy Stitt in N Ireland who road raced it. I’m sure it must still be around somewhere.

Hi Peter, & welcome
Great pictures & story of your bike, thank you.

Here's a couple of old pics of the triples, no intro needed for the riders. Notice that Coopers bike has been painted blue, from the usual red colour scheme that the BSA's had. I seem to remember that the factory wanted him to badge it as a Triumph, he obviously didn't think much of this but went half way and painted it blue (as per Triumph) but still badged it as a BSA!

Tony Jefferies. great pics again.

Nice photos Peter Loved the P&Ms too Those old triples still had an incredible sound, right up there at the top, lovely bike I had a friend years ago who had a North Triple on the road (I think Les Williams did some work on it) and it was pretty damned fast in the early eighties, he couldn't quite match the Laverda but it handled much better





David

Some pics I took of Saturdays Triple display at the Stafford Classic Bike show, with non other than Percy Tait in attendance.



21 cylinders on song...



some paddock shots...







Mike

Great foto's

Great to see Percy looking so well When we were kids Percy was a tester at Meriden and we'd often see him about on the A45. Imagine that these days too ricidudlius for words

Excellent photos Mike



David

Superb photos Mike, thanks for those.

Yes , as Dirk says , great pics Mike , and Percy looks in very good order

They should not have front mudguards though, especially the Cooper, Smart & Tait bikes.

Yes I agree about the mudguards, but look at this. Not a very good pic of Cooperman, but ........ mudguard

Blimey!! and as Victor Meldrew used to say "I dont believe it!!"

Found this great clip on youtube I have not seen before, action & pre race footage from 1972 TT, commentary is in Italian, great footage enjoy.

Triumphs at 1972TT

Well I thought it was good!

I did too!

I agree, it's great footage!


Thanx paul

So did I , great period film , hope some of todays ' mechs take note of the working conditions ...................