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Tuesday 3 August 2010

Triumph Model N

I was out at the club pub meet tonight and saw this beauty:





It's a Triumph Model N, a side-valve 500 single from 1927. The owner is Phil, the proprietor of Lamo's Motorcycles, and he has another seven similar bikes in his 'shed'. Lucky chap.

It's a delight that bikes like this are still around and, more to the point, being used. This bike was not concours, but was in good, clean working condition, and the doff-doff sounds it made on arrival and departure were very evocative.

One day, I'll have something like this.

Oh, and here's the gang, just for the record.



Lovely, aren't they?

2 comments:

  1. That bike is a beauty, I have to agree that it does look "right"

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  2. Back to form and function again. "If it looks right, it probably is right."

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