1970 Triumph Trophy

KD27248TR6C

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Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! This rare motorcycle has been about the biggest crowd pleaser I've ever owned, and I've owned a few! It is also one of the easiest and funnest to ride. If you ever had delusions of becoming Steve McQueen racing the Barstow-to-Vegas or outrunning Nazis, this bike is your dream machine. If you are not familiar with the bike, here's a short quotation from from Real Classic.co.uk., a Brit classic bike website, that will set the stage: "There are people who will tell you that the 1970 Trophy was one of the landmark Triumph motorcycles; one of the most well developed and stylish classics, and one of the very best to own and ride today. There are other people who will tell you that the single-carb TR6 of the very late 1960s was and is a better bike to ride than the Bonneville of the same era (in the following breath they'll go on about the low-revving flexibility and clean carburation of the TR6, and the T120's harsher nature, by which time you'll be wondering whether now is an appropriate time to leave the planet). And there are even people who will tell you that the American specification TR6C, with its slim tank and high pipes is the most handsome, the most desirable, and the most luscious of the lot." The 6"C" was the "Competition" version of the wonderful Trophy. It was designed mainly for the burgeoning US off-road market of the day. Many American competitors had modified their big twins for hard core desert races or East Coat scrambles, so Triumph made a bike just for them. However, as was the case for the Brit bike industry as a whole, it was too little too late, as the Europeans where perfecting the reliability of large displacement two strokes and the Japanese were on their way as well, so the market for big, heavy four-stroke off-roaders just died. And that's what makes this bike so special: very few of the "C"s survived intact - most were cut up for choppers or stripped as TT clones. My bike is absolutely complete and authentic in terms of its equipment. That should not be too surprising given its history: I bought the bike many years ago from John Melniczuk Jr of J&M Enterprises in NJ. Here's a short bio on John, Jr: “John Melniczuk is not just a Triumph enthusiast whose hobbies turned into an occupation. He’s been working in the field since the ’60s when he was just a young man at his fathers Triumph dealership– Bauer Cycles (established in 1953). John’s grandfather owned another dealership, Cycle Sports Center, which sold Indians and Vincents among others. John’s ambition and devotion for the sport of motorcycle racing eventually lead to a job turning wrenches for the late great Gary Nixon. After a while, being a behind-the-scenes guy was not enough, so John began to campaign his own custom built Triumph T110 drag racer– setting many track records throughout his career. Dragging Triumphs runs in the family as well– His father’s shop raced a twin-engine Triumph-motored monster dubbed The Parasite.” –Smoke and Throttle You get the picture: John knows Triumphs. But he did not do the restoration on this bike and we do not know exactly who did. It is reputed to have been done by Randy Baxter's shop, but when I quizzed Randy on that, he gave no information, saying records were not kept on such things. Nonetheless, at the Mid-Ohio Vintage Festival in 2010, where Triumph was the featured marque, Randy di a close exam of the bike as part of his "Triumph Road Show" gig and posited that it was "the most complete 6C" he'd seen in a long time. The 6C is unique in several regards: internally, it runs the Bonneville cams, externally it has unique equipment such as the small headlight, single instrument on a special mount, folding footpegs, a skid plate, stainless fenders, and, of course, the scrambler pipes. Randy noted several of these items specifically since they are not available as reproductions and were usually discarded. In particular, he noted that the head pipes on my bike were original, as no one had been able to replicate their difficult bends exactly. My bike is in great running and cosmetic condition. It is NOT, however, museum quality. I ride it two or three times a year, for kicks and special events, and it has fallen off the sidestand once! The paint is fresh and exact, but there is a small bubble lifting underneath the gas cap. The mirror and "french fryer" has minor scratches from the tip-over - and exact reproductions are not available. There is a hard-to-see wrinkle in the rear fender just up from the lip. The wiring harness is original and a bit frayed in the battery-box area. The frame has been touched-up but never stripped and repainted. It runs the original electrical system quite reliably! I did update the Amal with a New repop, and the original is included in the sale (the only difference is the size of the plunger). The wheels where built with Stainless by Buchanan and I had Vintage Brakes true the drum and set the confounding Double Leading Shoe set-up. I have an original California Black Plate from 1970 for the bike, which GA allows me to run (I also have the tail light extension piece that CA required in 1970). The bike is more oil-tight than most! So that's it. This is a great bike that anyone will be proud as punch to own and show-off. I especially like the fact that if I go to a Brit bike rally my bike stands way out in the sea of over-restored Bonnies - it's the one getting all the attention! Hope you buy it and enjoy it the same.. PLEASE GO TO http://youtu.be/r4GpcwW8Cc0 FOR A VIDEO OF COLD STARTING AND RUNNING THE BIKE! ALSO GO TO http://s729.photobucket.com/albums/ww295/jbirdga/1970%20TR6C%20motorcycle/ for more photos that are scalable. Please note; many of you have asked whether this is a 'numbers matching' motorcycle, so I have changed two of the photos here to show you frame and engine numbers! Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. '