a bandit of a dfferent kind ..what couldve been?

[Jockney Rebel]

..in1971 Triumph had a blinding little 350dohc twin ..ready for sale ..and for some unfathomable reasonthe directors pulled it ..it was even in the model list ....some of the specs
350dohc 2valve twin
34hp
95mph
sold as the fury by BSAhttp://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/triumph_bandit_350_1971.php

[Jockney Rebel]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/205946561118041.jpg

[Jockney Rebel]

and the competittion
honda:
http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/honda_cb_350_1971.php
faster yes but heavier and handled like a bus:D

[Cruisecontrol]

quote:Originally posted by Jockney Rebel

and for some unfathomable reason the directors pulled it


Because the arse just dropped out of the company and they needed some serious cutbacks in an attempt to stay alive (for a year or two).

[Jockney Rebel]

yeah but that little bike was already on the production line they d already spent the money developing it and was priced below honda and much cheaper than the italian exotica..its just what they needed to bale them out there are 20survivng examples ..but ..a whole warehouse full of spares so it shows they even expected to sell it cos theyd stock piled spares for it
..the engineers also had a 175 single and a 250twin lined up for the up coming learner restrictions and a 1000cc four ,and a 4 valve head for the bonnie ..thank god some of the younger designers then ... still work for triumph now

[EFE 1230]

I had a B25 trials bike in my youth............jesus christ I am glad it was not a DOCH twin built by the same people.

Fuck would that have been a reliability nightmare!!!!!!!:)

[Jockney Rebel]

B its S tuck A nywhere

[EFE 1230]

lol, it shit it's kicker gear once, had to get a new one from the UK and it came in a genuine BSA box!!!!...............................and took 3 days to fit it due to "production tolerances"!!

B astart S topped A gain

[Jockney Rebel]

lol
...or nor..ton yr life...

[gixkat]

Yep that math sounds about right,;) "A whole wharehouse full of spares" for twenty Triumphs[:p]

[Jockney Rebel]

lol
hmmmmm

[EFE 1230]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/205947057105241.jpg


I used to hang around a little hole in the wall Brit shop and loved to stir up the old "restorer" boys by claiming I had a BSA Goldstar............. my 1971 B25 trials was actually called a "BSA B25 Goldstar SS" but they didn't see the funny side of it!!:D

[Tony Nitrous]

When I was in the National Motorcycle Museum last year,
there was an inline 4, based on a BSA-Rocket111 / Triumph
Trident triple but with an extra pot.
By all accounts it was pretty sorted and ready to go,
then........naaa...lets not bother.
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8066/tri4.jpg
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/962/tri5.jpg

I can't belive we are into March, 2 full months gone and I
haven't seen a MCN (More Crap than News) story about how
Norton or Vincent will soon be world leaders.......
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3486/tri6.jpg

[EFE 1230]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/20594705730396.jpg


This is what I had after the BSA, the only oldie I wish I still had!!!

[Jockney Rebel]

a little stinger lol DAZ has got one of them in his shed up the road fromme alloriginal same colour too