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Old 5th June 2017, 20:15
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Originally Posted by BobClay View Post
I took this picture at a motorcycle show (I think at Earl's Court) in the 70's. I nearly signed my life away in order to buy one of these, I'd have been in debt for years so I chickened out.
This was a replica of the legendary Slippery Sam Triumph Trident which won the TT Production race 5 years on the trot from 71 to 75.
I did own a couple of Tridents back then, but in declining signing a note for one of these I made a classic mistake ... can't think what one would be worth now. But it isn't the money .. it's the fact that this bike was a legend.
That's a proper looking bike, Bob.

Some years ago I came across a chap in Bletchley who was restoring a Triton? (Triumph Norton hybrid?) that had been a TT machine. It looked similar to your Trident in style and shape, but was rather scruffy.

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