Triumph Experimental Development Book

I just finished reading "Triumph Experimental, Doug Hele and his development team 1962-1975" by Mick Duckworth, and highly recommend it. It covers development of both race bikes and prototypes, as well as some production bikes, during Doug Hele's time at Triumph. It covers technical, historical, and biographical info related to that period. It also has some fascinating detail on the other members of the development team, as well as some of the company's executives. I'm more of a Norton guy than Triumph, but I really enjoyed the book.

Ken

Quite a new book, and sounds good. Thanks for mentioning it.

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If only someone had put something together for Hele's years at Norton....

I had many 650cc and 500cc Triumph twins when I was a kid. I don't seem to have the same irritating problems with my 850. It is much more substantial - no cracks in the cylinder heads, or through the stud holes in the barrels, and the motor is fast without having to rev the tits off it. The feel is totally different. I always liked Triumphs however a lot of that was simply through ignorance. When I was racing my short stroke 500 Triumph (Triton), my main protagonist had a very fast 650 Triton - it was geared very high and never revved over the manufacturers' specified 6,300 RPM. I rode it once and out-accelerated a very fast 750cc Kawasaki two stroke. It was all about torque - I never used to set my 650 Triumphs up that way, and they blew up regularly. That is why I did not race the 650cc Triumph motor in my own Triton.

The only Triumph I ever had was a Terrier, a 150cc version of the Tiger Cub. Didn't keep it very long.