Features
• Life at the Meriden factory recounted by long time employee and ace restorer, Hughie Hancox
• There has never before been a book about Meriden production testing
• Explains the factory sections allied to the production testing team and their various functions
• Behind the scenes of production testing of all new Triumph motorcycles
• Service bulletin and fault rectification procedures for now-classic Triumphs
• Details of previously unreleased factory fixes
• Follows Hughie’s best-seller “Tales of Triumph Motorcycles & the Meriden Factory”
Description
Long time Meriden worker and ace classic Triumph restorer, Hughie Hancox, describes everyday life in the Triumph Production Testing team from 1960 to 1962. A story packed with amusing anecdotes about the trials, tribulations and fun associated with testing Triumph motorcycles fresh from the production line. Includes guidance on fixing problems still found today on the 1960s models, plus previously unseen photographs of machines restored by the author. This is an intimate and entertaining account of Britain’s most famous motorcycle factory in its heyday.
Period covered: From 1953
Models covered: Tiger Cub - Std and Sport models - East and West Coast America variants, UK and general export.
3TA (350cc Twin) - Std and Sport models - East and West Coast America variants, UK and general export.
5TA (Speed Twin) - Std and Sport models - East and West Coast America variants, UK and general export.
Tiger 100A - Std and Sport models - East and West Coast America variants, UK and general export.
TR6 - Std and Sport models - East and West Coast America variants, UK and general export.
Bonneville (T120 variants) - Std and Sport models - East and West Coast America variants, UK and general export.