with apologies to Ogden Nash...
Wait another year or two and you could have one with a sleek sputum-gray fiberglass muffler guard, as seen here:https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-british-motorcycles/triumph-trophy-250-zmmz17jazhur/NB: The specs allege 22HP and 90MPH. Uh huh. Maybe on nitromethane; maybe if you dropped one from a helicopter.
They looked ok, but... definitely outclassed.
Who was waiting for it?Probably Triumph dealers.They were probably disappointed.Jack from Illinois
Triumph to U.S. dealers: "We're bringing out a 250 to stop the Japanese dealers eating up your lunches."Dealers: "Yee-haw, finally!"Triumph: "It's a high-compression C15."Dealers: " ... ."
Wait another year or two and you could have one with a sleek sputum-gray fiberglass muffler guard, as seen here:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-british-motorcycles/triumph-trophy-250-zmmz17jazhur/
NB: The specs allege 22HP and 90MPH. Uh huh. Maybe on nitromethane; maybe if you dropped one from a helicopter.
They looked ok, but... definitely outclassed.
ReplyDeleteWho was waiting for it?
ReplyDeleteProbably Triumph dealers.
They were probably disappointed.
Jack from Illinois
Triumph to U.S. dealers: "We're bringing out a 250 to stop the Japanese dealers eating up your lunches."
ReplyDeleteDealers: "Yee-haw, finally!"
Triumph: "It's a high-compression C15."
Dealers: " ... ."