Beschreibung:

Success in the International Six Days’ Trial (ISDT) in the late 1940s prompted Triumph to adopt the ‘Trophy’ name for their off-road styled twins, at first for the 500cc TR5 and then for the 650cc TR6. Introduced for 1956, the 650cc Trophy featured the new aluminium-alloy cylinder head of the Tiger 110 sportster. Its off-road pretensions were more style than substance though, amounting to little more than the fitting of a smaller fuel tank, quickly detachable headlamp and larger-section rear tyre. The bigger Trophy retained its sporting character but became more of a roadster as time passed, ending up, in effect, as a single-carburettor T120 Bonneville. More tractable than the Bonnie and more economical too, the Trophy gave little away in terms of outright performance, the bike's standing quarter-mile time and top speed being within a whisker of its twin-carb sibling’s. The Trophy continued in this form when Triumph’s 650cc twins changed to unitary construction in October 1962. Styling and mechanical updates coincided with the Bonnie’s from then onwards. This matching-numbers TR6 Trophy was imported from the USA four years ago. Since returning home the machine has undergone a full ‘last nut and bolt’ restoration including a thorough engine overhaul, reconditioning the instruments and fitting a new exhaust system, carburettors, electrics, wheel rims and tyres. Completed in 2008, the machine is described as in generally very good condition and offered with dating certificate, current MoT/tax and Swansea V5. Second only to the early Bonneville in terms of desirability, the pre-unit Trophy can only become increasingly collectible.