This blog started when I owned and MZ Skorpion Traveller and a bike magazine dismissed it with the phrase 'you can't tour on a single'. The Skorpion's gone and I now have a Triumph Bonneville, but I can't be bothered changing the title of the blog!
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Friday bike
Early for a change as I'm going on holiday tomorrow. Thanks to the Faster and Faster blog for reminding me of one of the most distinctive looking British Bikes of the 70s - The Triumph X-75 Hurricane.
Pair of X-75s spotted at the Coupes Moto Legende last year.
Styled by Craig Vetter, this was an attempt to make the Triumph Trident/ BSA Rocket 3 more appealing to American buyers. Some videos about it:
Never a fan of custom bikes, whether factory or private, but this is one that I absolutely love.
ReplyDeleteSaw one in Banbury back in the 70s and the other at the NMM a few years back when I was over for a visit home and met up with Kawa.
There's only one other bike that falls in this category that I like and that's HDs attempt at a factory café racer, the XLCR