Spare shed load of cash?

[royhall]

If you have a spare shed load of cash lying around unused this is the way to go.   http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Hurricane-X75-X-75-1-owner-untouched-and-unrestored-museum-piece-WOW-/222016581170?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276    Could never understand why Triumph never put the Vetter Trident into production, this had a chance of single handedly saving the British bike Industry. Well maybe not eh.

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What a beautiful piece of machinery. Don't know its worth 35k though, but someone will buy it.

Have a look at the last photo, some collection that is. And all the boxed toys on the shelf, either a shrewd collector/investor, or a nutter with too much money.

[JamesH]

Holy shit that last photo is mad...

[Chris400F]

If the first one is too expensive for you then he has this one as well:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Hurricane-X75-X-75-2-owner-BARN-FIND-Ride-or-Restore-Rarer-than-RARE/221995981853?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D92a04877723c4ba5b795a94bf4324ca9%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D222016581170

[royhall]

Not exactly rarer than rare, there's two right there.

[hairygit]

Well, in my eyes those bikes represent everything that went wrong with the British motorcycle industry. Reports on them at the time said it was rushed into production to try and gain ground back from Honda's CB750, the middle cylinder was prone to overheating, typical oil leaks, and for heavens sake, who in their right mind would launch a performance bike in the 70's with a drum brake on the front???. Granted, it looks nice, but there is where the food points end. Best kept in museums, and don't try riding it, because chances are it won't get there without breaking down!

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[JamesH]

Couldn't agree more hairy...

[jimv50]

No, no and thrice, NO.

[matthewmosse]

Utterly pointless bike if it is an investment that is not ridden. To me the fun of owning a classic is using it, be it our family s2 landrover ( rare enough for the original 2.0d engine or the rear pto on their own.) Sure using it hard has worn out a few matching numbers components but far more worthy than mothballing it, a fair few bits on my 500/4 have suffered from the miles I put on it too but in my view owning it would have been a lot less fun if I hadn't accued so many memories by using it for so very many miles of adventures. Doesn't really tempt me.

[taysidedragon]

The Hurricane was typical of the Triumph/BSA problems at the time. Old time managers making the wrong decisions and not investing enough in the future. Relying too much on old designs.

The BSA triple engine had a forward angled top end which looked good in the bike - the Triumph engine had a straight cylinder head/barrel which didn't look so good. If they had used the BSA style engine in all the bikes they would have saved so much money on tooling and commonality of spare parts. Usual story, BSA managers wanted their way, Triumph wanted to be different.

The American dealers were complaining a lot about old-fashioned designs not selling so someone with sense brought in Craig Vetter to design a bike that would sell in the American market.

The result was the Hurricane. He chose the twin leading shoe front brake for looks and style, same for the better looking BSA-style engine and the expensive but pretty exhaust.

The bike did go into production but most were sent to the States and production didn't last long before US rule changes and Triumph's problems meant the end. I think there were about 1200 made - and a few copies made since!

[royhall]

They got that in the end. My T160 export had the sloping barrels.