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For sale by auction on the 28th October 2023
1976 Triumph T160V Trident, 736cc. Registration number OFO 413R. Frame number EK03925. Engine number EK03925.
Sold with the V5C, a file of receipts for the parts used and a costing list of over £10, 000.
The T160 was launched in 1975, due the disappointing sales of the original T150 version, which was announced in 1968. Completely restyled and with more than 200 mechanical modifications, the T160 was the bike that belatedly dragged Triumph into the modern era.
It was at the BSA factory in Small Heath, Birmingham, the most important was certainly the addition of an electric starter, other engine changes included improved oil circulation, the switch to a left-foot gear change (the triple?s gearbox had been uprated from four- to five-speed two years earlier), slightly lower final gearing, and an increase in compression ratio from 8. 25:1 to 9. 5:1. The engine was angled forward in a new steel frame, the layout of which owed much to Triumph?s factory production racers including the legendary Slippery Sam.
OFO, a matching numbers machine and UK machine, was bought by our vendor in 2016 and with the exception of the engine, has been fully stripped and rebuilt. The frame has been powder coated, the tank repainted, stainless steel rims and spokes, brakes overhauled, with new master cylinder, new silencers, cables, electrics, you name it, it has been done.
The result is a very well presented machine, now ready to ride or show.
Sold with the V5C, a file of receipts for the parts used and a costing list of over £10, 000.
