Description
This motorcycle is Lot 34 to be auctioned by Bonhams at the Timed-Online June Sale, please see the Bonhams website for full details. The timed online auction runs between June 6th through June 16th, with lots closing from midday June 16th 2025.
Public Viewing:
Available 11th & 12th June 2025 from 09:00 until 17:00, by appointment only at Bonhams Milton Keynes.
Lot 34
1928 Triumph 494cc Model N De Luxe
Registration no. TX 6054
Frame no. 2006161
Engine no. 505124
A landmark machine in the development of the motorcycle in Britain, Triumph's Model P debuted at the 1924 Motor Cycle Show. A no-frills sidevalve-engined model, the newcomer was priced at £42 17s 6d, at which level it undercut every other 500cc machine then on sale in the UK. Production was soon running at an astonishing 1, 000 machines per week and the Model P's outstanding success undoubtedly hastened the demise of many a minor manufacturer. Production continued until the decade's end, by which time the Model P had spawned a plethora of derivatives, Models N, Q and QA among them, and lost penny-pinching features such as guide-less valves and the bicycle-type front brake. By 1930, only one model of this highly successful family remained - the 549cc NSD, by this time updated with a fashionable saddle tank - although that was destined for replacement in the spring of that same year by an all-new model of identical designation.
Eligible for various Vintage events including the Banbury Run, this Triumph Model N is offered for restoration with some parts missing, most obviously the timing cover and saddle, and thus is sold strictly as viewed (the engine turns over with compression). The current registered keeper acquired the Triumph in April 2008 (purchase receipt on file). Additional paperwork consists of a V5C Registration Certificate, some expired MoTs, and an old-style buff logbook issued in 1948.
All lots are sold 'as is/ where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Visit the Bonhams Motorcycles website for all pertinent auction information.
