1923 Triumph SD

Registration No: DD 1769
Frame No: 324396
MOT: Exempt

• An exceptionally original and well-preserved centenarian Triumph
• Complete with an extremely rare Hopley folding sidecar
• Sold with an historic buff logbook from 1925

The Triumph SD was Triumph’s flagship from 1919 to 1927, a modernized version of the Model H featuring all-chain drive and Triumph's first proprietary three-speed gearbox with a "Spring Drive" shock-absorber to dampen the engine's power pulses. It had a 550cc side-valve engine, cost over £100, and was produced in limited quantities due to post-war industrial shortages. Powerful and robust, it was an ideal sidecar-carrier.

This charming 1923 SD has been a star exhibit in several collections for many years. Its extraordinarily well-preserved, unrestored condition gives away that it has never seen any great use, and the logbook reveals it had three owners from 1925 to 1930, before a Mr. Cook purchased it and kept it until 1974. It was then owned by Raymond Chandler of Bredon, Gloucestershire, who kept it in his house with various other bikes, and more recently it resided in the private collection of Mark Greening, until that was dispersed. In the present ownership since 2012, the Triumph’s most impressive attribute is the extremely rare Hopley Folding Sidecar – these were expensive when new and were designed to fold in so the bike could be wheeled down the passage to the side of your house. A not-to-be-missed preservation opportunity, the SD is supplied with the current V5C and the buff logbook from 1925.

For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217