1962 Triton

Registration No: 138 XWD
Frame No: 1810167
MOT: Exempt

• Norton Featherbed frame with Manx-style rear end
• Triumph 6T 650cc with twin-carb alloy head
• Desirable café racer accessories such as racing seat, rear-sets and clip-ons

The Triton is perhaps the most enduring symbol of 1960s motorcycling culture and remains the archetypal British special. Combining Norton’s legendary Featherbed frame with a Triumph engine (usually a high-performance twin), it gave rise to the café racer style which remains popular to this day. The Featherbed had been developed for racing before it provided a skeleton for some of Norton’s greatest road bikes, but Triumph’s engines were readily available, easily tuneable and tended to be livelier and stronger, hence their unification was a match made in heaven.

This 1962 Triton is the fruit of several years’ hard work by the vendor. It incorporates a slimline Featherbed frame with a Manx-style rear end done at Dresda, with Roadholder forks, RGM dampers, Molnar yokes and alloy wheel rims. It uses an alloy fuel tank with bespoke central alloy oil tank. The pre-unit 6T 650 engine now features a lightweight unit crank, nine-stud barrel and head, and two Amal concentric carburettors. The gearbox is Triumph’s “slick-shift,” with a new LF Harris clutch and new primary chains and sprocket. The twelve-volt electrics encompass Mistral electronic ignition and an electronic rev counter and speedometer. Sadly, health troubles have prevented the owner finishing the project, so final touches, including setting up the clutch and fitting a valve for the oil tank, remain to be completed.

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