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Originally Posted by Drewski
I don't wish to dribble on your bonfire but the late '70s isn't a great period for Triumphs. Build quality was inconsistent and quality control sketchy. I worked at a garage that sold them at the time and all came back with problems, some with serious ones, for eg gearbox main shaft shearing after 35 miles.
What a lot of people ended up doing was completely stripping down their bikes and finishing them off themselves which may be the case with yours.
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Hi,
I am in no doubt the bike will need some tlc, However, my dad did know a thing or two about (British) bikes, he was, after all,an engineer for Matchless motorcycles in the 50s.
Also, the 70s were not a good time for motorcycle engineering excellence, as ALL manufacturers suffered flaky build quality of some sort, just ask anyone owning an Rd 250, 350 , either air cooled or Lc, or a Laverda Jota owner, Benelli anything, Harley, Honda 4s, etc,etc.
By the time that the picture I have posted, was taken, my brother had owned 3 Yamahas in the same period since the Triumph was new... ALL suffered crankshaft failures...with well under 10k on the clock.
Needless to say all the bikes and manufacturers listed above , providing they worked, produced bikes still talked about today....flaky or otherwise.
Cheers
Paul