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What a beautiful collection!!!

 

What a lovely fleet of bikes!

 

Glorious, they all look impeccable.

 

Very nice, very nice indeed. Am I in your will?
Asking for a friend

 

Hmmm Very nice collection but i`d say you need 2 more! One for Saturday one for Sunday.....then you can start on one more for Bank holidays etc

 

Darkman
Can't add any more to what's been said. But i would add perfection but i know you made them like that. You are a genius. I love all of your creations.
Joe.

 

Sun is always shinning with that collection!

 

Not a disc brake in sight.

 

Nothing but Triumphs? Where are the rest?

 

Wow Great Brother.................. Thanks To share With Us

 

What a terrific collection, @darkman! I'm sure they were happy to be spruced up a bit and sit in the sun. I'd love to know a few particulars about each of the bikes--mainly year and specific model. Thanks for sharing the photos with us!

 

I’ve often considered getting a true classic Triumph, but money, time and a variety of other crap excuses have stayed my hand. I really want a 68 “something” but not sure which bike to go for... which are the best to work on/avoid? I’ve been steered away from the tridents...

 

The TR6 of around that year is ofen considered to be the most 'practical' and 'accessible' (whatever either of those words might really mean in this context) of the range.

I say "around that year" because anything from late '67 to '70 (or even '71pre-OIF) would be much the same with minor style and colour differences being the primary distinguishing factors. The TR6 or Trophy is more practical as it is a single carb and milder cam version of the Bonneville so it benefits from the same engine and cycle parts; has oodles of smooth power and the same assured handling without the carb balancing required on a Bonnie. The only thing it lacks - in the real world - is the cachet of the name.

 

Happy you can source parts easily, where I live it takes 2 ferries to get to Vancouver, at least 6 hours one way, so going to look at parts that come up for sale is not really practical, I do have some friends around the province that will go look at stuff for me but mostly don't really know what they are looking at.
I have shelves of parts I have bought unseen, that aren't correct, so I fabricate and modify a lot of pieces. I am not rebuilding anything for resale value so I am happy with what I end up with.

 

I would love a 60’s Triumph one day. Perhaps a project bike, basket case would be nice.