Triumph TR6 Trophy

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I alway admired the late 60's Triumphs, but I was more attracted to the late 60's BSA Lightning. I guess, like a large mouth bass, I was attracted to the shining chrome sides of the gas tank.

I preferred the BSA Lightning as well. I bought a beautiful 1966 Lightning in 1967 for $700. Rode it for a couple of years, then converted it to a café racer with lots of fiberglass parts from Britain. Nothing could catch it until the 1972 Kawasaki H2 Mach IV showed up. I sold my BSA and bought the Mach IV. What a jet!

Six years later I bought a 1971 Lightning, again for $700. I took it completely apart except for the transmission and overhauled it. It ran like a Swiss watch. I sold it a couple of years later for $1000, and bought a 1982 Goldwing Aspencade so my wife and I could go touring.