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Love it I have just completed a complete engine rebuild on my t100ss have owned the bike since 1972 warms my hart to see our American buddies so enthusiastic about our British bikes thank you again
I had the same bike with the high pipes brand new in 68. I was working for my Father mostly fixing flat tires on his fleet of logging trucks as a summer job. I was 14 years old at the time and this bike was my pay for all the weekends and summer work that year. Price back then was 1099 bucks. I also got ticketed for improper license because at that age you couldn't exceed 100 cc. Thx for the post.
I'll always remember that red 1968 T100C that came into my life, God that was back in 1976, that changed everything for me, I was 20 old then, over the yr I moved on to having many different kinds of bikes Harleys and so on, but there was always a triumph in my garage, I'm 65 this yr and "Yes" there is a triumph in my garage right now, I have had a life long love affair with the triumph motorcycle, my lady friend says that I get more excited over that rusty old 650 triumph than I do over my 18,000 dollar Road King, probably so,
I allways remember my uncle's t100 exhaust note when pulling away from my gate after visiting,but as good as the sound from the pipes was, I could feel the exhaust gasses on my pant legs from about 20 ft away! Cool bikes, shame The new triumph twins no longer have the 360 degree firing order,and no longer have that unique triumph sound!
I have a 1966 T100 that I am putting back on the road. The bottom end was locked up and what I found, when I got the engine apart, was that the bike had been rebuilt. The crank had been turned .010 and new .010 over pistons had been fitted. They failed to clean out the sludge trap in the crank and so the engine tied up, I am assuming for the second time. I replaced the big end shells with new .010 over items (after pulling the sludge trap and cleaning it out) the the bottom end feels perfect. I will need new pistons since the bike sat abandoned for many years.
Sweet! I've got a 1970 Daytona I got in 1982 when it was a RAT chopper and not worth the 100.00 I paid for it at the time! I'm right in the middle of rebuilding it at this very moment, November 2019, and it should be back up in a month or so. I doubt that it would have even been worth fixing when I got it, had it not been for my connections, I'd most likely passed on it. By my choice, I don't run a front fender and I've got TT pipes on it with aluminum silencers, the tank is stock looking but competition orange w/ black stripes. Everything else is stock Triumph only with a twist of a flat track added, it's also a matching numbers bike but that wouldn't phase me a bit, I'm a lifelong Triumph nut and numbers are just that to me. I started with a front frame, center cases, crankshaft transmission, rear wheel and that was it, the rest went into the trash!
I bought my '68 Triumph T100C new in NYC and drove it all over the East Coast, Europe, and the West Coast for many years. It was so light and maneuverable, one reason being it had no battery, as it ran on a magneto. Made it interesting at night.
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Love it I have just completed a complete engine rebuild on my t100ss have owned the bike since 1972 warms my hart to see our American buddies so enthusiastic about our British bikes thank you again
I had the same bike with the high pipes brand new in 68. I was working for my Father mostly fixing flat tires on his fleet of logging trucks as a summer job. I was 14 years old at the time and this bike was my pay for all the weekends and summer work that year. Price back then was 1099 bucks. I also got ticketed for improper license because at that age you couldn't exceed 100 cc. Thx for the post.
I'll always remember that red 1968 T100C that came into my life, God that was back in 1976, that changed everything for me, I was 20 old then, over the yr I moved on to having many different kinds of bikes Harleys and so on, but there was always a triumph in my garage, I'm 65 this yr and "Yes" there is a triumph in my garage right now, I have had a life long love affair with the triumph motorcycle, my lady friend says that I get more excited over that rusty old 650 triumph than I do over my 18,000 dollar Road King, probably so,
I allways remember my uncle's t100 exhaust note when pulling away from my gate after visiting,but as good as the sound from the pipes was, I could feel the exhaust gasses on my pant legs from about 20 ft away!
Cool bikes, shame The new triumph twins no longer have the 360 degree firing order,and no longer have that unique triumph sound!
It is, just about the best T100 I've ever seen 👍
Most beautiful gas tanks/emblems ever!
I have a 1966 T100 that I am putting back on the road. The bottom end was locked up and what I found, when I got the engine apart, was that the bike had been rebuilt. The crank had been turned .010 and new .010 over pistons had been fitted. They failed to clean out the sludge trap in the crank and so the engine tied up, I am assuming for the second time. I replaced the big end shells with new .010 over items (after pulling the sludge trap and cleaning it out) the the bottom end feels perfect. I will need new pistons since the bike sat abandoned for many years.
I got a T100R Daytona to restore. I hope it can look half as good as this Trophy!
68 Was a great year
Sweet! I've got a 1970 Daytona I got in 1982 when it was a RAT chopper and not worth the 100.00 I paid for it at the time! I'm right in the middle of rebuilding it at this very moment, November 2019, and it should be back up in a month or so. I doubt that it would have even been worth fixing when I got it, had it not been for my connections, I'd most likely passed on it. By my choice, I don't run a front fender and I've got TT pipes on it with aluminum silencers, the tank is stock looking but competition orange w/ black stripes. Everything else is stock Triumph only with a twist of a flat track added, it's also a matching numbers bike but that wouldn't phase me a bit, I'm a lifelong Triumph nut and numbers are just that to me. I started with a front frame, center cases, crankshaft transmission, rear wheel and that was it, the rest went into the trash!
Silencers appear to be upside down going by the offset
Good eye--they are. Must lower price now--haha
That was a great vid. Keep em coming, please
Love your video's, lovely bike.
Paul Biggs thanks a lot Paul I really appreciate it I've been nuts about motorcycles my whole life
Hermosa . Saludos
wow... i'm speechless
How Ken Kaplan doesn't have his own motorcycle reality show IDK?
How much?
Do you have anything from 1968 triumph in this same condition for sale now? August 22-2022 for sale? I also sent you an email. Thank you.
Yes we have a 72 and 73 daytona 860 454 7024
T100C's had high pipes ...
Nice Trophy but too bad it's sporting Daytona pipes. A proper Trophy has factory street scrambler pipes, chrome, with wire heat guards.
That looks a lot like my old 1975 Honda CB500T
scratch on the tank....
ooh no...
I bought my '68 Triumph T100C new in NYC and drove it all over the East Coast, Europe, and the West Coast for many years. It was so light and maneuverable, one reason being it had no battery, as it ran on a magneto. Made it interesting at night.
A T100c Without high level pipes? is that an American thing?