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1946 Triumph Tiger 100, 500cc. Registration number USL 768 (non transferrable). Frame number TF8731. Engine number 46 T100 79052.
Although Edward Turner's Triumph Speed Twin caused a sensation when it appeared at the 1937 Motorcycle Show, few can have guessed how influential the design would prove to be. And whereas previous vertical twins had suffered from excess bulk, Turner's was lighter and narrower across the crankcase than the single-cylinder Tiger 90, whose cycle parts it shared, and from certain angles looked just like a twin-port single. This was just what the conservatively minded motorcycling public wanted and the Speed Twin proved an enormous success for Triumph. Performance proved exemplary for a road-going '500', around 85mph being attainable by the Speed Twin while the Tiger 100 sports version was even faster. The Tiger's performance was boosted by the use of high-compression forged pistons and polished ports and internals, the result being a machine that could touch 100mph in road trim and exceed it with the silencer end-caps removed. Today, the stylish Tiger 100 is one of the most collectible of all post-Vintage Triumphs.
USL was registered with DVLA in 1960 and we know very little of its history, an older restoration, said to be in good running order it presents very well.
The engine is from the first year of production post war and it is suggested that due to the bomb damage on the 14th November 1940 when the factory was flattened that the existing frames built prewar in 1939 were never built up, so when the factory started up civilian production they first used the frames they already had in stock. We have not been able to confirm this yet.
Sold with V5C.
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