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£2,200 - £2,700
1967 Triumph Tiger Daytona 500cc. Registration Number KBE 28E, Frame Number T100T/H54482, Engine Number T100/H54482. Sold with V5C.
The 'Daytona' name was derived from American rider Buddy Elmore's win at the 1966 Daytona 200 race, during which he achieved an average speed of 96.6 mph on a 'works special' Triumph Tiger 100.
The 500 cc Triumph Tiger 100 Daytona (T100T) was developed by Triumph's Chief Engineer and designer Doug Hele and launched as a production motorcycle in 1967. Based on the setup developed for the 1966 Daytona races, the T100T was fitted with a new cylinder head and twin Amal Monobloc carburettors.
US magazine Cycle World tested a Daytona in 1967, calling it “A café racer’s dream.” Cycle was equally gushing: “Nothing but good may be said of the Daytona as day-in, day-out sporting transportation. It is a fantastically comfortable bike — Starting is a snap, for it fires very willingly. Add to all that the obvious quality of materials and care in workmanship and you have a lot to like.”
KBE is an early production Daytona, first registered in April 1967 to the original owner, Susan Lloyd from Grimsby, who kept it until it was acquired by our vendor in 2012.
A sound and original bike, it will need some restoration and recommissioning and will make a fine project.
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