Thursday, September 10, 2015

Today in motorcycle history, September 10, 1959


  


  








  A rose by any other name...






  1959 was the last year that the TR6 did not carry a letter designation after it. Starting with model-year 1960, the TR6 model line would be offered in two variants, the TR6/A being the low-piped roadster version and the TR6/B the high-piped street scrambler. But for 1959, it was still known as the TR6 Trophy, alongside it's stablemate, the 500cc TR5 Trophy, essentially identical in every way but displacement, and now in its last season. 1959 Triumph TR6 engine numbers start with 020883 and end with 029688, and were built from November 8, 1958 to September 10, 1959.





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