Featured 1961 Triumph Twin Tr 5 C (tr 5 Ac) Competition Model

It will struggle to run without HT leads.......or are they the old clips without suppressor caps?

 

Is that what you really zoomed in on

 

No, that was the idiot instructions drawn on the sidecase above the gearshift. I am just an old traditionalist.

Did I miss something else?

 

Well ........ uhmmm, not necessarily, but I was, personally, intrigued by a few interesting and intriguing aspects of the photo ....

The timing chest cover is really unusual - I mean, it looks like the early unit con., small bore models type but doesn't have a points cover moulding, and the two protrusions at the top of the cover would suggest that one is a pressure relief valve and the other an oil pressure gauge take off?

It also appears to have two long legs - one on either side - as props. In fact the one on the right hand side looks like it was made originally for the left side judging by the angle of the foot, and, though the left hand side leg isn't visible, there does appear to be something like a similar sized block beneath it to enable the thing to stand up straight.

The front forks? Well, I can't work those out at all! There appear to be three lugs to the front and one to the rear on each leg - that's an awful lot of mudguard stay bracket fittings, isn't it? And the sliders just don't look like original to me. The oil seals wouldn't last ten minutes, either, once they'd suffered a bit of up-and-downy, in-and-outy, slidey-slidey motion from those rusty, pock marked stanchions! Mind you the big knurled knob for adjusting the damper tension looks pretty useful and practical. Nice.

But I don't think you missed anything of any serious interest ....... OH, wait though, standing behind the bike in that picture - are they Cessnas?

 

Well I am not in the market so didn’t want to be the smarta**e tyre kicker but the front end looks ‘less than original’ but nor does it claim to be.

 

Blower and "zoomie" pipes ? I'll bet you can HEAR that, both coming AND going ... ...J.D.

 

I wonder why the tank and rear guard do not match. Absolutely bootiful example.

 

The forks look like summat off a 70/80's Jap 250.

 

Jap, yeah, but probably bigger than 250 as they look to me like twin disc calliper mounts?

 

Yes, they are. Dint notice that.