Had a '71 Toaster tank in blue, bought used, very briefly, just like the one pictured above.
Came after the Harley and before the Trident (below). Nice tourer, but not a sporting ride. Rode it a few times and sold it, just not me (at the time, but probably now! LOL)
I do have actual photos of all the bikes below. but some are in albums I'll have to try to scan:
'68 b100p aka "bloop" Suz 120cc I got in '69 that was my only transport for a year (yes I was nuts). I thrashed the hell out of the poor thing.
'71 Suzi T-350J (pic 1). A real screamer, beat my friend's RD5, a GT380, a Kawa 400, and a Trumpet Daytona... in the mid-cc class only the Kawa Avenger A7 could take it, just barely. T-350s are kinda rare-ish now.
'58 DuoGlide dresser. Mistake! Got rid of 'cause shite to ride, slow and clumsy. (Pic 2, dresser version).
Great looking chick magnet (important when you're 24! and no, not her that's pictured, mine (now wife) was much younger & better looking LOL) but it was a horrible bike to actually ride fast.
'73 Trident bought new in '74. (like the one pictured, the actual pic I have was taken in my kitchen 'cause we couldn't afford a shed after buying our new house that year... and no way it's going sit outside LOL. The last competitive 4-stroke road racer (along with Rocket 3 BSA) before the 2 strokes took over. Ridden by Gary Nixon (have his autograph, we lived in Baltimore and he hung out at Boutwell's Triumph), Dick Mann, Gene Romero, and Mike "the bike" Hailwood. Totally awesome machine, really fast for the time, and a great handler. When in the market I also test rode a Ducati GT750. The Trumpet handed as well, was faster, and 400$ cheaper. The Honda 750 was fast but a pig. The T-15O was a beautiful and awesome machine that I should have kept.. but then the kids came.
No known pics of my RD350 and T-100 Daytona. Had the latter at the same time as the Trident, the T-100 was beautiful like all Triumphs, a great handler but also a real vibrator and not overly quick. I was such a Triumph nut that I visited the factory in Coventry and the "Mighty South London" branch of the TOMC, of which I was a member in the mid '70s. Great memories!
Will try to scan the old photographs (does anyone even take those anymore?)
Roger in NY
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