Description
14th Sep, 2024 10:00
The September 2024 Auction
1961 Triton 6T
Unfinished project, part of deceased estate
Buyer's premium: 15. 00%
Lot details
Registration: YHR 344
Frame: Not Visible
Engine: 6T45854
MOT: Exempt
750cc 4-stroke twin
5-speed manual
Transferable registration number
V5 present
Needs full recommissioning
Engine bored out from 650cc to 750cc
Road racing on a closed circuit may be the most demanding of a motorcycle chassis, an engine and the leather-clad rider. Perhaps most revered, especially for its chassis, is the “Featherbed” Manx Norton made from the 1950 through 1962. Earliest Manx models were rigid (no rear suspension) with girder forks. Then the plunger rear suspension was developed. But fitted with the McCandless brothers Featherbed Frame for 1950, the Manx was at its height in chassis design, and the bike to beat on tracks like the Isle of Man.
But the Manx Norton was never road legal, so many street riders seeking maximum handling qualities emulated the Manx, and substituted road-going Norton twin frames and used more street-able engines like Triumph twins at the same time. A contraction of “Norton” and “Triumph,” the Triton was born; the Norton featherbed frame and a Triumph twin engine.
This bike is being offered as part of a deceased estate, and reading through the paperwork he appears to have owned it since 2010 when it was purchased with papers describing major engine work in the years previously. The paperwork states that the engine had a rebuilt crank, new pistons and barrels taking the cubic capacity up from 650cc to 750cc. It also details many other parts fitted and that the bike has competed in various sprints and races, however it appears that the magneto will require replacing or fixing as the bike currently does not run. It has been dry stored for quite a long time and will require fully recommissioning to get running. Would make a great addition to a collection or in the right hands could be made back into a sprint or parade bike.
