Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
30th Oct, 2024 13:00
1971 Triumph T25SS Blazer
Part of the Richard Darby collection
Estimate
£1, 800 - £2, 200
Registration No: GAM 243J
Frame No: CE08903 T25SS
MOT: Exempt
US market 250cc Street Scrambler
Original and authentic condition
Supplied with a current V5C
This rare in the UK T25SS Blazer has been part of Richard Darbys personal collection for the last few years. Richard, who sadly passed away in 2023, was a well respected character in classic restoration and racing circles, mainly as the proprietor of 3D Motorcycles. Regarded as one of the world's best restorers of classic Triumph motorcycles, Richard was respected by his many customers and friends in the UK and around the world and will be sorely missed. He not only specialised in repairing and modifying Triumphs but raced them himself and sponsored many riders over the years on bikes he had prepared.
Triumph had been taken over by the BSA group in 1953 but the two companies kept up a fierce rivalry until they began to share designs in an effort to ward off the onslaught of the Japanese manufacturers. The T25SS was Triumph's street/ scrambler model, a popular style in the USA, and was launched to replace the Tiger Cub. The bike was essentially the same as the BSA B25 and was built in Small Heath rather than at Meriden but of course Richard being a Triumph man would have only wanted the Triumph badged version. Repatriated from the USA a few years ago and still in original and authentic condition, it is fitted with a Boyer Electronic ignition. Last run around 3 years ago it will need recommissioning before use and comes supplied with a V5C.
