1973 Triton - The Original Hybrid Motorcycle - Triumph Engine/Norton Frame - Wahoo!

These rare, almost elusive, motorcycles are an interesting piece of two wheeled history. A beautiful bike built with passion. Is it Art or Machine? Wahoo!

[tomthumb]

Most Triton motorcycles weren’t built by specialist workshops, but by home mechanics in sheds and domestic garages, using their own skill and dedication.the true ones were fitted with Amal monoblock carburettors, clip-on handle bars or sometimes Thruxton handlebars, fork gaiters and twin leading front brake (John Tickle if memory serves) and if the finances allowed, wheel embellishers as well. Most used the pre-unit 650 parallel twin engine and a polished alloy fuel tank. Definitely the best looking, sweetest handling bike on the road back in the day.

[GaryShellberg]

A beautiful example of mans effort to achieve the perfect motorcycle !

[pinkiewerewolf]

Gorgeous motorcycle, definitely motorcycle art. 🤩

[brianperry]

The pipes are called 'sweptbacks' most often terminating into 'Goldie' silencers. The hole in the seat is for the oil filler cap, because an oil tank along with the battery was most often centrally mounted behind the Carbs...the battery box/cover was removed completely. During the sixties these bikes often had 'Pre Unit' engines installed, either 500cc or most often 650cc T110, 650cc T-bird or T120 Bonnie engines. Most were built by 'Blokes in Dave Degans of Dresda won a 24 hour race at Monjuic Barcelona....would build to customer spec, depending how deep your pockets were..! The Triton was, still is the archetypical Cafe Race....l took mine to Spain when l retired... it presently resides in Valencia...Marrying the Triumph engine with the Norton Featherbed was akin to sticking a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine into a P51 Mustang...

[jurgfreiherrvonhartmann]

That is a beautyfull Bike! I love it. I had the NORTON Domiracer 88 Special from 1961. It was a verry fast english Bike!

[WOLFIE-B-UK]

Awesome bike! Over here in the UK back in the days of rockers or ton up boys as they were also known, in the 50s and 60s, a lot of them home built Tritons, also Tribsas, Norvins, and other combinations of engines and frames. Even today at rockers reunions a lot of these bikes are still on the road and ridden. A big slice of British biking history! Thank for showing it!

[madeinyorkshire]

I was a classic British rocker during the late 60s and 70s with Triumph’s etc. testing my memory but that tank I think might be a Rickman products - they produced a lot of café racer items for British classic bikes. The silencers are what we used to call reverse megas - reverse megaphones. I seem to remember having some reverse megas on a 500 Triumph Daytona that’s testing my memory which is a bit dangerous now😂 They sound really great - making a burbly sound.

[neilfordham]

Thank you for showing us the immaculate Triton it’s a shame you had to keep saying you didn’t know about it though. Maybe next time.

[daveco]

Very nice. I got to ride an old Triton a few days ago. A know a guy who's selling a really nice one. When I started asking about it, he offered to let me take it for a spin. If someone offers to let me ride their vintage bike, I usually say yes... unless it's worth so much money that wrecking it would bankrupt me. : ) The Triton was fun, but the riding position was a little too aggressive for my style. It would be great to have in the collection, but I'm not sure how much street time it would get.

[ruahinesrider]

Norton didn't make a 750 till late but had the better frame a featherbed frame usually from the Norton Dominator 650 frame.People would put Triumph 750 engine in them or a Vincent V-twin called & Norvin & are sort after now.
Also there is TRIBSA & there is
Knucton & Knuckle head in a Norton Dominator frame probably use the knucklehead when Vincent V-twin were harder to find.There is a Vindian Vincent in a Indian frame too.The most popular builds are the Triton builds.

My dream bike is a Norton Dominator frame which are
reproduced & a 1200Sportster Evo engine & call it a Norvo or
Norster.Dominator style frame is about the only British frame that will accept a V-twin motor
a Norvin be the dream bike but be easier & cheaper to build a Norvo, Norster.

[MrDragpics]

Norton Feather bed frame, if the tank was fibreglass they were kind of illegal on the road, this bike would have been the thing to run at the Ace Cafe London