08-03-18
An old buddy of mine suggested that we visit the Triumph motorcycle museum at the factory, it’s not very far away and I’d never been before. I took my Olympus EPL1 with me but it was quite dark inside the museum and I had to set the camera to 1600 asa, the Olympus is quite an old model and not too good in low lighting.
Early SpeedTwin
Bonneville
Marlon – Wild One
I had a Triumph Thunderbird in 1970 with a sidecar (purple painted box) attached, it contained a heavy duty battery and a bag of cement to help keep the sidecar on the road when going round corners. I sold it to buy an electric cooker !!!!!!
Bonneville Record Breaker
Steve McQueen – The Great Escape
This is the actual bike Steve McQueen used in the film.
Custom
It was a great day out, I would love to see the production line but it’s booked up until August. The cafe was good, served excellent coffee and eats.
coronet66 
What a cool museum! It’s too bad you missed seeing the assembly line in action, but you walked away with some great images just the same.
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It certainly was, but an excuse for another visit. 🙂
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Sweet…… love the bonny pic…
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Thank you, It’s a good colour combo.
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Post just to my mind. Thank You.
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We had a Triumph 350 in the seventies. My husband bought it in pieces and reassembled it, we loved that old bike.
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I really liked my Thunderbird with the sidecar. The friend I went with has a new Bonneville and a new Thunderbird. 🙂
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Wow, our biking days are way behind us. Maybe when we retire……
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