Triumph Thunderbird T6 '61

I've just become a proud owner after seeing my first about 40 years ago!

Are there any kindred owners/enthusiasts out there I could share hint, tips
and problems with?

 

Not an owner but a good friend has a '66 T6 that he built himself over
a period of years.

He also spent something like 20 years in the TOC , before he got fed
up with all the politics.

If you have any queries, post away.

And before you ask - He will not use the internet, believe me I've
tried..

 

Nice old thing

Pete M.

 

This is not a place to post Binaries ( Files as attachments)

They need to be "on" a Web site and the best thing to do is post the
URL: - Website "address"

HTH

 

CIS' server does too.

 

She was over 70?

 

Vbg

 

have an iron head and Thunderbird logo on the primary chain case , yours
looks like what I remember to be a TR6, the Iron head was the 6T.....wasnt
it?
Or did I take too many alkaloids in my youth.
( probably about to die in flames) Steve the grease

 

That _is_ 'the german server', YTC

 

The Iron head, single carb (cooking) model was the 6T Thunderbird, in this
country anyway..
Never heard of a T6.
They were a great ol sidecar bike.. in fact I bought one once for £25..
(in the olden days you understand ;-)

jim.

 

T*R*6R. I had one. 650, single carb. A lot were used by the UK Plod
IIRC.

 

Ah right.. TR6. rings a bell.
Were they also called the Thunderbird? like the 6T

jim

 

thrrrrpt!

might've been another one.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

 

The Older Gentleman fascinated us all by saying...

The plod used heavily laden 750 Saints round here. Easily outrun by YDS7s
and GT250s[1] from what my sisters tell me.

[1] That's what my sisters rode back then. Now you know where I got the
2-stroke bug

 

I *think* the Saint was a 650.

 

Very nice bike Roger.

BTW the other bit of protocol is to post with your new text below that
of the previosu post, leaving relevant text and snipping irrelevant.

 

Jeremy,

Thanks for the kind words.

With a bit of luck I've managed to unravel some more Microsoft voodoo and
get my text insertion point to automatically appear after, rather than
before the item I'm replying to.

Rog.

 

IT was, and was not a souped up motor at all dispute what some people
supposed at the time,
it had low compression pistons soft cams and a single carb.
Which actually made the 30 yearold design quite reliable and a pleasant
bike to ride.
So no real wonder that any 250cc + modern japer could see it off, if you
were caught by one
It could only mean Plod was a bigger and better loony than you )

 

Yes, Sexy bike.

Is it loud ?

I like 'em loud :O)

 

Coo, that's rather nice....