Triumph Recalls 2010 GT and ST Motorcycles for Incorrect Dipstick Length

Triumph is recalling certain model year 2010 GT and ST motorcycles.

The plug/dipstick is of an incorrect length. As a result, the accuracy of the dipstick for measuring adequate levels of oil may be compromised and adequate oil levels may not be maintained.

The number of units affected is 216.

Check out my Motorcycle Recalls feature for more details.

2011 Triumph Street Triple R Pictures

2011 Triumph Street Triple R Pictures

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Motorcycle Pictures of the Week - Ken

Here are my Pictures of the Week as displayed on the Motorcycle Views Website. These are taken from the Moto Pic Gallery. See Ken with his 2009 Triumph Speedmaster. We need more pictures of men and women with their motorcycles. Get your picture in. For details, see Motorcycle Pictures of the Week.

If you'd like to see your bike as Picture of the Week, submit a picture of you and your bike along with a description of the bike.

2011 Triumph Sprint GT Motorcycle

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TIME WARP TIGER 100 ON SALE AT QUAIL

While the rest of the world was busy hacking itself to bits in 1940, American motorcycle 'Class C' racing carried on until deep in 1942 while we distracted ourselves from joining the fray.  While England and the Triumph factory specifically were occupied with military production, the lure of cash from abroad for a special racing model must have been impossible to resist.  Plus, helping competitors abroad was not yet forbidden, and the Competition Department surely relished the chance to build one last racing machine before the grim reality of a new war in Europe took hold.

Thus in March of 1940, Rody Rodenberg, a well-known racer from Indiana, ordered a new 500cc Tiger 100 to full racing specification from the Triumph factory, which was to include open megaphones, rearset footrests, a BTH racing magneto, a TT carb with rubber-mounted remote float, 8:1 compression pistons, a bronze cylinder head, and a specially-tuned motor 'guaranteed to provide 120mph top speed'. Destined for 'Class C' (production) racing and an eye to the high speed beach race at Daytona, political events finally caught up with the Triumph, and it sat out the war in Rodenberg's garage.

When officially sanctioned racing resumed in 1947, the Tiger was finally raced at Daytona by Lowell Rettinger, who went on to win the Peoria TT on the machine that year.  Rodenberg used the Triumph at Daytona in 1948, and it won a 5-Mile national race at Iowa City in 1951.  It appears the Tiger was put away shortly afterwards and simply preserved unscathed, for it remains in exactly as it finished its last race, in remarkably original condition.

How do we know the history of the Tiger?  All of the correspondence between Rodenberg and Triumph have been retained with the racer, and are included with the machine in its sale at Bonhams on May 8th, at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering.  Factory prepared racing Triumph twins are rare, period, as Edward Turner was no fan of risking the factory's reputation on events as uncontrollable as a motorcycle race.  A factory tuned pre-war Tiger 100 with full documentation is even more unusual.  That it exists in such a beautiful state today is exceptional, and probably unique.  I envy the new owner!

If you're interested in more details on this machine, I have scans of all the factory correspondence.  

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