Triumph Trident 750 Racer
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Triumph Trident Racer
Triumph ended their factory racing program in the mid-70s due to
budget restrictions and increasingly competitive two-strokes from Japan, this
could have spelled the end for the marque on the race tracks of Europe and North
America but a small band of privateers kept the Triumph badges on the starting
grid.
Privateer racer John Parker built this Trident in the late
1970s, over the course of its active life it would compete in over 120 races
including outright wins in 1979 and 1981. Perhaps most famously it won the 1981
Classic Race of the Year against some exceptionally quick competition.
In order to wring as much performance from the triple cylinder
as
possible it was fitted with a Norman Hyde big bore kit, a Rob North frame, a
stroked crankshaft, works TH6 cams, works steel-billet con-rods, lightened
timing gears, triple Amal 30mm carburettors, works specification valve gear,
Lucas RITA electronic ignition, a Quaife 5-speed close-ratio gear cluster,
Ceriani forks, Essex wheel hubs, Borrani alloy wheel rims, Lockheed front brake
callipers, and a 3-into-1 exhaust system.