Triumph Trident Prologue - Examine the Engine and a Bit of History
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- An introduction the forthcoming 1969 Triumph Trident T150 engine teardown and a bit of history on this iconic motorcycle.
Links below for all 5 parts and the introduction.
Prologue/A bit of Trident History - • Triumph Trident Prolog...
Part 1 - • Triumph Trident - Engi...
Part 2 - • Motor is stuck - Trium...
Part 3 - • Primary & Timing - Tri...
Part 4 - • 3 Cylinders Go Forth ...
Part 5 - • Splitting the 3 Cases ...
Reliant clip is copyright BBC and Top Gear and can be found on their official channel at the following link.
• Rolling a Reliant Robi... - Авто та транспорт
I owned a 1974 t-150..best one I have ever had..27 years hung on to it.. the truth about once you hit 5 grand it would try to slide you right off the seat..and that unique sound you can never forget..nothing sounded like it or after...good video..
Thank Bob, I agree. I will have mine until I cannot stand, I imagine.
So glad I came across your channel, it’s a gem. Plus, it’s so good to see somebody so passionate and knowledgeable about my favourite bikes. I’ve been riding Triumph twins since 1975. Thanks and all the best from Putnam Valley NY.
Awesome, thank you for the the kind words. And I am glad you like the series'
All the best!
Eddie
2 days ago I was working on a Rocket 3. This was 10 miles from where it was originally built!. We had timing issues and got to a point of realising that something was wrong with the position of the cam for the points. Then I ended up here. I saw your strip down vids and I was clocking the detailed parts so thanks for giving me some insight. Tomorrow will tell if it runs ! Wish me luck
Glad the vids might be useful to someone. Good luck on getting it running. All the best!
Eddie
Great story and how cool to have that bike in your Dad's stable at such a young age!
LOL that Reliant clip! That's a beast of an engine. I figure just be yourself, it's working. Thanks
Thanks man! Hopefully I don't get a copyright strike, lol. That whole bit on Top Gear had me spitting my beer the first time I watched it. That reminds me though I need to give credit in the description.
@@theeddies That reminds me... I forgot about my claim dispute. It has like a 30 day thing, but I forget when it was. lol
It would also be nice to touch a little bit on the Hurricane. We had a couple in our shop in the 80's and they were awesome.
Hello, thanks! I had a little bit about the Hurricane in the first video but took it out because I wanted to keep it as simple as possible. I will address it in a future video as well as some other history tidbits. It is an interesting story. Thanks for watching!
As someone who has torn down countless motorcycle engines, I would say that watching the process would be slightly more boring than actually doing it. If you plan to build another motor using bits from both engines, I think that would be more interesting. I have just completed an engine rebuild on my 1975 (1974 style) Trident and the processes involved that are unique to this motor would be very helpful to anyone contemplating such a build. Good luck. Tim
good job! love the additional info & commentary!!
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Nice,at one time I had a x75 loved that bike 😢 looking forward for the next video
Awesome, I would love to have a Hurricane.
Thanks for taking the time to inform viewers about the history. Regarding the style of future videos I think it would be extra helpful if some commentary could be provided - e.g. why are the cases built/split in this manner?
Thanks for watching. So far it seems that is going to be the consensus. And I will try to answer that question.
I want to see the more informative version. I understand that's more work, but I would definitely be interested.
Thanks, that's looks like the way it is going to go. Best!
@@theeddies Thank you! I just stumbled on this but I am also a fan of the Trident and am considering getting one to fix up. It would be a bit of a project for me as I haven't done this type of thing before. I'd love to see your video and help me figure that out. Thanks again!
Very cool. The Trident will be a challenge for a first bike but not as much as a Honda 4 cylinder and a lot of guys start with those. Parts are not cheap but not as bad as an old Harley. Glad to have you here, and hope I can help you figure it out. Best!
Hello Eddie, and greetings from UK. Having just found you, thank you for your very good introduction. I grew up very close to the Triumph/ BSA design and development headquarters at Umberslade Hall ( just one field away actually) but as you rightly say this engine was developed before the tie up between those two great marques. I think Edward Turner,Who designed the Triumph twin, was concerned at the cost of the Trident engine, and I guess he was correct, in a sense, so production could not really be considered until he retired as Managing Director in 65/66. Here's a question. Is it okay if in normal use the Trident engine burns a bit of oil? The performance of mine feels good, and the valve guides have been uprated, so I'm hoping it will be good for another 15k miles plus, with simply alittle oil slipping between the bores and rings.
Hello, thanks for the info. All engines burn a little bit of oil. Though, I would say if you notice it, it is too much. My personal Trident does not burn enough to have to top off between changes. I have a tiny leak in one of the pushrod tubes and have to add few ounces every once in awhile. But not really more than that. My opinion is if it runs fine and is not smoking, I would just run it, but if you are adding a pint of oil every 100 miles, I would get it looked at. I hope that is some help. All the best!
Eddie
@@theeddies Many thanks. That makes a lot of sense. In a previous life my UK registered and standard bike had documented work that took went on at around 17 k miles, but then did less than 3k miles over approx14 years subsequently, so hopefully things will bed in, given some lively but not excessive use. If pottered around, and not in occasional anger, l can't think a Trident engine will have benefited
The only thing that killed Triumph was not adapting to what everybody else was doing at that time, which was overhead cam technology, but they wanted to stick with pushrod technology and would not budge in their designs! that ultimately killed them because they would not adapt, none the less I absolutely love triumphs
Agreed. Though they did make an overhead model in 1969-70. It was killed before full production by a combo of money issues and hard headedness. Check out the the Triumph Bandit and BSA Fury. There are still surviving examples and by all accounts were pretty good bikes.
Rebuilt it mate,please go on you no you want to,ha ha great videos,from uk
Thanks, too many projects too little time.
Split vertically
Be great if you could do b.oth versions
Thanks!
Be carful lifting engines.
I agree completely. I only moved the engine from a table off camera to the bench very quickly. It was only for a bit of dramatic intro to the videos and not how I move these. I have a chain fall that is visible in some of the videos for lifting the heavy engines. Thanks for watching and caring :-)