Ex-Triumph development engineer has 10 lesser-known Slippery Sam facts

In this video we see Norman Hyde telling us 10 interesting lesser-known facts about the legendary 70s Triumph racing motorcycle Slippery Sam. Norman is an ex-Triumph development engineer and was there when the bike was named.
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Location is The National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, West Midlands, UK.
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[@nicnak4475]

I will never forget, at my first bike meeting at Brands Hatch, the haunting wail of the Triumph and BSA triples, with their big open Mega pipes ! What a glorious sound and got me hooked on bikes at the age of 15, I have had a soft spot for Triumphs since and owned my T120R for 46 years.

[@alistairbernard9574]

Legendary Norman Hyde. What a Fantastic account of all those Amazing Machines. 👍

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

Norman Hyde, a legend in British motorcycling 🥇🏆

[@splodge5714]

Great interview with a famous name in British motorcycling. Always nice to hear their interesting stories of past times. Cheers.

[@TheClassicMotorcycleChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@richardt.4224]

I have many happy memories of the tripples.
The main one was when three Triumph tripples were racing at Malory and going round the hair pin side by side,
the sound is still mrmorable.
I was also at Silverstone when Percy Tait was racing and he let me sit on Slippery Sam.
Unfortunately, the only photo I have, is with me just standing by the bike.
I had met Percy a few times as I lived just down the road from the factory, one day I was
walking home and he stopped and gave me a ride home.
Such a nice man. I invited him in for a cuppa, sometime later he tried to buy the family home.
It was Fairfield House on the A45, just outside Allesley.
By, that brings back memories lol.

[@bradkorando]

Fantastic video. It's great to hear a first-hand account of the behind the scenes action that took place to develop and campaign these bikes. Even better when the account comes from Mr. Hyde himself! Thanks for presenting this!

[@roberthocking9138]

Great video , which confirmed my belief that many folk get noise confused with power, when it is often the opposite of the truth 😁

[@RickyJr46]

Insane, but true - the moment when a friend tossed the keys to his Trident T150 at me and said take it for a ride, knowing I had never ridden a motorcycle before!
Somehow, we both returned intact!

[@stephenanderson4603]

Great👍

[@desmoandrew1763]

lovely vid ...

[@jjnewman65]

Nice one. Really enjoyed that

[@TheClassicMotorcycleChannel]

Many thanks!

[@ksco4390]

I'm think I seen this bike at knockhill back in late 80s I might be wrong but I think Steve hislop was on it

[@omarassemujjuadrian4592]

MAC 232 E = 17 555 🤩❤️🙏

[@PeterRichmond-vh7mk]

Norman Hyde & Percy Tait should be knighted