Saturday 19 July 2008

The Iconic Triumph Bonneville


The Triumph Bonneville was manufactured between 1959 and 1983 at the Meriden works Coventry, it first came to light as a 650 cc model T120 ,then moving to a T140 750cc model in the early 70's , production ceased with the closure of Meriden in 1983, the new range of Bonnevilles being produced now at the newly created Hinkley works are
865cc models which will soon be all fuel injector serviced

Friday 4 July 2008

The Famous Ariel Square Four


In 1928 Edward Turner created the famous Sqaure Four engine.After trying to sell his design to BSA ,who rejected it,it was Ariel that took it up and hence the ARIEL SQUARE FOUR was founded.The Sqaure Four went into producton in 1931 with a 500cc chain driven engine with a hand change gearbox.
But it wasn't untill 1953 that the famous 1000cc Square Four was released,and was a geniune 100mph motorcycle,this ran untill 1959 when all production of the four strokes were stopped.A total of 15,641 were produced.
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