1959 Triumph Speed Twin
Registration number: ORC 789
First registered: TBC
Engine size: 500cc
Colour. Maroon
Engine number: TBC
Frame Number: TBC
V5C present

The iconic Speed Twin 5T was developed and produced by Triumph at their Coventry, and later Meriden factories. Edward Turner, Triumph's Chief Designer and Managing Director, launched the Triumph Speed Twin at the 1937 National Motorcycle Show. It was a 500 cc OHV vertical twin in a lightweight frame and the first truly successful British parallel twin, setting the standard for many twins to follow. This 1959 model 5TA with a unit engine and gearbox construction and styling changes including the streamline 'Bathtub' fairing which became more and more abbreviated as the model developed but set a striking image amongst the modern motorcyclists of the late fifties and sixties. ORC 789 is an extremely original and correct machine which has had long term ownership by an elderly gentleman enthusiast, have the correct bathtub fairings, nacelle and period storage addition. With matching numbers and in mechanically excellent order this example is a very capable machine and has great investment potential. Triumph Twin prices are rising steadily every year as collectors favour more original bikes.

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