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I recently acquired this excellent set of photographs directly from the Pelton family (Harry Pelton was an Indian dealer later taking on Triumph and Ariel in the 1950’s). They are of Bud Ekins competing at the 1955 Catalina Grand Prix riding a Triumph TR5 500cc Twin as well as some publicity shots from Johnson Motors […]

Featured here is a very rare motorcycle, a 1964 Triumph T120C Competition Sports Scrambler. One of only 60 manufactured during the ’64 season. This was an east coast model supplied mostly to Tri-cor in Baltimore. Johnson Motors on the west coast took delivery of 412 T120C T.T. Specials which were out and out stripped down

Here we have something very unique. A 1949 Triumph TR5 Trophy “Square Barrel” fitted with a Bill Martin swing arm conversion. The story of the way this conversion came about can be read about in the photos above but basically Martin was the Triumph dealer in Burbank California during the 1950’s who designed a spring

I would like to share some photos and story of this 1950 Triumph Thunderbird that I put together back in 2020. Purchased as a rolling project, it included several unique parts that found their way on to this 650cc T-bird back in the 1950s where it competed on the drag strips of Santa Anita Airport

After seeing these two bikes on a local Craigs List ad I joined the race to try and secure a deal. After listing the BSA at a very low price he was overwhelmed with tons of emails asking to buy the bike. He took the ad down to reassess what he had. Five weeks later

This 1958 Matchless came my way via a gentleman I was introduced to who asked me to do some work to his 1960 G2 250cc Single, he also had this machine which was no longer wanted and a deal was done to bring it home. It is the first Matchless Twin I have owned so

In 1966 Triumph kept the T100SC for the first half of the season. This bike is a fine example that I bought.

I got a lead on this old Desert Sled that had been sitting for many years, things like this I cannot resist so it was up to Visalia to do a deal and bring it home.

After several months of chasing this AJS I finally was able to purchase it and introduce myself to the world of the Big British Single. This will be something new to me as I have always been more of a Twin Cylinder enthusiast.