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Motorcycling Memories & the Search for a 60s superbike 1964 Triumph Trophy TR6SS, reg. 419 EER

By THE TIME I MADE IT TO THE RIPE old age of 14, I knew I wanted to get a motorbike. So I started working before and after school and at the weekends so that when I reached my 16 birthday and I could apply for my provisional licence and {hopefully) afford to buy my first motorbike.

Even at the age of 14 I already had my heart set on a Triumph Bonneville, to me there was no other bike that could get close to generating the 'must have' feelings in my heart/ head. The law back then stated that learners could only ride a bike with a maximum capacity up to

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