Hooray FOR HOLLYWOOD
What did the legendary Hollywood actor James Dean and the even more famous character of Arthur ‘The Fonz’ Fonzarelli from Happy Days have in common? Answer: they both rode a Triumph Trophy. Why? Because, like the Hollywood legend himself and the actor that rode one in the TV series was often heard to say on the show, the Trophy was cool. Ayyy…
At this point it would be perfectly acceptable to ignore the rest of this article and just spend a moment admiring the pictures of this 500cc twin; without doubt it has to be one of the prettiest post-war motorcycles ever made. For all his well-documented personal failings Edward Turner absolutely knew how to design an eye-catching motorcycle, and even a jaded old hack like this writer, hitherto immune to the charms of Meriden’s finest in a purely mechanical sense, will reluctantly concede the Trophy to be a gorgeous machine.
The origins of this beauty can be traced
