1970-75 TRIUMPH T150 ‘SLIPPERY SAM’
Feb 15, 2022
3 minutes
In the late 1960s, production road race classes were gaining popularity, but as support races to the established GP classes.
When BSA, Honda, Norton and Triumph launched 750cc street bikes, they realised racing in the production class would help their sales. Honda had a race kit for their CB750 and Norton had a ready-to-race Norvil production racer. BSA launched the three-cylinder Rocket 3 and Triumph their version, the T150 Trident in 1968. Both models were more powerful than the company’s twins, but weighed a lot more.
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