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Off-road Triumph

n the September 21, 1961 issue of, Peter Fraser was let loose on Triumph works star Johnny Giles’s motorcycle, reported to be the machine which the International Six Days Trial (ISDT) British Trophy team rider would be aboard one month later for the trial ‘proper.’ Fraser had gone to Wales, even starting his ride at the Hotel Metropole, headquarters of the forthcoming event, which was taking place October

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