XK not KX…
I enjoyed reading your article in the December 2022 issue on the lesser-known Triumphs chosen for display at the Motorcycle Live show.
However, I wish to point out that a misprint occurred in referring to the problems the police motorcyclists had in keeping up with ‘KX120 Jags.’ It should have read ‘XK120 Jags.’
Though when the 1965 Triumph Saint was produced, it wouldn’t have been the XK120 the police were worried about, the 120 having been superseded by the XK140 in 1954, the XK150 in 1957, and the magnificent E-type in 1961. The poor Pcs would have had a real struggle getting anywhere near the E-types with anything less than the most powerful motorcycles.
Thanks for a truly great value magazine. I look forward to the arrival of my copy in the post every month.
David Sewell, via email.
Norton came from Copes
I read the Norton 500T article in the February issue of TCM with great interest, as the machine had an ‘HA’ registration. My father’s business, Copes, was the only motorcycle dealer in Warley, so it must have been originally sold by them.
The question of where the McCandless conversion came from set me thinking whether my dad, at 91 years young, would have any memory of the workshop completing such work. Sadly, he
