Among the many and various motorcycles owned and ridden back in the Fifties I also obtained great delight from a Tigress 250cc four-stroke twin scooter, in polychromatic Triumph blue. I bought it for my 25 mile commute twice a day – a mixture of country roads, A-roads and city traffic.
The Tigress, as purchased secondhand from a dealer, was fitted with windscreen and luggage rack, but not one that would have carried a spare wheel like the splendid model displayed in the March RC. I was initially concerned about the small petrol tank under the side-hinged Triumph motorcycle dual seat, so carried for the first few weeks of ownership a spare can of petrol on the carrier.
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