General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

STEEL TUBULAR FRAME/ CHROMED WHEEL RIMS, FRONT FORKS, HEADLIGHT CASE, FUEL TANK CAP/ ALLOY PARTS IN ENGINE/ METAL PARTS/ RUBBER TIRES, HAND GRIPS/ SYNTHETIC INDICATOR LENSES/ LEATHERETTE SEAT/ GLASS HEADLIGHT LENS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

210.0 cm

Width

97.0 cm

Height

120.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Motorcycle vehicles

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TRIUMPH

Country

United Kingdom

State/Province

Unknown

City

Small Heath

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Triumph, one of the most famous motorcycle builders, was founded in Britain by two Germans, Siegfried Bettman and Mauritz Schulte, who set up the company in 1897 to build bicycles. They produced their first motorbike in 1902, and it was followed by a variety of machines, ranging from a 225 cc two-stroke to 500 cc four-valve singles. During the First World War, Triumph Motorcycles sold more than 30,000 of its Triumph Type H model to allied forces. In 1936 Triumph came under the same ownership as the Ariel company and a new designer, Edward Turner from Ariel, was appointed. Turner updated many of the existing designs and was responsible for Triumph's most significant creation, the Speed Twin that became the basis for Triumph's bikes until the 1980s. This model had a short life, for the BSA group was in serious financial trouble and the problems at Small Heath soon brought production to an end.

Function

GENERAL TRANSPORTATION

Technical

New versions of Triumph singles were launched for 1971. The Blazer was a BSA clone and was produced at Small Heath but had its origins in the original Triumph Terrier. It was nearly identical to the T25T Trail Blazer Trail Bike, as both had the same 247 cc engine. The front forks matched the group's (see tradelit L05360) slimline type with four-stud fixings to the wheel spindle caps, internal springs and no gaiters. The wheels, front and rear, had conical hubs and the back on contained a single-leading shoe brake and was supported in an 18 in. rim. The T25SS had twin-leading show brakes with short cam levers that were pulled together by cable on its front wheel. Most other parts were common to both models and these included the exhaust system. The pipe for this curled along the right side of the engine to pass inside the frame tube where it joined a lozenge-shaped silencer. This ran up an angle to terminate with a high-level tailpipe and both this and the main body had perforated heat shields attached to them. The mudguards did differ with the road model (this artifact), having the front guard held close to the wheel by wire stays that were rubber-mounted to the lower fork legs. On the trail bike, the guard was attached to the bottom fork crown and sat away from the tire.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR PLATE (STICKER) ON HEADSTOCK RIGHT IS [ILLEGIBLE]/ STAMPED INTO CRANKCASE LEFT IS: `PE01962T25SS'/ WORN GOLD DECAL ON FRAME COVER RIGHT READS: `BLAZER/ SS'/ `TRIUMPH' IN BLACK WITH SILVER TRIM ON BOTH SIDES OF FUEL TANK/ `TRIUMPH' IN CAST RAISED LETTERS ON CRANKCASE ACCESS CAP ON LEFT SIDE & ON CYLINDER HEAD RIGHT SIDE

Missing

N/A

Finish

FRONT & REAR FENDERS, FUEL TANK PAINTED ORANGE/ FRAME IS PAINTED BLACK/ BLACK TIRES, HAND GRIPS, SEAT, FRAME COVERS/ CHROMED FRONT FORKS, WHEEL RIMS, HEADLIGHTCASE & FUEL TANK CAP

Decoration

FRONT FENDER HAS A WHITE TRIMMED BLACK LINE RUNNING ITS LENGTH IN THE CENTER/ FUEL TANK HAS WHITE TRIMMED BLACK DECORATIVE LINE BEGINING ABOVE MFR NAME TAPERING TO NOTHING AS IT PROGRESS TOWARDS SEAT