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LOT 205

1934 Triumph 249cc Model 2/1 Registration no. ABY 631 Frame no. SL329 Engine no. 1.R4.420

Sold for £4,025 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve
Lot 205

1934 Triumph 249cc Model 2/1
Registration no. ABY 631 Frame no. SL329 Engine no. 1.R4.420

1934 Triumph 249cc Model 2/1
Registration no. ABY 631
Frame no. SL329
Engine no. 1.R4.420

"Page was quiet, modest, a gentleman and a brilliant engineer who saw that hard times called for well-designed motorcycles without frills or gimmicks. Cheapness, reliability, simple construction and easy maintenance were what was needed, and he set to work to provide these features..." – Roy Bacon, Triumph Singles.

Just as he had done at Ariel in the 1920s, Val Page transformed his new employer's ageing range on his arrival at Coventry as Triumph's Chief Designer in 1932. The new line-up consisted of overhead-valve and sidevalve singles in capacities ranging from 250cc to 500cc, plus the top-of-the-range 650cc 6/1sidecar tug. Endowed with distinctive timing-gear covers - a feature this most prolific designer would employ at BSA later in the decade – these new Triumph engines were simple yet robust in construction and amenable to a fair degree of tuning in the case of the overhead-valve units. Suitably embellished with extra chrome, the latter formed the basis for Edward Turner's sporting Tiger models from 1936 onwards.

This twin-port Model 2/1 appears outstandingly original and un-restored, even down to retaining its original handlebar grips. The machine is offered with an old-style continuation logbook (1973) and an old-style V5.

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