
LOT 240
1934 Triumph 148cc Model XV/1 Registration no. not registered Frame no. XO-2881 Engine no. GY6675
Sold for £1,955 inc. premiumLot to be sold without reserve
Lot 240
1934 Triumph 148cc Model XV/1
The Autumn Stafford Sale – The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show|14 October 2023, 10:30 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground
1934 Triumph 148cc Model XV/1
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. XO-2881
Engine no. GY6675
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. XO-2881
Engine no. GY6675
As if following the lead of BSA's ultra-lightweight two-stroke Model A, which had arrived in 1928, Triumph introduced a model with similar specification – the 174cc Model X – for 1930. A 150cc Model Z version was soon added to the range, but both were gone by 1933. Contemporaneously, Triumph also offered the four-stroke overhead-valve Model XO, which was built in 148 and 175cc capacities, and in 1934 reintroduced a two-stroke ultra-lightweight to the range, the Villiers-powered XV/1, which was the firm's first proprietary-engined model since the early 1900s. Produced for the 1934 season only, the XV/1 is an extremely rare machine and one that causes arguments among Triumph enthusiasts who refuse to accept that Triumph would have fitted a Villiers engine to one of their own models. Indeed, many believe that Triumph's only two-stroke was the Junior of 1914.
Apparently an older restoration, this Model XV/1 was acquired by the vendor's late father, the noted collector Ken Senior, in December 2010. Recommissioning will be required before the machine returns to the road. There are no documents with this Lot, which is sold strictly as viewed.
Apparently an older restoration, this Model XV/1 was acquired by the vendor's late father, the noted collector Ken Senior, in December 2010. Recommissioning will be required before the machine returns to the road. There are no documents with this Lot, which is sold strictly as viewed.
Footnotes
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Saleroom notices
The frame number is 2943XO






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