LOT 203

The Ivan Kessell Collection c.1925 Triumph 225cc Junior Registration no. NN 9758 Frame no. 606119 Engine no. 11565

Sold for £5,520 inc. premium

Lot 203

The Ivan Kessell Collection, c.1925 Triumph 225cc Junior

The Autumn Stafford Sale - The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show|13 October 2024, 11:00 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground

The Ivan Kessell Collection
c.1925 Triumph 225cc Junior
Registration no. NN 9758
Frame no. 606119
Engine no. 11565

The first Triumph motorcycle of 1902 used a Belgian Minerva engine but within a few years the Coventry firm - originally a bicycle manufacturer founded by German immigrants Siegfried Bettman and Maurice Schulte - was building its own power units. The first of these - a 298cc single-cylinder sidevalve - arrived in 1904. This first engine was not without its weaknesses, and the curious 'tandem down-tube' frame in which it was installed often broke, but these shortcomings were soon sorted and within a couple of years 'Triumph' was a byword for reliability. Introduced in 1914 together with famous 4hp Model H, one of Triumph's new models was the Junior, a 225cc two-stroke single. Weighing only 129lb, the Junior featured chain-cum-belt transmission and a two-speed gearbox - the latter an unusual feature among contemporary lightweights - but there was no clutch and the machine was push-started. Known as the 'Baby' Triumph by the motorcycling public, the Junior resumed production after The Great War and was last catalogued in 1923.

An older restoration, this Triumph Junior was purchased by Ivan Kessell in 1978. The machine has been on long-term museum display and will require recommissioning, or possibly more extensive restoration, before further use and thus is sold strictly as viewed. Accompanying paperwork consists of old/current V5C documents and an old-style green logbook (issued 1967).

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The engine number is 7402 5.

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