Triumph Racing Motorcycles In America by Linsday Brooke 1996 Paperback VGC

Fall five straight decades, Triumph motorcycles excelled in all forms of American motorcycle sport. From 1938 through the late 1970s, Edward Turner's original Speed Twin and its descendants won virtually every major U.S. competition event worth winning.

Triumph's remarkable racing record speaks for itself, including three AMA Grand National Championships, three Daytona 200 wins, seven straight U.S. enduro titles, total domination of cross-country desert racing and national TTs, and a 15-year hammerlock on the World's Motorcycle Speed Record. And Triumphs continue to win today as the most popular marque in the booming vintage race scene.

Triumph Racing Motorcycles in America shows Triumph's versatile singles, twins, and triples at their best, as well as the gutsy riders and talented tuners who made them such effective racing weapons for so long. From the early prewar victories, through the glory era of Gary Nixon, Gene Romero, Eddie Mulder, Bill Baird, and Bud Ekins, author Lindsay Brooke dives deep into the rich sporting history which earned Triumph countless diehard fans. The lively text is punctuated with some 190 historical black and white photos and packed with technical details and surprising anecdotes from riders and wrenches.