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Triumph X-75 Hurricane
The Triumph X-75 Hurricane was a 'factory special' motorcycle designed by Motorcycle fairing, fairing specialist Craig Vetter. The X-75 had swooping glassfibre bodywork, a three US-gallon petrol tank, lowered gearing and a distinctive triple exhaust on the right-hand side. The motorcycle is credited with creating a new class of motorcycle, the cruiser (motorcycle), cruiser. It was ultimately released as a Triumph Engineering, Triumph model in 1973, the BSA factory having closed its doors in late 1972. History Vetter was commissioned by Birmingham Small Arms Company, BSA's US distributor to customise the BSA Rocket 3/Triumph Trident, BSA Rocket 3 to appeal more to American tastes. When, in 1968, the new BSA Rocket 3/Triumph Trident triples were shown to the American BSA-Triumph management, they were underwhelmed. They knew Honda had an important bike (the Honda CB750, CB750) coming along, and they felt the triple's price of $1800 was too high and that technical details ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triumph X75 Hurricane
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