Triumph Trident and BSA Rocket 3: The Complete Story Henshaw Peter
Triumph Trident and BSA Rocket 3: The Complete Story Henshaw Peter This story is like something out of Hollywood.In the mid-1960s BSA/Triumph learns that Honda is to launch a 750cc motorcycle that…
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Triumph Trident and BSA Rocket 3: The Complete Story Henshaw Peter
This story is like something out of Hollywood.In the mid-1960s BSA/Triumph learns that Honda is to launch a 750cc motorcycle that will clearly outclass its 650cc twins. Could it work? Luckily, Meriden's top two designers - Bert Hopwood and Doug Hele - have been toying with the idea of a 3-cylinder 750.
Sales are so slow that production is suspended for eight months. The prototype is fast and intoxicating to ride, but delays mean the Triumph Trident and BSA Rocket 3 have only been on the market a few weeks when the smoother Honda 750 comes along.The British bikes might be fast, but they lack sophistication and no one loves their oddball styling. BSA/Triumph fights back with a factory race team that sweeps all before it in 1971, including a 1-2-3 at the Daytona 200.
And while BSA collapses, Triumph struggles on, launching the factory custom Hurricane and updating the