Triumph Tiger T110 earned the bike the nickname 'bathtub'. On 6 September 1956, at Bonneville Salt Flats American racer Johnny Allen secured the motorcycle land-speed record on a heavily modified Triumph T110 with a top speed of . This success led to the development of the Tiger T110's successor - the Triumph Bonneville. Triumph Tiger T110 The Triumph Tiger 110 is a British sports motorcycle that Triumph first made at their Coventry factory between 1953 and 1961. The T110 was developed from the Triumph Thunderbird and first appeared in 1954. Although it was supposed to be the sports model of the Triumph range,
Triumph Speed Triple Triumph Speed Triple The Triumph Speed Triple is a series of motorcycles produced by Triumph Motorcycles. In 1994 the reborn Triumph became one of the earliest adopters of the new streetfighter style. This was essentially a modern sport bike or race replica motorcycle but without the aerodynamic plastic fairing. The new bike was first released to the public in 1994, and in a nod to the 1938 Speed Twin, was dubbed the "Speed Triple". The original Speed Twin was powered by a 498 cc vertical twin cylinder engine, and was considered a high performance machine in its day. The new