Back as late as the 80's there was so many old guys in the USA that knew had to tune Triumph twins for flat track and hill climbing events . Nice to see the old guys at the track again .
Awesome vid,loved to see the Triumph,and to hear the stories,what a cool guy,we could all learn a lot from him.mustang fighter planes were of course what the Ford Mustang car was named after,NOT the horse like so many think. The Triumph could have won that last race if it had been in the right hand lane. I had a 350 Triumph,a Triumph 500 speed twin,and a 650 Bonneville with a 750 NORMAN HYDE Morgo kit on it,and those Triumph,s can get up and boogie with a lightened crank in em. That Triumph guy and his Team are keeping history alive,(his story),I wish him and his team the very best of luck and many more wins,LOVE AND RESPECT,from,Auckland,New Zealand.❤⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍😀🙂🙂😉😉😉
Hagon is still in business. The business makes shocks and wheels. I still get my rims and spokes from them. Really nice to see an old Meriden Triumph running so well.
👍 LET'S HAVE NITRO CLASSES FOR ALL MOTORS JACK👍 NITRO TRIUMPH MAN,CREW AND BIKE WAS EXCELLENT AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT HIM AND (ALL) OTHER'S THAT HAVE THE LOVE AND HEART FOR THIS SPORT.THANKS AGAIN JACK FOR YOUR MOST EXCELLENT COVERAGE AS ALWAYS, YOUR THE BEST
Talk about a blast from the past, man that was cool. Sorry I missed that race. As usual JACK excellent video, you find the neatest stuff to report. Thanks for sharing this one with us old guys that watched these race back in the day.
The difference between giving something a try and success is a little umph in between.Awesome vid,thankyou cycle drags.hope to see more of the Triumph,The Man and his TEAM in the future,pure nostalgia,the winners are us for getting to see it. And the Triumph ran amazingly well,(they are by no means bulletproof)and can be so fragile and finicky,it,s a testament to him and his team how awesome it was running.cheers,and best wishes to all,from,Auckland,New Zealand.👍❤🏍⚡⭐🙂🙂😉😉
My dad use to restore triumphs the 650s an 750s. An I'm talking frame up resto oem parts with engine porting an other mods if they wanted. Seeing this is the drag racing scene is awesome. Nice job to the builder. 👊
Never stop digging... Especially since you've uncovered this beautiful glowing "Nugget" & his precious "Jewell" of a bike... You keep on striking it rich...
Back when Triumphs and ironhead Sportsters ruled, leaded gas was the thing that made em *GO* Take out that TEL and they're unhappy. But another thing is, Triumphs are light.
Triumphs were incredible motors, my Triumph 650 with one carburetor and the valve timing set on LESSER overlap even then when my friends would blast off on their Harleys and I would open it up to catch up it would get to certain RPM and the valve overlap would kick in , the clutch would start slipping all over and suddenly I was flying past them. Like hitting the Nitrous valve or something but it didn't have any.
I went to school with a guy named Ray Bender... his dad was Dick Bender the Triumph builder/ tuner. Great guys both of them. There's a lot within a Triumph if you know how to get it out.
I had a 63 rigid chopper that I bought as a basket-case for 500 bucks when I was in high-school. My friends dad was a bike guru and had a slew of Brit Bikes. I guess you could say he had an unrivaled love affair with British parallel twins lol! Any how he helped me rebuild the engine and sprinkled some special juju in the mix so that it made around 85hp at the rear wheel. By today's standards that doesn't seem like a whole lot, but when you have a 24" over stock girder front-end it makes for an exhilarating riding experience when grabbing a wrist-full of throttle. If you were not careful you would end up on your back in a quickness. It was pretty quick for what it was and any sudden acceleration at 60mph and under the front-end was coming off the ground which would get your heart to racing. I called it Heart Pounder because it was super sketchy once the ponies were stampeding and the front-end was up. I grew up in an MC and I had old-heads in the club that took my bike for a rip and come back shaking saying that it was the most butt-puckering experience they ever had LMAO! Most of them gave me grief over having a little 650cc powered chopper until they rode it and it took 10 years off their lives and drained them of color Lol! I should never have sold that bike but when you are young, wild, and oblivious to the collectability of something you make impulsive decisions you later kick yourself for.
Love to see the dudes making book on the racing.. The racing is bracket racing. Sifting through the comments we see that they are about 99.99% Triumph friendly..
In the early 80:is I got my drivinglicence. The first bike I bougt was a 69 Triumph Bonevill. What an amazing bike! And the sound of the paralelltwin with dragpipes! Love UK bikes!
@@rideshareog Dad and I have made a few trips to the salt in the 70's I remember seeing their 3 red team bikes. Later owned a Grumph (500 triumph on a Greece's frame) loved that bike
Having a 1959 TR6 that was my first bike and a 62 TR6 Chopper that was my first custom built with king queen sugar bear front and diamond tank still in the fleet I can say buy one as a first bike before a sportster as the have no beginner bike drawbacks and all the crowd following big twins have. I'm 39 and happy that dad saw through the bs of the hd dealer and started me proper with a prior nitro iron head sportster that was way more fun than a Vrod Destroyer that just didn't have the value after a few years. BTW feel lucky to have Indians from all 3 indian eras and a knucklehead project.
I bought my first Triumph (basket case) about the same year - still a basket case, just less baskets.. And one more not running, and the most of one more here and there.. I've actually turned into one of those guys, I laughed at being sooo long of building their bikes, when I just had bought it, and read Easyriders and Iron Horse.. Except for the sexy lady, I more or less live like Red Rider - doesn't feel like a succes, but I'm still working on it, and it has been entertaining..
Back in the 60’s & 70’s & even early 80’s nitro was a common use in bill climbs. Saw plenty of H-D’s, Triumphs, Nortons along with some other big twins lift the cylinders due to incorrect timing or what ever made them blow.
From Blighty here. Worked on Bonnies and Cubs. Former multiple champ, with incredible win rate Alf Hagon is 90yo and just about every make of engine was fitted into his frames for speedway, grasstrack, sandracing etc. Front forks too. I`ve used their rear shocks and they still sell loads of kit. Couldn`t The drag racer fit double-plug cyl heads, utilising a decomp valve either side to kick the residual nitro out, instead of having to remove the plugs? Also retainers in case the head was to blow...something to contain the head once most of the explosive energy has ripped the studs out? I saw right bank of a V8 car at The Pod blow a good distance in `78, so I suppose my idea wouldn`t do much good, haha.
Back in the early to mid 80s you could buy used Triumph and BSA motorcycles for 500-700 dollars. I bought my first running Triumph 750 Bonneville for 600 bucks. I also traded a Pinto station wagon for a running 69 Triumph. Those were the good old days.
Dear CycleDrag, What are the chances we could see a bottom to top rebuild of a 60 degree Nitro V-Twin (in the shop). Just asking. Cheers, and thank you for the work you do.
Ha! Yes I flew with the 352nd BlueNosed Bastards fighter group in Aces High 2 ( most massive, most realistic WW2 flight and tank simulator) and that's definitely the right paint color
Need to have two Fuel tanks start them on Methanol warm them up .. Then Switch it to Methanol Nitor Mixed.. My Buddy had a BSA Hillclimber .. I think he used 60% Nitro good for about 40% more horse power..
They have this Triumph T-140 Hill Climber tuned to perfection AMA Pro Hillclimb Triumph T140 Nitro methane - TH-cam You can here the Crackling sound of Nitro burning in the exhaust pipes.. It burns so slow it is still buring on the exahust stroke .. The Blue flams are Hydrogen burning .. Hydrogen is a bi product of Nitro burning..
Any and every motorcycle that isn't a Harley Davidson stuns and confuses people who own Harley Davidsons. The mental capacity to recognize other motorcycles just isn't there.
Triumph has a long history in racing and to see a vintage bike getting that kind of love and being that competitive is just awesome! Great show!
1:51 😊 1:55
Cycledrag rules. Love the old skool nitro Triumph and rider. Thanks Jack. All the best from England. 🏴🇺🇸
Wish there was more of these old bikes.
That Triumph dude would be fun as hell to go have some shots and beers with. I bet he could tell stories all night...keep up the great videos Jack 😎
As a ole eastern Ky boy myself love that old Triumph awsome story on that bike loved seeing it great job guys
Back as late as the 80's there was so many old guys in the USA that knew had to tune Triumph twins for flat track and hill climbing events . Nice to see the old guys at the track again .
that old triumph dog found thebest home and the best daddy, love from London UK
Awesome vid,loved to see the Triumph,and to hear the stories,what a cool guy,we could all learn a lot from him.mustang fighter planes were of course what the Ford Mustang car was named after,NOT the horse like so many think. The Triumph could have won that last race if it had been in the right hand lane. I had a 350 Triumph,a Triumph 500 speed twin,and a 650 Bonneville with a 750 NORMAN HYDE Morgo kit on it,and those Triumph,s can get up and boogie with a lightened crank in em. That Triumph guy and his Team are keeping history alive,(his story),I wish him and his team the very best of luck and many more wins,LOVE AND RESPECT,from,Auckland,New Zealand.❤⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍😀🙂🙂😉😉😉
Hagon is still in business. The business makes shocks and wheels. I still get my rims and spokes from them. Really nice to see an old Meriden Triumph running so well.
The Triumph racer's name is Dave Caudill. He has a lot of fun racing that bike. The Alf Hagon racing frame is almost invisible it's so small.
Dam that cool as it gets. That dude is a character
👍 LET'S HAVE NITRO CLASSES FOR ALL MOTORS JACK👍 NITRO TRIUMPH MAN,CREW AND BIKE WAS EXCELLENT AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT HIM AND (ALL) OTHER'S THAT HAVE THE LOVE AND HEART FOR THIS SPORT.THANKS AGAIN JACK FOR YOUR MOST EXCELLENT COVERAGE AS ALWAYS, YOUR THE BEST
Love the old British bikes I started riding on triumphs making 1971
It's good listening to the old guys,,been there done it,,lived it..still doing it..till the end.
Dave (Triumph Guy) is my next door neighbor. So Awesome to see him featured on this video, he is the real deal..
Talk about a blast from the past, man that was cool. Sorry I missed that race. As usual JACK excellent video, you find the neatest stuff to report. Thanks for sharing this one with us old guys that watched these race back in the day.
The difference between giving something a try and success is a little umph in between.Awesome vid,thankyou cycle drags.hope to see more of the Triumph,The Man and his TEAM in the future,pure nostalgia,the winners are us for getting to see it. And the Triumph ran amazingly well,(they are by no means bulletproof)and can be so fragile and finicky,it,s a testament to him and his team how awesome it was running.cheers,and best wishes to all,from,Auckland,New Zealand.👍❤🏍⚡⭐🙂🙂😉😉
My dad use to restore triumphs the 650s an 750s. An I'm talking frame up resto oem parts with engine porting an other mods if they wanted. Seeing this is the drag racing scene is awesome. Nice job to the builder. 👊
Hey, I love Triumphs. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for posting nothing sounds better than a hot rod triumph
Never stop digging...
Especially since you've uncovered this beautiful glowing "Nugget" & his precious "Jewell" of a bike...
You keep on striking it rich...
💥 Everyone Likes Triumphs ✅ They We’re The First HotRods💥
We’re kings of the salt flats too until Leo Payne came out with the “Turnip Eater”
Back when Triumphs and ironhead Sportsters ruled, leaded gas was the thing that made em *GO*
Take out that TEL and they're unhappy.
But another thing is, Triumphs are light.
Triumphs were incredible motors, my Triumph 650 with one carburetor and the valve timing set on LESSER overlap even then when my friends would blast off on their Harleys and I would open it up to catch up it would get to certain RPM and the valve overlap would kick in , the clutch would start slipping all over and suddenly I was flying past them.
Like hitting the Nitrous valve or something but it didn't have any.
I ride triumph to this day
I went to school with a guy named Ray Bender... his dad was Dick Bender the Triumph builder/ tuner. Great guys both of them. There's a lot within a Triumph if you know how to get it out.
I had a 63 rigid chopper that I bought as a basket-case for 500 bucks when I was in high-school. My friends dad was a bike guru and had a slew of Brit Bikes. I guess you could say he had an unrivaled love affair with British parallel twins lol! Any how he helped me rebuild the engine and sprinkled some special juju in the mix so that it made around 85hp at the rear wheel. By today's standards that doesn't seem like a whole lot, but when you have a 24" over stock girder front-end it makes for an exhilarating riding experience when grabbing a wrist-full of throttle.
If you were not careful you would end up on your back in a quickness. It was pretty quick for what it was and any sudden acceleration at 60mph and under the front-end was coming off the ground which would get your heart to racing. I called it Heart Pounder because it was super sketchy once the ponies were stampeding and the front-end was up.
I grew up in an MC and I had old-heads in the club that took my bike for a rip and come back shaking saying that it was the most butt-puckering experience they ever had LMAO! Most of them gave me grief over having a little 650cc powered chopper until they rode it and it took 10 years off their lives and drained them of color Lol! I should never have sold that bike but when you are young, wild, and oblivious to the collectability of something you make impulsive decisions you later kick yourself for.
Just nice to see the fun they are all having.
AMAZING RACES!!!!!Regards from Greece.
From a Triumph Meriden enthusiast!!!
That was impressive, love the Triumph. That H2 was beautiful too.
A super nitro burning Triump, versus a Harley police barge ? No contest !
gotta love a Triumph Motorcycle man !
Bracket racing is awesome cause you get to see bad ass lineups like an old school drag triumph against a modern 2 stroke drag bike
Old fart triumph lover here just made my day
Love to see the dudes making book on the racing.. The racing is bracket racing. Sifting through the comments we see that they are about 99.99% Triumph friendly..
BETTER BE! Many a triumph has smoked a Harley!
@@11secghia Harleys smoke and leak triumphantly.
In the early 80:is I got my drivinglicence. The first bike I bougt was a 69 Triumph Bonevill. What an amazing bike!
And the sound of the paralelltwin with dragpipes! Love UK bikes!
I worked for Jack Wilson at Big D cycle. That ole man destroyed a bunch of parts trying new things. He was the King of Triumph performance.
Didn't they break a lot of records on the salt flats
@@dalepitts6642 Yes, in fact. The reason Triumph honored Jack with the "Bonneville" model.
@@rideshareog
Dad and I have made a few trips to the salt in the 70's I remember seeing their 3 red team bikes. Later owned a Grumph (500 triumph on a Greece's frame) loved that bike
I owned a 67 triumph TT special I bought new. It sounded just like this but no nitro. Was the most fun bike i ever owned. Great video!!!!
This is was I like about motor bike drag racing ... diversity!
I still love my 2001 955 daytona, it demands clutch control.
LOVE THAT BAD ASS TRIUMPH ***** I HAVE TO GET ANOTHER ONE...!!!
Old school rider on an old school bike what a great team. All the best from South Wales in the uk.
That owner is a cool dude . love bikes with a story like that .
Can't beat Them War Vet's huh"👍
Hahahaha, should read Harley Davidson racer stunned by anything with two wheels and an engine. 😆 🤣
Saw nitro triumphs at Dayton Ohio hillclimb races, awesome! P S the smell was amazing 👏
Having a 1959 TR6 that was my first bike and a 62 TR6 Chopper that was my first custom built with king queen sugar bear front and diamond tank still in the fleet I can say buy one as a first bike before a sportster as the have no beginner bike drawbacks and all the crowd following big twins have. I'm 39 and happy that dad saw through the bs of the hd dealer and started me proper with a prior nitro iron head sportster that was way more fun than a Vrod Destroyer that just didn't have the value after a few years. BTW feel lucky to have Indians from all 3 indian eras and a knucklehead project.
I bought my first Triumph (basket case) about the same year - still a basket case, just less baskets.. And one more not running, and the most of one more here and there.. I've actually turned into one of those guys, I laughed at being sooo long of building their bikes, when I just had bought it, and read Easyriders and Iron Horse.. Except for the sexy lady, I more or less live like Red Rider - doesn't feel like a succes, but I'm still working on it, and it has been entertaining..
Be happy
Absolutely awsome man. I always wonder what happened to guys like you. Good to know there is still people like you out there.
LOVING THE TRIUMPH GUY'S RED LEATHER JEANS !!!
Anybody remember Boris Murray???
Back in the 60’s & 70’s & even early 80’s nitro was a common use in bill climbs. Saw plenty of H-D’s, Triumphs, Nortons along with some other big twins lift the cylinders due to incorrect timing or what ever made them blow.
From Blighty here. Worked on Bonnies and Cubs. Former multiple champ, with incredible win rate Alf Hagon is 90yo and just about every make of engine was fitted into his frames for speedway, grasstrack, sandracing etc. Front forks too. I`ve used their rear shocks and they still sell loads of kit.
Couldn`t The drag racer fit double-plug cyl heads, utilising a decomp valve either side to kick the residual nitro out, instead of having to remove the plugs? Also retainers in case the head was to blow...something to contain the head once most of the explosive energy has ripped the studs out? I saw right bank of a V8 car at The Pod blow a good distance in `78, so I suppose my idea wouldn`t do much good, haha.
Jack, I love your videos! Thanks so much!
Back in the early to mid 80s you could buy used Triumph and BSA motorcycles for 500-700 dollars. I bought my first running Triumph 750 Bonneville for 600 bucks. I also traded a Pinto station wagon for a running 69 Triumph. Those were the good old days.
Legendary Triumph! Go you good thing!
South Georgia Drag Rocks!!! 🏴👍🏻
Triple 750 Kawasaki’s were hot, hotter then hell in the straight line.
Ayyyyyeee! Says the Fonz.
A proper British bike spanking rice grinders and hardley davidsons...guy is a star
Epic!, now we're talkin'.
So if I put nitro in my Royal Enfield…
👍Great Video !!!!!!
I owned a 1970 triumph; back in the 80s man what a. Great bike I should have never sold it .
Need to see it against the Hogslayer!
great stuff as always Jack
Thanks from south Louisiana🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🤗🤗😀😀👍👍👌👌🎅🎅🎅🎅
I cant imagine that the Nitro percentage is real high for that bike. Nonetheless, It's pretty cool. 👌
Love this guy
Really enjoyed this video Jack, thanks for making things interesting to watch
What a cool dude and bike !
An old bike,an old guy, running on nitro, what could go wrong.
Great video mate . From down under .Cheers
Cheers mate
Made my day, thanks!
It may be unusual out there,but nitro triumphs are well known in the UK
Dear CycleDrag, What are the chances we could see a bottom to top rebuild of a 60 degree Nitro V-Twin (in the shop). Just asking. Cheers, and thank you for the work you do.
Ha! Yes I flew with the 352nd BlueNosed Bastards fighter group in Aces High 2 ( most massive, most realistic WW2 flight and tank simulator) and that's definitely the right paint color
Go Triumph 👍
The guy on the Triumph riding Ability is pretty smooth just saying
Friggin awesome!!
Haha! I think everyone's left a shoe in the sticky at some point or 3
dude was awsome sick bike
This is our neighbor from clay co
Need to have two Fuel tanks start them on Methanol warm them up .. Then Switch it to Methanol Nitor Mixed.. My Buddy had a BSA Hillclimber .. I think he used 60% Nitro good for about 40% more horse power..
They have this Triumph T-140 Hill Climber tuned to perfection
AMA Pro Hillclimb Triumph T140 Nitro methane - TH-cam You can here the Crackling sound of Nitro burning in the exhaust pipes.. It burns so slow it is still buring on the exahust stroke .. The Blue flams are Hydrogen burning .. Hydrogen is a bi product of Nitro burning..
Here
th-cam.com/video/uyoa3wqguP8/w-d-xo.html
Any and every motorcycle that isn't a Harley Davidson stuns and confuses people who own Harley Davidsons. The mental capacity to recognize other motorcycles just isn't there.
Great fun and history 🏍
Beech Bend Park I ran a 250 Ducati ? He probably remembers The Bloody Mary v 8 First Boss Hoss.
Good old British steel!
Great vid!
Very cool bike, guy seemed cool as sh** too....👍🏻🔥🏁
KOOL SET UP I BUILT A GO KART WITH TRIUMPH ENG 15 SEC 1/4 MILE
Brilliant 👌🏻👍🏻🏴
Triumph 👍👍👍👍
I was at Beech Bend in Bowling green when he was there.
Finally a different make
Where is this racetrack exactly?
the dog at the end was the other star
Money on the Rode-Hog? Haven't you ever seen a Triumph before?
I wonder if the engine is still a 650cc if so it did really well against all those larger displacement bikes .
750
h2 is amazing
Yeehah!
Triumph wheel triumph
💙
Tommy T vs Fat Bob no contest.
I seen triumps on nitro, it must be 2 percent nitro!
The Triumph weighs 350lbs the Harley Weighs in at about 650lb...get real...
You just clarified that for us...
The caveman bike is a fat dumb turd by design.