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Last edited by boof; 01/20/2010 5:15 AM.
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Re: Triumph Quadrent
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1965 Harley rigid Chopper
Perth, Western Australia
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Re: Triumph Quadrent
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Joined: Jan 2005
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Check Pants
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Check Pants
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What could have been, eh?
My neighbor has the original drawings for that motor in his collection. They were part of his pitch to finance and re-launch Triumph into the new millenium. I forget the exact number, but their business plan (he still that - all handwritten on ledger paper) was to buy the marque from the British government for a couple of million pounds. When they met, the price doubled and he realized the british government was just toying with them and they abandoned the idea (they could barely come up with cash they did have).
The new company would be eventually been called "Meridian". He even has a few patches leftover that they had made for the project. I'd love to have one of those, maybe one day.
He shared this info with me last Fall, when he had gathered all this info/documents to share with a writer from England. I'm not sure if the story was every published, but believe it was to be in the Triumph owners club magazine. I'll have to check with him to see if it was completed.
Al
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Re: Triumph Quadrent
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Joined: May 2007
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Worn Saddle
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George Pooley's bike is a beauty and the cover story from last year's Jan/Feb Motorcycle Classics magazine. One of a kind handmade crank, cases and jugs in a modified T-120 frame (not a bastardized OIF)...ah, what could have been...
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Re: Triumph Quadrent
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Joined: Mar 2005
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Learned Hand
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Imagine trying to clean out the sludge trap in that thing.
Strangler
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Re: Triumph Quadrent
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Worn Saddle
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The crank is a one-of built by Norman Hyde's dad and I'll bet it doesn't have a sludge trap. Still, you're so right...that would be some work if it did.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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Loquacious
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and yes , it lived as a water cooled 4cyl in the Hinckley Trophy IV ...... super , great bike !!! 
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