Post Listing Update: This Tiger did not get any action at the BIN of $5,200.
Is it the most famous motorcycle in the world? Maybe. The T100 Tiger was the bike that Ted Simon rode on his first trip around the world which was the basis for the book “Jupiter’s Travels”. It is also the bike Bob Dylan dumped near Woodstock, New York in 1966 after which he didn’t tour for 8 years.
Introduced in 1936, the first Triumph Tigers were singles influenced by both Val Page and Edward Turner. In 1939 Triumph put the new Turner designed Speed Twin in the largest Tiger frame and called it the Triumph Tiger T100. A star was born that would continue right up to the failure of the company in 1973.
The 1966 Triumph Tiger T100 was a ‘unit design’ (motor and transmission in a single case introduced in 1959) used a 498 CC (30.4 CID) air cooled overhead valve parallel twin that produced 32 HP through a 4 speed transmission. With a curb weight of 375 LBS (wet) hydraulic suspension fore and aft it made for a quick, responsive package.
This particular Triumph Tiger T100c is in San Diego, California and is listed as original with many new parts installed. Mileage is listed as 528 and states the bike has been his daily ride for 2.5 years. I’d ask some questions before I paid the $5,200 Buy It Now price