The Triumph patent carburetter has handle-bar control, and is sensible and economical. Ball bearings are retained on the engine main shaft. Spring tappets are now employed which not only relieve the hammering of the valves but keep the valve gearing taut when running idle in the cycle of operations.
Lubrication is effected by means of an inclined pump concealed in the forward part of the tank.
A refinement has been introduced by the fitting of gauze strainers to both oil and petrol-caps. The well-known 'Triumph spring forks will be retained, as well as the registered design variable pulley.
The free engine model Triumph will be a replica of the standard machine, but, of course, with the addition of the free engine clutch. This is a plate clutch located in the rear wheel. For the past two years it has been extensively used, and had proved itself very satisfactory. It adds only 10 lbs. to the weight and allows the machine to be started from rest.
The Tourist Trophy model is deprived of pedalling gear, and consequently a shorter wheel base is employed. This machine has already demonstrated its capacity for speed and reliability, as an instance of which in the last Tourist Trophy race of the eight Triumphs which started all finished, and, in fact, were, the first eight single-cylinder machines to pass the finishing post.
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Triumph small pedalling chain wheel and special oil gun attached to seat-tube.
Spring tappets on the 1911 model Triumphs, which are found to reduce clatter.
The Tourist Trophy Triumph racer as exhibited at Olympia.
The four different models of Triumph machines are naturally commanding a great deal of attention. In all cases the same power unit is used, and, no matter whether it is on a free engine machine or a stripped T.T. racer, all the different parts are neatly arranged, and the tout ensemble presents a most pleasing appearance. Since our forecast of the new Triumph machines we notice that side extensions have been added to the front mudguard, so that with the shield over the magneto there should be no fear of foreign matter reaching the magneto.
The different models listed by the Triumph Co. for 1911 are as follow : (1) Roadster, (2) free engine model, (3) T.T. roadster, (4) T.T. racer. One of the latter is exhibited on the stand, stripped of mudguards and all superfluous parts, and with a very narrow tank, dropped handle-bars, and a pedal cycle saddle it looks a regular flier. Some details of the engine may be of interest - The main shaft runs on caged ball bearings, the valves are of large size and interchangeable, and the flywheels are also large, the greater part of the weight being carried in the rim. Spring tappets, which were used in the last Tourist Trophy Race, have been fitted as standard on all the different patterns for next year, as it is found that they reduce to a large extent the clatter of the valves and valve gear.
The new carrier permits of a lower seat position. It has been shortened in length, extending from slightly behind the saddle to the extremity of the rear guard, to which it is rigidly connected. Thus it is possible to drop the saddle lower than in the past.
Pannier bags are used, as before, but they are placed in a recessed position flush with the sides of the mudguard. This may appear a small point, but it is a good deal more important when one considers that a fall might occur if one’s leg accidentally caught in one of the projecting bags in mounting or dismounting.
A refinement included in the specification of the new mounts is an oil gun fitted in a special case attached to the seat tube. The spout is telescopic, and the barrel is filled from the oil tank. The front wheel stand is coming in for a great deal of commendation. In general design the Triumph machine remains much the same, and from the many successes it has gained this statement will not come as a surprise.
