Introduced in 1956, the Triumph TR6 Trophy was the kind of competent all-around machine that owners could modify in almost any direction. Many headed off-road, either as dual-purpose machines or as outright competition mounts in scrambles, enduros and desert races. Bud Ekins and Steve McQueen among others, jetted across the Mojave Desert on TR6 650cc desert sleds. Not coincidentally when the two friends filmed the riding scenes in the move The Great Escape, many of the bikes involved were Triumph TR6s, including the climactic final chase in which Ekins, doubling for McQueen, flies over a barbed-wire fence near the Swiss border. This 1959 TR6 was restored several years ago as an authentic mild period custom. Built as a daily rider, the owner used many NOS components in bringing the bike back to life, but added his own touches in paint and parts. As such, this TR6 is a time capsule of the way motorcycles were actually modified and ridden back in the day.
Introduced in 1956, the Triumph TR6 Trophy was the kind of competent all-around machine that owners could modify in almost any direction. Many headed off-road, either as dual-purpose machines or as outright competition mounts in scrambles, enduros and desert races. Bud Ekins and Steve McQueen among others, jetted across the Mojave Desert on TR6 650cc desert sleds. Not coincidentally when the two friends filmed the riding scenes in the move The Great Escape, many of the bikes involved were Triumph TR6s, including the climactic final chase in which Ekins, doubling for McQueen, flies over a barbed-wire fence near the Swiss border. This 1959 TR6 was restored several years ago as an authentic mild period custom. Built as a daily rider, the owner used many NOS components in bringing the bike back to life, but added his own touches in paint and parts. As such, this TR6 is a time capsule of the way motorcycles were actually modified and ridden back in the day.
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