Well before WWII a talented engineer and designer unleashed a truly new motorcycle on the two-wheeled world. With only two cylinders and 26 horsepower, it might seem pretty damn tame by today’s standards. In 1937, however, a light and nimble motorcycle with as much or more power as many V-Twins was a big deal.
When Edward Turner came to work at Triumph, his task was to modernized the line, which consisted of single-cylinder machines that might best be characterized by two words – durable, but boring. Additional chrome and bright paint made the old models look, if not new, at least fresh. Luckily, Turner didn’t stop there.
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