Triumph Tiger Cub on the road

Ride on a 1961 Triumph Tiger Cub

[@cp4512]

My dad has a 1962 Tiger Cub Sport which he still rides at 78; keeps him young and happy 😃

[@rowlandbrant674]

I bought a 1966 Sports Cub in 1968 and after passing my test a year later swapped it for a 1959 Velocette Venom which I later sold for £20.00!!!!! If only I knew 🤣🤣🤣

[@78a67h]

I love these stories which encourage me to keep on riding as I am knocking 70.

[@SunofYork]

@@rowlandbrant674 I hate Velocette... my first girlfriend (In 1959), dumped me for a kid who had a Velocette Viper... It was 1963 afore I got a Triumph Tiger Cub.... I met her husband 20 years later and he had divorced her and hated her.... SHADENFREUDE !

[@SunofYork]

@@78a67h When I was 70 I had a Kawasaki SX1000...145 hp 150 mph.... I am 76 now and slowing down a bit..

[@78a67h]

@@SunofYork Good to know. I have heard that Americans in their 80s still ride their heavy Harleys!

[@californiancondor6860]

The best Learner bike on the road in its day. I loved mine.

[@patrickkohlman2059]

My friend bought one in 1968 for $15 in a box of parts, spent the whole summer rebuilding it in our basement as his parents wouldn't let him have a bike. I was in art school in California when he got it running and he called me long distance and put the reciver next to the engine and let me hear it run.......

[@longshot3982]

This bike cost me £15 in 1972.

[@motopatisserie2398]

Beautiful story ❤

[@michelgiachino5887]

What a good little bike. How much I wish to start motorcycling with such good british bikes.... Back in the 60's, in France, only a few oldies, and very expensive Norton, Bsa, Triumph, in big cities...

[@philmuskett265]

Nice wee bike in pretty good shape.

[@murraymarshall5865]

My first road bike, it was thrashed mercilessly everywhere and never let me down, TSR 301 I hope your later owners treated you better.

[@rgadave]

I bought a brand new Triumph T20SH Sports Cub in 1965 from Central Garage Church Stretton.

[@rogerbarrett9920]

I bought my 1959 Cub in 1964 for £15 but the crank had gone. Rebuilt it with help from my Dad and rode it for 6 months and then part exed it for a Matchless 250 CSR. I remember getting around 60 MPH out of it. Happy days that led to a lifetime of motorcycling.

[@davidgeorgeben-avraham9243]

Yeah! At first, I thought, this is fast! But after a while, I got frustrated with the 60 MPH.

[@rgadave]

The Bridgnorth to Kidderminster road.

[@savagekeyboardtrooper]

How's the top speed my pal? 🤔

[@longshot3982]

About 60mph

[@savagekeyboardtrooper]

@@longshot3982 ohh...ok. not so high huh? I thought the top speed is about 90mph. Well, tq n happy riding! 😁👌👍

[@shire1951]

I just noticed you have a bacon slicer, I thought they were banned.

[@robert-wr6md]

A "bacon slicer" was the name given to the fake cooling rings that went around the front brake hub, but yes I think the requirement for a front number plate was removed due to the potential risk of injury. To whom I'm not quite sure.

[@JayMalone26]

FDNY key fob

[@longshot3982]

Got it in one!

[@donalfredisaac]

Had one in the late 50´s but it had been abused, after expensive repairs It was taken away from me by a previous owner who had the documents, at 17 I knew nothing abouit docs, great muffler sound and easy handling.

[@notwocdivad]

My elder Brother had a Cub which I err borrowed when he was away! Lovely little bike. A friend had a ride on it and promptly went and bought one. He however tended to thrash the poor little thing and very quickly became adept at stripping the engine down to replace big ends, He finally paid up for an Alpha big end bearing kit which lasted til the Cub went in favour of a 650 Triton! Not much difference eh?? I was watching intently to see if your gear indicator on the nacelle worked but it looks like it doesn't? Pity.

[@tonyg1773]

What I used to ride to school in the mid 60s...

[@retromechanicalengineer]

Sounds a peach. What a sweet running Cub.

[@jimwhipple9784]

Lovely little bike. I've been afflicted with Brit bikes my whole life. I have a 54 T15 I got from my uncle in 1966. Lots of memories

[@PetterPJ3W]

I can smell the exhaust even now!

[@classygroggyguy9363]

Love that sound

[@robert-wr6md]

I kept going for another gear....what a lovely bike.

[@thomaslusk7621]

There are times when ONLY a real British bike will do!!

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

Very nostalgic view and sound - I had a 1960 T20 Cub in the same silver /black bought at 16 in 1965 for £35 with accumulated paper round money, but well worn but a really handsome motorcycle like a ' baby Bonnie ' !.In the early 80s , bought a low mileage ' 64 red/silver one with a genuine 19k miles which proved to be nye on indestructable and a gorgeous little bike , the perfect ' Boomer ' learner motorcycle with ultimate street cred !.

[@johncorlett3699]

used to have a beaut, qub spec engine, thrashed my mates 360 honda. so flickable, faster than me bonnie in the turns. would love another

[@ripmax333]

Image if Triumph Re-introduce the Tiger Cub with a 125cc EFI engine with similar looks to the Old one, a Nice modern small Cc Retro.

[@thomaspridmore106]

Those were the days

[@aircooled2068]

Brought back happy memories! My late dad bought one brand new,many decades later he would often mention to me his cub, and the sound it made,he called it the cub fop! He would recognise an aproching cub miles away from its fop! He would say to me listen to that fop! Lovely memories and lovley bikes.

[@TrustMeiamaD.R.]

We used to go pillion on a Tiger Cub down the corn field on Kits Coty when I was a kid. 65mph is fast on flints...my Norman Nippy couldnt catch it..

[@alanwareham7391]

I love the sound of the old British bikes there not noisy they just purr along as if there saying I’ve got nothing to prove

[@NickVass1000]

Very nice

[@shire1951]

Started on a Bantam, moved up to a cub, then bought me bonnie. Started buying rice burners, now back with a 2021T120.