1967 Triumph Works Daytona - start-up & engine sound

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Here's Dick Shepherd starting-up Percy Tait's 1967 Works Triumph Daytona. Dick restored this bike to the condition you see here. This is the bike's first start since the 1960s.
Location for this video is the Triumph Factory Visitor Experience centre in Hinckley, UK.
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@misterjones7929 2 жыл бұрын

As a schoolboy in the 1960's, I always bought Motor Cycle News and drooled over the photos of these fantastic British bikes winning the Daytona 200 ridden by Buddy Elmore and Gary Nixon! Great to see and hear this beautifully restored example in full running order. I also saw the great Percy Tait racing at Brands Hatch and Thruxton back in the day. RIP Percy. Thanks for posting!

@FishingFan2 2 жыл бұрын

Percy was my hero. I remember him racing at Mallory Park in 1973. I had a pit satrt pass and will always remember chatting to him with his bike.

@mc2594 2 жыл бұрын

and the T100R Daytona was born. Beautiful restoration of a true legend.

@carlgrimsley7019 2 жыл бұрын

The man Dick Sheppard is the real hero, keeping history and our heritage alive 👍

@GPgundude 2 жыл бұрын

Can this channel get any better?? Some of the most beautiful motorcycles in the history of 2 wheeled transportation!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!

@mozdickson 2 жыл бұрын

Started my '67 Daytona T100 in the shed today. It's been sitting for two months after a long ride 1,000km or so. Took it for a pass around my local rural roads. Nothing like it.

@andyb.1026 2 жыл бұрын

we were in the paddock at Spa when Percy came 2nd to Ago

@Oldbmwr100rs 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely bike! I've worked on a lot of classic bikes over the years and especially liked Triumphs, and have a soft spot for the 500 daytona of the early 70's, what a fun little bike they are. So nice to see and hear this amazing machine fired up, a lot of history with that bike and at a great time in racing.

@Banditmanuk 2 жыл бұрын

Dick Shepherd is probably one of the greatest collectors and restorers of classic Triumphs.

@andrewf9673 2 жыл бұрын

A thing of beauty! When bikes had a character which didnt look like they had been made from the spare parts in a plumbers merchant!

@michaelhayward7572 2 жыл бұрын

You mean its not water cooled?

@andrewf9673 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhayward7572 No, I dont mind water cooling but take a look at the Triumph xrt and you hopefully will see what I meant. Its a jumble of tubing and piping that I certainly dont like I am of course of an age so just a personal view.

@michaelhayward7572 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewf9673 fairings hide stuff.... PS, i may be older than you...

@christianrestoueix29 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhayward7572 ⁵

@alan1340 2 жыл бұрын

Love the styling of the petrol tank, in fact the whole bike is a beautiful thing and a true work of art. I would love to hear that bike travelling at full noise.

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, reading in an interview with Gary Nixon. He gave the maximum speed per gear statistics. The one that stood out that I memorized was 1st gear - 72 m.p.h. My motorcycles up to that time in 1967 could not reach 72 m.p.h. " Hey! "

@willkoorn5723 3 ай бұрын

wonderful, i remember the era very well. good times, luv it. keep it up, regards, will.

@philmuskett265 2 жыл бұрын

Giving history a rev-up!! Tear in the eye stuff. Magic. Thanks.

@stevecurd3944 2 жыл бұрын

fantastic piece on machinery i own a 1967 Triumph T100T Daytona cracking bike loads of fine & similar exhaust note to the works bike

@MacOne53 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic. Top job everyone involved. Love megaphones.

@vonryansexpress 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous machine - superb restoration . .

@KensGarage1 Жыл бұрын

That's really cool. Sounds great (coming from a 2 stroke addict).

@lagerx61 3 ай бұрын

Really a dream bike👍

@oldschoolmotorsickle 2 жыл бұрын

1967 was the year that Triumph got serious about making the old 500 into a proper racing machine. 60+ bhp and over 140mph at Daytona. To me, the most desirable Triumph factory racebike.

@georgejarman2987 5 ай бұрын

I met this guy and his bikes in the IoM paddock. The bikes looked fabulous, real works of art.

@richardt.4224 2 жыл бұрын

I met Percy a few times and he allowed me to sit on Slippery Sam for a photo once. Another occasion, I had travelled to a race meeting on my BSA big single, which had a CCM capacity conversion and my gear shifter had come lose and fallen off. The only person I knew there was Percy and he lent me a set of vice grip pliers which I wired on. I used to live on the A45 dual carriage way (Birmingham Rd), opposite the Triumph car service station and he called in to pick it up. He liked my parents’ home so much he tried to buy it, but my Mum & Dad wouldn't sell. But he did buy the small petrol station and garage (now the, Vaaroom Motorhome Hire) next to the now Windmill Village Hotel. My biggest and fondest memory of him, was when I was at Mallory Park watching him on a Triumph Triple and two other Triples being ridden round the hair pin side by side lap after lap. The sound was just fantastic, fond memories. RIP Percy.

@frankradaj7188 2 жыл бұрын

That guy has some very nice motorcycles.

@PeterRichmond-vh7mk 4 ай бұрын

What a pity Percy isn't with us anymore to hear his old bike start again

@terrytopliss9506 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent,saw this racing when I was a Marshall at Mallory Park.👍👍

@NZbird 2 жыл бұрын

Glorious memories, thank you! I saw it many a time at Mallory Park and elsewhere and have a few good photos from that time. What a pleasure it was to see Percy, Dough Hele, Norm Hyde and Co taking on the works teams with much larger budgets and often coming out on top.

@jimwortham8634 2 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for posting made my day hardcore Trump lover here favorite bike ever was 70 Bonne

@jiyushugi1085 2 жыл бұрын

Too cool! My '70 Daytona is my all-time favorite, whether power sliding on a dirt road, bend swinging orcommuting around town, it's my idea of the perfect motorbike, and I've ridden and raced many others.

@Retirement_Life 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful machine!

@oddjobtriumph1635 2 жыл бұрын

wow what a stunning machine

@andrewward1887 2 жыл бұрын

Gary Nixon lived in my area, and he use to come to most of the British bike shows and he would bring a few bikes.

@jimclements3190 10 ай бұрын

Stunning 👍

@maxflight777 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a lad, I did some “Christmas work” plucking turkeys at Percy Tait’s farm!

@flatcapcaferacer 2 жыл бұрын

A beauty for sure, many thanks for these videos.👍👍

@hookywookywithmalarkyman704 2 жыл бұрын

Wow ! dedicated follower of fashion .

@sailingzen9204 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful machine!

@ger1398 2 жыл бұрын

Geweldig….!

@markjosephbudgieridgard 2 жыл бұрын

Omg what a gorgeous machine 👍

@hdconley 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, just sometimes I wish I was a bike guy. That's a beautiful bike.

@gregorymasincup7540 2 жыл бұрын

One beautiful bike you can't help but love ❤️ it

@exb.r.buckeyeman845 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this bike at Castle Combe on several occasions, racing with Dave Croxford, Charlie Sandby, Ray Pickrell, Tony Jeffrey’s etc. Exciting times for us.

@billytaylor2175 2 жыл бұрын

One awesome looking sounding bike one of Britain's best.

@mikecartlidge5355 Жыл бұрын

Sounds wonderful.

@phillord646 2 жыл бұрын

Stunning.

@davidebettin7699 2 жыл бұрын

FANTASTICA!!!!!!

@redtobertshateshandles 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up around early Japanese superbikes and Ducati twins. I was always amazed by how small, compact and light the Triumph twins are. I remember how out of place the 500 Triumph looked in a showroom of Kawasaki's. I thought it would never sell but the older salesman assured me it was a much sought after model. It sold.

@brianperry 2 жыл бұрын

I owned both a Ducati bevel drive and a Moto Guzzi Le Mans both these bikes were superior to the British bikes of the day. Ducati changed to belt drives eventually giving birth to the 916 and the Guzzi modified their V-twin engine, the British though stuck to the same ''World Beating'' formula and disappeared...Shows what happens when you thing everybody else has got it wrong.!!

@johnbrereton5229 2 жыл бұрын

@@brianperry What stupid comment ! The Moto Guzzi Le mans engine was based on a wartime generator engine, why didnt they change it ? Was it because they though they were better than others too ? Triumph, like the whole British motorcycle industry ran out of money. That's why they couldn't develope any new models, not because they didnt want to, or thought they were better than everyone else. However, many of the former British marques are back in production building world beating models again.

@FishingFan2 2 жыл бұрын

I remember Percy riding a Triumph at Mallory Park in 1973? I chatted with him in the Pits. When racing you could always hear the 'Thumper' approaching among all the ying yings screaming past. Such wonderful memories.

@mc2594 2 жыл бұрын

@@brianperry - Triumph were referring to Racing in America with Flat Track and Daytona 200 wins in 1967, 68, 1971 and numerous F750 and TT wins into the mid 70's, they meant it objectively as a company not subjectively as a buyer.

@andrewslagle1974 Жыл бұрын

@@brianperry harley is still going so your theory is flawed!Poor business management is not the same as poor engineering !

@MadChalet 2 жыл бұрын

It's impressive that it hadn't run since the '60s, and yet it fired up no problem. Looks like it's been very well tended to.

@G58 2 жыл бұрын

Highly unlikely too.

@Azzie492 2 жыл бұрын

There was no reason for it NOT to start as it had received a complete rebuild and was as good ,or better, than new. Only a fool would try to start a 60 year old bike without a rebuild. Especially one with such a heritage.

@G58 2 жыл бұрын

@@Azzie492 I agree 100% The jeeezus lovers on Bikes and Beards channel do that all the time. They even ride them home, often a journey of 100 plus miles. Then they wonder why they ruined the engine!! But they are Americans… 👀🧐😎😜

@bradpotter6401 2 жыл бұрын

I remember reading about Gary Nixon winning the Daytona 200 on one of these bikes. Back then they had to qualify by taking a flying lap on the oval and I believe Nixon's speed was 135 MPH. The next year Harley Davidson did a lot of development on their flathead KR, and crushed Triumph with Calvin Rayborn qualifying at 150 MPH and winning the race. I really enjoy seeing the race bikes of that era come back to life.

@josecarlospoggian149 2 жыл бұрын

Marvellous 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Thanks a lot!,,

@tomoday4450 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 👍🏻

@750triton 2 жыл бұрын

I spent a good hour poring over this bike at a show some years ago, took lots of detail pictures. Built in secret during overtime as Edward Turner didn't approve. If only some of the modifications used were transferred to production bikes. Great to hear it run.

@threepot 2 жыл бұрын

Edward Turner. Clever engineer. But one of the orchistratos of the British motorcycle collapse? He famously said' don't worry about the Japs,they're only making small bikes. They'll learn on those,then buy our bigger bikes'! Read Bert Hopwood's book.

@Azzie492 2 жыл бұрын

I raced a 'copy' of this engine built by David Kirby in a lowboy frame with some success in classic races . when I rebuilt my engine I was amazed how close to standard it actually was . Just a few subtle mods and a careful build . I even use standard terry valve springs and it still revved to 9k if required . It had the legs on good Seeley G50's etc. and could hold it's own against F750 triumphs etc. ( not B.S. look up the results )

@howardosborne8647 2 жыл бұрын

Not only was he an engineer but an optimist and comedian also😂

@SpeedTriple59 2 жыл бұрын

Priceless history georgous Triumph..

@Mytriumph650pre-unit 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing bike.

@johnbellamy6449 2 жыл бұрын

feel lucky to share that start up after all those years. I remember listening as a teenager the stories of Percy when he was chief development tester at Meriden, by Jim Lee who was another test rider ,of the antics they got up to around the area. have met Percy a few times,when he had his own Suzuki dealership,i bought a new bike in 1978. also he sold Suzuki cars years later and my son bought a small 4 by 4. great man great memories, thanks Dick for what you do.ps i hope JIM Lee is still keeping well if he reads this.

@mv4ago 2 жыл бұрын

Was that the same Jim Lee who later sponsored Mick Grant?

@johnbellamy6449 Жыл бұрын

@@mv4ago no ,that is another Jim Lee. regards,

@Azzie492 2 жыл бұрын

To my eternal regret I turned down the chance to buy that bike in '83 from the then owner David Kirby. What was I thinking of. If anyone is interested there is a really good book on triumph twin racers which covers this bike in some detail. " Road Racing History of the TRIUMPH 500 unit twin" by Claudio Sintich ( in English) ( Panther Publishing)

@deniscurtin9510 2 жыл бұрын

Ive a T100R,they are very special.Completely outclassed in every respect by all the other manufacturers of the time but still.....

@ralphwatten2426 2 жыл бұрын

Just in time for the TT!

@elendshuraglump3620 2 жыл бұрын

Fine machine !!!

@madcarew5168 2 жыл бұрын

Ah..Percent Tait..it's coming back through the mists of my old mind!!

@frankmlchaelglasscock6539 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to have that on the road 👌💯👍

@grahamreeve5209 2 жыл бұрын

Pure beauty

@Whitejesselink 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds good.

@thomascarr8527 Жыл бұрын

sounds good

@vanislandsteve 2 жыл бұрын

What a machine 👍🏻🇨🇦

@jimclarke1108 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect

@whalesong999 2 жыл бұрын

How close is this to the one raced by Gary Nixon in the U.S.? I saw him ride it at Laconia in the rain.

@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I remember reading about these motorcycles and the exploits of Gary Nixon and Gene Romero upon them.

@stephenwilliams926 2 жыл бұрын

The seagulls are loving it.

@MotoTvWoodsFarm 2 жыл бұрын

nice 👍

@thespiritof59legacyrockers84 2 жыл бұрын

When I was in Wimbledon, I refurbished/repaired an ex Mike Hailwood (so I was told) works BSA Triple cylinder head which had the (Manx Norton style) "Squish' Head. You could see why they would be very quick, using twin GP carbs would have meant the Squish chamber would have had plenty of charge to burn more efficiently It was very different from the ex Works 650 Thruxton Bonnie heads I have worked on, in fact there was no comparison. I can't remember his surname but Triumph specialists Hughes in Tooting had a race mechanic called Ron who had a really quick Unit 500 twin that was really well known back in the day.

@commonsensicle2231 2 жыл бұрын

Used to go to Triumph at Meriden in 60s for spares, and see Percy and fellow testers doing their job. But do find it a bit far fetched to have left a bike of that heritage for 60 years and never started it. !!!! . Makes a good story but years ago you never envisaged the appreciation in value, and would have used it not admired it. Might be totally wrong though. !!!!!

@josephseverino674 2 жыл бұрын

Cool bike I use too own a 2000 triumph thunderbird sport white and tangerine, loved that bike❤ ,i remeber watching PBS television here in the USA and over sea sports shows, like soccer/football motor sports.I love the motorcycle racing it was my favorite. What ever happened to the triumph slippery sam?

@fireblademan494 Жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly Percy Tait was the Triumph factory test rider.

@tokyosmash 2 жыл бұрын

“Hasn’t been started since the 60’s” >> starts right up.

@georgejarman2987 2 жыл бұрын

Can we have the same start up for the original Triumph factory Thruxton Bonneville?

@terrymcgahan5039 2 жыл бұрын

I thought Mick Hemmings restored it for racing and won on it in Japan in the 90's!!!!

@Azzie492 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure it was the same bike as he did build a replica in the 80's . I swapped him my 4ls front brake for it for a Norvil set up in 83 ish.

@robertboykin1828 2 жыл бұрын

I had a 67 t-120R. I backed off 1 tooth on the valve timing and flew. 230+.

@frantrictantric 2 жыл бұрын

My mate and me were in the pits when he pulled in and Percy had big maulers so my mate and me deftly removed the plugs for him.

@sicks6six 2 жыл бұрын

What gear did he select to start it on the rolling road. With the high compression I'm thinking 4th maybe.

@exb.r.buckeyeman845 2 жыл бұрын

The front brake, is it a Fontana, or Oldani ?

@craigkeller 2 жыл бұрын

Checking the oil tank for oil returning. Would really love to hear it running around the track. Any track.

@dorianwolf2198 2 жыл бұрын

Had a Daytona 500 T 100 T pe unit loved it better than a Bonnie

@ideyboo 2 жыл бұрын

What was the bike that purported to be the ex Percy GP bike that Mick Hemings used to run then. Supposed to be the one that finished second to Ago’s MV?

@andrewslagle1974 Жыл бұрын

Ride it already !

@pinslayer4579 10 ай бұрын

Single carb with long intake runner to increase velocity for more top end on the longer circuits ?

@richardfisher8426 2 жыл бұрын

What happened to slippery Sam riden by malcolm uphill in 69 TT

@ute840 2 жыл бұрын

😁👍👍👍

@johnnyrvf 2 жыл бұрын

Squish head combustion chamber, self generating ignition, all very, very old technology. Kawasaki had squish combustion chambers in their W1/W2 BSA A10/A7 engine copy road bike of 1967.

@madbadger85 2 жыл бұрын

And it started after all those years

@howardosborne8647 2 жыл бұрын

It has had a full rebuild just prior to this start up..be really odd if it didn't fire up after a but and bolt return.

@rb3166 Жыл бұрын

Anyone know if there's any engine spec info available? I see an oil cooler.... One of the ULTIMATE Triumphs!

@TheClassicMotorcycleChannel2 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Dick will have this information.

@matthewharmer1656 2 жыл бұрын

What about the 500 in the national motorcycke museum in Birmingham England??

@Azzie492 2 жыл бұрын

I assumed they were one and the same .

@BritIronRebel 2 жыл бұрын

One would think a full on racing bike would have dual carbs, but it looked to have just the one!

@TheReverb1 2 жыл бұрын

Hi; all the Daytona have 2 carburetors. See it again.

@BritIronRebel 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheReverb1 That's what I figured, but it looked to have just one? Maybe my eyes are shot? Anyhow, he adjusted something down in the cut out in the seat making me think that was a single card too.. ...

@TheReverb1 2 жыл бұрын

@@BritIronRebel what he did in the seat was to check the oil return.

@BritIronRebel 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheReverb1 Ok, thanks. I've literally owned at least 8 Triumph 650s over the years, some Bonnies with dual carbs and Tigers or Trophys with single carbs, but never a 500 model.

@Azzie492 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheReverb1 I think he used ! 5/32" GP carbs with a remote float . The big trick to make them run well was a very small mod to the inside of the carbs that most folk wouldn't think of .

@Matthew-fb6lh Ай бұрын

I've a picture of this fella print out big has a 30 number on it can't find out where he's racing

@Paul-kp1tu 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, we all need to know and understand how and what was done to the bike when it was put up for storage and display, it started and ran, extraordinary! If anyone has a checklist please provide it . Wow, wow, wow

@silasmarner7586 4 ай бұрын

Percy Tait, huh? Hmmmm... Wrong seat. He never used the thruxton style that I've ever seen in any photos.. He also used the twin front oil tanks, not the single one that I've seen but it did bounce around a bit. The fairing is one of several he used..... What about the racing frame where the rt. exhaust wraps around it or vice versa? Or the magnesium front 4LS brake (BTW minus the custom frame I have all this. Hey, I could be wrong. And it is a beautiful restoration but why never run since the ... sixties? on a recent resto? I'm all confused.