Triumph Tiger 100

The Triumph Tiger 100, or T100, is a standard motorcycle first made by the British company Triumph in 1939. Edward Turner developed it from the successful Speed Twin as a lighter, more powerful sports machine, and the 100 in the name referred to its claimed top speed in miles per hour. Changes from the Speed Twin included forged alloy pistons, a very early use of the technology, and a larger fuel tank. Triumph launched it with a 1,800 mile run from John o' Groats to Land's End followed by six hours of lapping Brooklands, which won the company the Maudes Trophy. Production stopped when the Triumph factory was bombed in 1940 and resumed in 1946 at Meriden, with telescopic forks, swinging-arm rear suspension from 1954 and a unit-construction redesign as the T100A in 1960. Variants including the Daytona remained in production until 1973.