Triumph Tiger Daytona

The Triumph Tiger Daytona is a motorcycle made by Triumph from 1967 to 1974. The Daytona name came from American rider Buddy Elmore win at the 1966 Daytona 200 on a works special Triumph Tiger 100, and the 500 cc Tiger 100 Daytona, the T100T, was developed by Triumph chief engineer Doug Hele and launched as a production motorcycle the following year. It had a new cylinder head and twin Amal Monobloc carburettors, derived from Edward Turner original twin-cylinder design, and traded low-speed tractability for a pronounced power step at 3,500 rpm that helped it compete with Honda and other Japanese designs. Gary Nixon won the 1967 Daytona 200 on it, and factory tester Percy Tait finished second at the 1969 Belgian Grand Prix. The last model, the T100D with a front disc brake, saw only 14 built before the Meriden works closed in 1973.