Triumph Tiger T110

The Triumph Tiger T110 was a British sports motorcycle that Triumph built at its Coventry factory between 1953 and 1961. Developed from the Thunderbird for the American market, it carried a 650 cc overhead-valve twin and was Triumph's fastest production motorcycle of its time, first appearing as a 1954 model. An alloy cylinder head replaced the early cast iron one, and the bike later received the enclosed rear panels from the Twenty One that earned it the nickname bathtub. On 6 September 1956 Johnny Allen took the motorcycle land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats at 214.17 mph on a heavily modified T110, a success that led to the Bonneville, which replaced the Tiger as Triumph's leading sports model.