Triumph X-75 Hurricane

The Triumph X-75 Hurricane was a factory special motorcycle designed by fairing specialist Craig Vetter, with swooping glassfibre bodywork, a three US gallon petrol tank, lowered gearing and a distinctive triple exhaust on the right-hand side. It is credited with creating a new class of motorcycle, the cruiser. Vetter was commissioned by the BSA distributor in the United States to restyle the BSA Rocket 3, and he created the Hurricane in the summer of 1969, unveiling a prototype with BSA on the tank in October 1969. After very positive public reaction when it appeared on the front of Cycle World in September 1970, BSA-Triumph in the UK saw a way to turn a large stock of obsolete Rocket 3 parts into a premium-priced model. It was released as a Triumph in a limited run of about 1,200, and production stopped in 1973 when the X-75 could not meet new American noise standards.