Canadian Triumph TRWs

[Matthew Reid]

Dan I belive that there are no Canadian Military Harely Davidson built MT500's I think that all the MT500's ordered the CF were delivered by Armstrong before Harley Davidson bought Armstrong.

The Canadian MT500's are actually M50's as they had Electric Starters on them and were some of the very very few MT500's built that had electric starters.

I currently own a CF KLR250 and an Armstrong M50

Eventually I would like to add a CF military Triumph TRW to my collection. (when the funds are avalible)

Matthew

Originally Posted by DanJahn

Hi Group

I currently have three Triumph TRW's. In fact I now own the one that Rob Love mentions half way through this thread that used to belong to Bill Hicks. Ironically it now resides in our museum on the former Chilliwack army base where it was bought surplus some thirty years ago.

Rob, I was communicating with the seller of the TRW you just bought when he sent an email indicating that it had sold 20 minutes earlier. That's okay I really didn't need a forth.

I'm looking for a Canadian Harley MT500 if some one wants to do a trade for a TRW.

Dan

Canadian Military Education Centre

www.cmedcentre.ca

[DanJahn]

Very useful information.

I'm trying to collect most/all the motorcycles used by Canadian dispatch riders.

I have a Harley WLC, BSA M20, Triumph TRW (3), CanAm Bombardier and Norton 16H.

A couple of the bikes are on display at the Canadian Military Education Centre and Museum on the former Chilliwack army base in B.C.

I hope to put together a bigger display in the future.

If anyone has any ex Canadian forces motorcycles for sale ( or donate) please contact me.

Dan

CMEC

www.cmedcentre.ca

[45jim]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1952-...item3f0553fdce

Pretty nice looking bike, just a few problems:

-Wrong spark plugs
-Wrong passenger seat pad
-Non-painted primary cover, should be green
-no air pump
-wrong location for decompression handle, should be close to the grip
-no CFR on tank or on blade
-early serial number for engine 1TRW24885 I will ask fro frame numbers

Not a bad price.

Jim

[DanJahn]

Hi group

I see there have been no replies to my TRW quiz earlier in this thread. Before I reveal what I believe is the correct answer does anyone want to take a shot at the answer?

Dan

[Grant Bowker]

2 possible answers, no reason to believe either is correct:
ridden from one factory to the crating point at another
ridden around a specific route for testing before acceptance
Who has more suggestions?

[45jim]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Very-...item255f30adb9

This bikes runs well and seems to be very original. The only things I noticed:

-modified headlight nacelle with light switch added
-incorrect dash ignition switch
-collapsed fuel lines
-wrong hose to carb from aircleaner
-odd wiring by battery
-too small seat cover

Neat though, the bike has original ignition wires with WD noise supressors.

Certainly not Royal Signals, but a regular DND machine. I don't know what those gloves are but the issued ones would be black leather gauntlets of some style or other.

Jim

[DanJahn]

Good answers Grant. I like them even more than what I was told which I will reveal later in this thread.

Dan

[rob love]

Jim
That same bike is on Kijiji for 6K. It has been on ebay 3 times now and failed to get a bid. That is the same bike from posts #2 and 3 from this thread.

Seems like November would be a slow sales month for bikes.

[DanJahn]

Hi

I think it did get up to about $5200 in one of the Ebay listing but didn't reach the reserve price. Perhaps those that bid before can't be bothered this time around.

Somewhere I read they took it as a trade in.

Dan