Canadian Triumph TRWs

[rob love]

I sent you a PM on those Dean. Perhaps I will have a CFR to adopt for my bike.

There was a good article in CMP magazine #3 on the Canadian Triumphs. It mentioned that used units were selling for $400 to $650, and new in the crate ones were selling for $900 to $1250. There must have been some lower priced lots, as I have read on some of the Bike forums where a dealer in the US was selling the ex-Cdn bikes for $500 each in the crate, and had 15 to 20 of them.

Mind you, I'll take an article that was written closer to the days when they were sold, rather than conjecture from internet forums. The memory can get a bit cloudy after 3 or 4 decades, and legends can grow.

[rob love]

I have migrated this from the CFR request thread. Here is another triumph with some of it's post service history. This one is one digit out from the CFR number of the one listed on kijiji. It would be interesting to know if the serial numbers were consecutive, but I suspect they were not.

From the CFR database:
1957 93874 0122 CFB CHILLIWACK 30901 MOTORCYCLES ALL TRIUMPH B2

I found the following at this link: http://www.britishcyclesupply.com/Bikes/BHicks001.htm

Attached is a photo of my '57 Triumph TRW. I acquired this machine in '02 from the original owner who bought it 1967 from Crown Assets. It had 1800 miles on the fine Smiths odometer. It currently has just over 8000. All original, except tyres, tubes and battery; some fittings have been replaced with AN stock, but its a week-end rider. I service it with help from Gary at Carps Cycle in Ladner B.C. It runs well on 100/ll and aeroshell 60w.

Enjoy, I do...
Bill Hicks

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by rob love

I sent you a PM on those Dean. Perhaps I will have a CFR to adopt for my bike.

There was a good article in CMP magazine #3 on the Canadian Triumphs. It mentioned that used units were selling for $400 to $650, and new in the crate ones were selling for $900 to $1250. There must have been some lower priced lots, as I have read on some of the Bike forums where a dealer in the US was selling the ex-Cdn bikes for $500 each in the crate, and had 15 to 20 of them.

Mind you, I'll take an article that was written closer to the days when they were sold, rather than conjecture from internet forums. The memory can get a bit cloudy after 3 or 4 decades, and legends can grow.

If anyone is stationed in Edmonton and can get access to 7SD and check if they still have them there..Up on the storage racks..
They were there ,in crates ,when I was stationed there ..
But that was '76-'77....
1976-77 Jif..not 1876-77...

[rob love]

I would be very surprised if they were still there. There has been a lot of rationalization of the depot holdings in the last 10 years. If there is not a current application code attached to the stores, they are usually disposed of. As well, if there is nil useage of a line item in a period of time, the Life Cycle managers have to manually save the items from disposal if they are still of use.

It was only 10 years ago that there were still some ferret items in the depots, and it was around then, just as we were ordering them for the museum here, that the supply system went to dispose of them. We managed to catch some of the items by contacting the supply managers before they were all tossed.

[servicepub (RIP)]

If you're into Canadian motorcycles then you may be interested in my book.
http://www.servicepub.com/motorcycle.htm

[rob love]

Originally Posted by servicepub

If you're into Canadian motorcycles then you may be interested in my book.
http://www.servicepub.com/motorcycle.htm

Clive
The book is on my wish list. I'm hoping to pick one up off Marway militaria during the gun show circuit next month.

Here is a challenge for the fellow collectors. Does anyone have any suggestions for the British Bronze green? I was talking to Derk Derin who told me when he tried to get some mixed, the paint shop couldn't seem to match that color.

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally Posted by rob love

Clive
The book is on my wish list. I'm hoping to pick one up off Marway militaria during the gun show circuit next month.

Here is a challenge for the fellow collectors. Does anyone have any suggestions for the British Bronze green? I was talking to Derk Derin who told me when he tried to get some mixed, the paint shop couldn't seem to match that color.

I seem to recall that colour being referred to as "English Racing Green", or "English Race Car Green".

[Lynn Eades]

"British " racing green, a bit like "Army green" about a million variations.

[Dave Stapleton]

Originally Posted by rob love

Clive
The book is on my wish list. I'm hoping to pick one up off Marway militaria during the gun show circuit next month.

Here is a challenge for the fellow collectors. Does anyone have any suggestions for the British Bronze green? I was talking to Derk Derin who told me when he tried to get some mixed, the paint shop couldn't seem to match that color.

The colour is a Land Rover colour and was used extensively on the British Armed Forces soft skin vehicles during the Cold War period, it is BS 381C Deep Bronze Green 224 and is readily available here in the UK.
Dave