c1974 Triumph Adventurer 500cc 'Twin' Road Trail Motorcycle

Description

Triumph introduced the TR5T Adventurer on/off road Trail bike in late 1972. Powered by a 490cc version of Triumph's venerable 'Twin' (itself a successful race motor equally at home on road), the chassis was effectively BSA's B.50 MX (BSA being Triumph's parent company at the time), a chassis still good enough to be winning major motocross events in 1972. Unfortunately the Adventurer would only survive until 1974, the money having dried up and the Triumph motorcycle brand going under. Today the dual-purpose Adventurer is seen as one of the great 'might-have-beens' of the British Motorcycle industry, which, with more development money, could have been one of the greats.