INTRODUCTION
TO
THIS
MANUAL
This
Workshop
Manual
has been
compiled
to provide service
information
for
750cc
(45
cu.in.l
TRIUMPH
T160
ELECTRIC
START
'TRIOENT' MOOEL owners
wishing
to
carry
out
basic
maintenance overhaul and repair
work
on both
this
early
T1
50
and
the
later
T1
60
Electric Start
versions of this model.
The technical
content
has been
brought
together
and presented in a
matching
style
to
that
of
the
original factory
T150
model
workshop
manual,
but
has
of
course
been
totally
updated and
rewritten
to incorporate
not
only
the
features specifically exclusive to
the
Electric
Start
version
of
the Trident.
but
at
the
same
time
cover
the Disc Front and Rear Brakes
incorporated
on some
of
the later
T150
and
Rocket
3
Models;
details
of
which
were
not
included
in
the
earlier
T1
50
Model
and Rocket 3
Workshop
Manuals
of
that
time, This version then should also be
of
considerable
assistance to late
T1
50
Trident
and
Rocket
3
owners
in this category, The
actual procurement
and
collation
of
the
technical
information
.tp provide this Publication
achieved
finality
some
considerable
time
following
closure
of
Norton Villiers
Triumph
International
at
Kitts Green in
Birmingham,
when
co-incidentally
the
production
of
the actual Triumph
T160
Electric
Start
Model
of
the Trident, being
built
and
assembled
atthe B.S.A. Factory at Small
Heath
came
to
afinai end.
The total
staff
involved in
the
design, manufacture, production and
servicing
of
this
machine
thereby having
become
made
redundant
quietly
folded
their
tents
and
disappeared
their
many and
several ways in search
of
fresh
fields
and pastures new.The collected
T160
Model
knowledge
was
suddenly dispersed and
scattered
overnight.
It
was
felt
that
the
accumulated
knowledge
of
the
writers
Colleagues
should
not
be
lost
following
the
demise
of
this
famous
name
and
that
every
attempt
should be
made
to
preserve and present this information
for
the
record
and
for
ultimate
use, The
writer
therefore decided
to
collect
whatever
material
that
was
immediately
available, and
then seek the
urgent
aid
of
his colleagues (the actual Technicai
Staff
from
the
original Company
making the Trident.)
Generous
contributions
and
material
has enabled
this
manual to
be
brought
to
completion
and
although
it
is
now
some
considerable
time
after
the end
of
the
manufacture
of
the model
concerned
it
was
nevertheless
felt
that
the
full
range
of
information
contained
herein
would
undoubtedly prove invaluable
to
current
Trident owners wishing
to
keep
this
prestigeous machine
in
first
class condition, even
more
importantly
as the inevitable
time
approaches, be
totally
authoratative
for
those
who
will
inevitably
be engaged
on
the
overhaul and
ultimate
restoration
of
this
much sought
after
representative
of
avery successful high performance
motorcycle.
The
first
section
of
this
manual
therefore provides aGENERAL
DATA
SECTION in Ready
Reference form, detailing all
the
original and recommended
drawing
and
manufacturing
dimensional data
of
all
moving
and
wearing
compo'nents and indicating
the
established
optimum
fits, limits and tolerances.
The layout
of
this general data
section
follows
the same sequence of the
main
sections
in the body
of
the manual, corresponding
to
normally
established procedures
of
strip
down,
examination and
rebuild.
The
T160
'ELECTRIC
START'
version
electrical
equipment
is fully
described
and illustrated,
followed
by afinal
section
which
deals
with
the
originally recommended service
tools
some
of
which
were developed,
drawn,
part
numbered
but
sadly never saw the
light
of
day; others
which
most
likely by
now
prove
to
be no
longer
avaiable.
However
the
author
felt
that
it
would
be
worthwhile
including
the
illustrations
and references
to
allow the
well
equipped
or
keenly
adaptable reader to
devise
his
own
methods
and solutions along the
lines
so indicated, thereby
allowing proper
protection
of
the
components
during the operation in
the
manner
originally
intended.
It
has always been
accepted
as
useful
practice
to
include in any manual
the
relevant
Conversion
and Reference Charts. Here
we
have
also included those previously
found
useful
from
the
earlier
publication, and
will
be
found
at
the
end
ofthis
Manual.
John
R.
Nelson
