The 1961 Triumph 350 T21

WHEN PEOPLE ATTEMPT to foretell the future they are mostly wildly off target, and often ludicrously wrong. Take for instance when the Triumph design team in the early 1960s decided that covering over the rear of their 350 motorcycle was the way forward. They completely missed taking into consideration the aesthetic desires of your average motorcyclist, and what they thought a great bike should look like – nevertheless the astute motorcycling public named it – ‘the bathtub’. Thus proving the point that bikers are generally tuned in and vastly interested in the look of the machines that they own, ride, and most importantly will part with hard cash for.

Nevertheless, there are individuals that still love and desire the anachronisms of the recent past, and are more