The Triumph T214 is a very special bike and it’s not just because the company only built 1,000 units of the model. Actually, the T214 is special because it’s limited, but it’s even more special because of why its limited. Get it?
Triumph developed the T214 as a bike that celebrates one of the most important milestones in the company’s history. That milestone was when Johnny Allen and his 1956 Triumph-powered Texas Ceegar Streamliner set the world record as the world’s fastest motorcycle when it was clocked hitting speeds of 214.40 mph at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats back in 1956. The record lasted until 1962, when Bill Johnson, riding the nitro methane powered Dudek Triumph streamliner, set a new speed record of 224.57 mph.
It may not have the record anymore, but the Ceegar Streamliner stamped its name into the record books and into motorcycle history. Triumph is now honouring that history with the T214, which in itself is based on the T100.
Click past the jump to read more about the Triumph T214 Limited Edition.
Triumph Bonneville T214 Special Edition originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 13 February 2015 16:00 EST.
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