IVAN ALLEN NOW REBUILDING A MOTORCYCLE

This time it’s a 1930 Triumph Sportsman, 500 Single cylinder, twin port motorcycle, . Having almost completed his Austin car featured previously in Klaxon (awaiting only some minor parts from a supplier), Ivan simply could not sit around and do nothing. So, in spite of a few health events, he found this which lived in TePuna for the last 25 years, bike and has embarked on a major restoration. During the depression Triumph slae fell some 37% , so evidently only 1,000 of these bikes were produced. The motor was Triumphs first overhead valve model, and it also had an oil pump (rather than the old total loss system)

A picture of a complete bike courtesy of Google

And what it looks like at present