Long time Meriden worker and Triumph restorer, Hughie Hancox, describes everyday life in the Triumph Production Testing team from 1960 to 1962. A story packed with amusing anecdotes, and guidance on fixing problems still found today on the 1960s models. An intimate and entertaining account of Britain’s most famous motorcycle factory.
From the 1950s through to the 1970s, Hughie Hancox worked at the Triumph Meriden factory in various capacities – a fitter, a member of the famous Royal Corps of Signals Motorcycle Display Team, in the experimental department (where he actually worked on the prototype Bonneville), and eventually as one of the legendary Triumph Production Testers.
This latter role provided countless unique experiences with some of the most iconic British motorcycles ever manufactured. The story of testing new motorcycles at Meriden as they came off the production lines has never before been published, and this intimate and pragmatic account comes straight from a man who was at the heart of it. With many previously unpublished pictures and service bulletins, plus helpful advice on problems that still exist with the bikes today, this is a unique book about a fascinating time and place in the British motorcycle industry.
Life at the Meriden factory recounted by long time employee and later ace restorer, Hughie Hancox
There has never before been a book about Meriden production testing
Explains the factory sections allied to the production testing team and their various functions
Behind the scenes of production testing of all new Triumph motorcycles
Service bulletin and fault rectification procedures for now-classic Triumphs
Details of previously unreleased factory fixes
Follows Hughie’s best-seller “Tales of Triumph Motorcycles & the Meriden Factory”
