Raven started her life as a stock 1967 Triumph TR6C Trophy.
Featuring
750 big bore cylinder
10-1 pistons
Jomo #15 flattrack cams
Crank up rebuild
Vortex flat track handlebars
Arc clutch lever and perch
Custom seat
Meet Raven #01
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The Triumph TR6 Trophy was first introduced in 1956 as a part of Triumph’s range of parallel-twin motorcycles. Designed primarily for the American market, it was powered by an air-cooled overhead valve, parallel twin engine with a displacement of 649cc and it was largely intended to appeal to the off-road and desert racing communities.
Throughout its production run, from 1956 to 1973, the TR6 received various updates, including improved suspension, a stronger frame, and a unit construction engine (where the engine and gearbox are a single casing) introduced in 1963.
The most famous TR6 owner was undoubtedly Steve McQueen, who raced his extensively under the pseudonym Harvey Mushman to hide his true identity. He also raced it in the International Six Day Trials (ISDT) on the American team – this event was a form of off-road motorcycle Olympics and TR6s riders won a number of gold medals over the years.
McQueen so liked the model that a 1961 Triumph TR6 Trophy was used, in German military disguise, as the bike used in the famous border fence jump scene in the 1963 film “The Great Escape.”
