Sporting Tales of
Machines in Competition

The Terrier was widely used very successfully in many types of competition events straight from its introduction. But as production came to an end with the closing of the 1956 year it was to be the Tiger Cub that would carry the competitive flame of Triumph's small capacity machines onward; and it developed into what could well be described as Triumph's greatest and most successful motorcycle of all time.

A bold statement indeed, yet no other Triumph model has competed and won in International Six Day Trials, off-road enduros, desert races, hill climbs, sprints, flat track, short track, grass track, scrambles, speedway, trials, road racing and even ice racing. A 199cc Tiger Cub even took a World Speed Record at Bonneville Salt Flats with a two-way mile speed record of 139.82 mph including a one-way run of 149.315 miles per hour and even now Tiger Cubs are still winning premier international trials events today.

​Within this section of the website are some of those achievements, along with individual stories from and about the people who rode them...