Do my eyes deceive me? '49ish Rigid A10?

[RichardL]

...with Ann Margaret aboard. She's a bit older now (both of them).

[Klaus]

Hi Richard,

yes it is a Triumph engine.

But I can understand you, having only eyes to Ann.

Cheers Klaus

[RichardL]

Thanks, Klaus. What is the giveaway I should have seen? Is it so obvious in that picture that any self-respecting A10 owner should have picked it out?

Any fantasies I may have had regarding Ann Margaret have been subdued for some time, but looking back at he old pictures may change that.

Richard L.

[Seabee]

The timing gearcase is decidedly Triumph, but other than that it all blurs together...………….

[Greybeard]

The pushrod tube gives it away

[orabanda]

And there's a crack, just behind the motor........

[RDfella]

The pushrod tube and lack of brakes ....

[Rex]

Is it air-cooled?

[metalflake11]

She appeared in official Triumph adverts in America back in the day, so she had no taste in bikes at all and it's doubtful she'd be pictured on a Beezer.

She suffered three bustled ribs and a fractured shoulder when she was thrown off a motorcycle in rural Minnesota in 2000 aged 59.

Not sure if she still rides, but she was full of spunk back in the day!

[RichardL]

...but she was full of spunk back in the day!

Not exactly sure how to take this, whichever, I'm sure it's true.

If I knew jack about Triumphs, the pushrod tube would have been a giveaway. I thought it was some kind of chopper dress-up. But for that, I think I could be forgiven mistaking the timing cover, given how little is shown in the 80 deg. off axis view.

Richard L.

[berger]

omg you lot what yer like, must be the most viewed pic on this forum, yeah I get it you were looking at the engine and not the gear box

[metalflake11]

Is it air-cooled?

Yes it is! 

[muskrat]

What motorbike

[Rex]

You know that noise you get when you blow across the neck of a beer bottle........

[Greybeard]

You know that noise you get when you blow across the neck of a beer bottle........