1913 Triumph TT 500 with Ladies Side Saddle | Webb's – New Zealand's Premier Auction House: Fine, Tribal & Decorative Arts, Jewellery, Books, Wine, Cars & Bikes, Valuations

Important and Vintage Motorcycles

25 NOV 2009 7:00PM

Lot 25

1913 Triumph TT 500 with Ladies Side Saddle
Ladies Honor
Realised: $17,250 November 2009
Engine No. 18070

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It would have to have been a brave and love-struck bonnie lass to have taken up an invitation to ride side-saddle across the abysmal roads of early New Zealand. Wholly unique, this 1913 example holds all the hallmarks of Kiwi ingenuity and all that is great about forbidden love.