Triumph Tiger

Triumph Tiger in The Blob, Movie, 1988

Class: Bikes, Road — Model origin:

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Author	Message
no_car ◊ 2006-01-01 23:22	-- Last edit: 2006-01-01 23:42:38
stronghold ◊ 2006-01-01 23:40	Triumph.
greenbank ◊ 2006-01-02 10:47	You're looking at two different bikes (I picked this up from the IMDB): "The motorcycles used by Kevin Dillon in the film are a 500cc T100R Triumph Tiger and a 200cc T20 Triumph Tiger Cub for the jumps." In the main photo, it's the 500cc bike, same with the first image in nocar's message. The bike doing the donut is the smaller machine. You can see the cub has a rigid rear suspension and the engine itself is less massive.
Kooshmeister ◊ 2008-04-27 20:57	4 stars at least, since Brian uses it for pretty much the entire movie.
Kooshmeister ◊ 2010-04-13 06:52	In the David Bischoff novelization it's described as an Indian. Note that with this and the Pontiac, I'm not trying to correct the ID's. I'm merely mentioning how other entertainment mediums (a book, in this case) chose to use different vehicle makes sometimes.
eday ◊ 2013-01-18 16:21	The bike is actually a 1965 T-100SC with the tank painted black and a solo seat and P pad bolted on the rear fender. Sweet bike non the less
CRAFT372 ◊ 2019-07-19 01:20	3 stars the bike was sadly not used that much
CRAFT372 ◊ 2019-07-19 01:21	-- Last edit: 2019-07-19 04:44:06 (night cub)