1969 60s Triumph 650cc TR6P Police Motorcycle; White triumph saint Police Motorcycle; Vintage uniformed motorcyclists at the 2017 Ormskirk MotorFest on Sunday 27 August. 300 vintage, classic motorcycles from all eras of motoring lined up on town centre streets for people to admire. Thousands of people attended Ormskirk for this fantastic free family event to admire the fabulous range of vehicles.

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Triumph motorcycles, built at Meriden, were used by many British (including the Metropolitan Police) and Commonwealth police forces until 1983 when the factory closed. From the late 1940s, Triumph was also, for a time, the choice of the Parisian police, a fact promoted in a factory-produced movie, It's A Triumph !. The police version of the 650cc 6T Triumph Thunderbird was nicknamed the SAINT, an acronym of "Stops Anything In No Time". By the mid-1970s, with industrial problems and closures affecting their spares supply and service, Triumphs and other British marques were increasingly replaced by the smoother BMW R80 (and to a more limited extent, Norton Interpols) than by then-current Triumph police bikes

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Location: Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK
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