BSA Rocket 3/Triumph Trident - Triumph X75 Hurricane

Triumph X75 Hurricane

USA BSA Vice-President Don Brown felt that the BSA/Triumph triples needed a different look to succeed in the USA, and he engaged designer Craig Vetter to give the BSA A75 a customised face-lift, with a brief to make it sleeker and more balanced. Brown revealed the Vetter project to Peter Thornton (President of BSA/Triumph North America). In October 1969, and Vetter was called to display his customised A75. Vetter's bike was then sent to the UK, but the bike had a lukewarm reception from chief designer Bert Hopwood; but after a positive public reaction to the design, the UK managers changed their minds and the Vetter BSA Rocket3 became the Triumph X75 Hurricane.