Triumph Tina questions

[redwisconsin]

Hi folks,

Awhile back someone noted that there was a flaw in the engine design of the Triumph Tina.  These post was noted in a google search but have since been lost on this forum.

I was wondering what the flaw was, how it was corrected with the T10 and if any parts are available now.  I have a Tina in great shape with only 31 miles on the odometer and I don't to have it do something dangerous like lock up at speed or start moving at a red light.

Any information would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Charles

[33d6]

I don't remember any great flaw in the Tina engine design but there was some sort of urban myth at the time about them taking off unexpectedly.
If I remember rightly it has automatic transmission and  some sort of pressure switch arrangement in the seat. The rider has to be seated for the switch to be turned off and the drive to engage. No rider and it stays in neutral.
The myth tells the story of the loving owner crouched beside the bike tuning it up when his girlfriend came across and leant on the seat to see what he was doing!!
Basically the Tina was like many other British scooters that came in on the tail end of the scooter craze and like all of them wasn't a patch on the Vespa or Lambo anyway. It came and went fairly quickly.
Cheers, Bob

[neale]

Yes,there was a a number of faults with this Tina
scooter,mostly due to a lack of development,on the
first models you could rev it up and away it would go,
whether you were on it or not !!The later models had a switch on the centrifugal clutch which was connected
to a pressure switch which operated when you sat on
the seat,this prevented the unexpected take off !!The
centrifugal clutch on the early models did give a lot of
trouble with excessive wear and sticking either fully
on or fully off !
                     There were much worse models than these.