SAMMY’S ISDT COLLECTION EXPANDS

Owner Allen Davey has donated the 1970 Cheney Triumph ISDT Bike – Ken Heanes’ last Six Day bike – to the Sammy Miller Museum Trust. Constructed by Eric Cheney as number one of a batch of bikes for the British team in the 1970 ISDT in Spain, it has a stripped production line 490cc engine, over bored to 504cc. Balanced and rebuilt by Ken Heanes, this was the last machine on which he contested a Six Days Trial and earned him gold medals in both Spain and the Isle of Man. The Cheney Triumph joins five other ISDT bikes in the collection, which will become part of an ISDT section in the museum. Sammy has already tested the Cheney Triumph and is pleased to report that it performs well and rides beautifully. Sammy rode for the 1966 trophy team on a 505 Triumph in Villingsberg, Sweden. He won gold in the ISDT, to join his other eight gold medals.