I am the TR3OC Archivist & machine registrar, and hold the club archive, which includes the factory build & despatch books for the Hurricanes.

These are the dates on which the machine was built, not when it was despatched to the distributor.

Note that the bikes were not built in numerical order at the Triumph factory, Meriden; the only part of the bike built in numerical order were the engines. The engines, which were built at the Small Heath, Birmingham, BSA factory, were first transported to Meriden, then taken almost at random out of the stores to be built into the frame, which was then stamped with the same number as the engine. The letter “H” signifies the 1973 model year, which all production specification Hurricanes were, and the month code letter was stamped on to signify the month in which the machine was built. In the case of the Hurricane, none were stamped with A (January) or B (February) month codes, etc, because they did not conform to the 1973 build emissions & noise regulations, so had to appear as having being manufactured in 1972. You will see, therefore, that a lot of the XH bikes were built in January 1973, but appeared to have been built before the turn of the year.

I thought you may like to have the build date of the bikes on your database/register of existing machines. Here goes:

In the order that they appear on the Database:  (as of 17/12/2004).

Craig