As for the color / speed thing, there was some confusion early on. Be cause the red bikes were SO much faster, Triumph feared endless litigation. To alleviate the problem a small switch was installed under the petrel tank to disable two of the cylinders, making it more at parity with the black ones. I know where the switch is
Another fellow on this site paid to have some extensive research done on the matter, here are his results;
Hope this clears up some things for you, and WELCOME TO THE SITE !
yeah you may be on drugs (painkillers) but you are still telling the truth as for Skip he's just confused arn't you Skip, hey how did go with the light?