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The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company in the 19th and 20th centuries. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann of Nuremberg formed S. Bettmann & Co. and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them under his own trade name in London.
Triumph TRW500 500 1950–1964 Side valve military production motorcycle 6T Thunderbird: 650 twin 3TA or Triumph Twenty One: 350 1957–1966 First 350 cc unit construction machine and debut of the distinctive "bath-tub". Alternator electrical system. 5TA or Triumph Speed Twin: 500 1957–1966 First 500 cc 'unit construction' machine. Alternator ...
Triumph Motorcycles Ltd is the largest UK-owned motorcycle manufacturer, established in 1983 by John Bloor after the original company Triumph Engineering went into receivership. [2] The new company, initially called Bonneville Coventry Ltd, continued Triumph's lineage of motorcycle production since 1902.
The Triumph Tiger Trail was a motorcycle model manufactured by Triumph Motorcycles at the Meriden factory. The Tiger Trail was made from 1981 to 1982 in both 750 cc ( TR7T ) and 650 cc ( TR65T ) capacities, and under 180 examples were built. [ 1 ]
The Triumph Tiger 80 is a British motorcycle made by Triumph from 1936 until 1940. There was also a 250cc Tiger 70 and a 500cc Tiger 90. [1] Production of the Tiger ended after the outbreak of World War II and never resumed after heavy German bombing [2] destroyed the Triumph works at Priory Street in Coventry. [3] in the Coventry Blitz in 1940 by
On 6 September 1956, at Bonneville Salt Flats American racer Johnny Allen secured the motorcycle land-speed record on a heavily modified Triumph T110 with a top speed of 214.17 mph (344.67 km/h). [3] This success led to the development of the Tiger T110's successor - the Triumph Bonneville .
Nine Triumph Bonneville T100's were customised with one off paint schemes and used for display and promotion in Paul Smith designer shops. Although these were for sale through Paul Smith shops only, two of the original designs, the "Multi-Union" and "Live Fast" were put into limited production with fifty of each design produced.
Harris began his own business in 1974 manufacturing and selling spare parts for classic motorcycles. As the leading British manufacturers such as Norton Motorcycles, BSA and Triumph went out of business, Harris bought as many spare parts as he could and set up L F Harris International Ltd at a warehouse in Newton Abbot. [2]