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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 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 Grand Prix 500 cc OHV 500 1947–1949 Used an all alloy stationary engine, designed to power military generators during the war. TR5 Trophy: 500 1949–1958 Competition bike winner of ISDT Trophy for 4 years Triumph TRW500 500 1950–1964 Side valve military production motorcycle 6T Thunderbird: 650 twin 3TA or Triumph Twenty One: 350
The Triumph Trophy (model codes T336 and T340) is a three or four-cylinder touring motorcycle of either 885 cc or 1,180 cc capacity. These bikes were produced from 1991 to 2003 at Hinckley , Leicestershire , England, by Triumph Motorcycles Ltd , the successor business to the defunct Triumph Engineering at Meriden Works, Warwickshire , England.
The motorcycles used during chase scene in film The Great Escape were 1961 Triumph TR6 Trophy models disguised as German BMW R75 motorcycles. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The star of the movie, Steve McQueen, did much of the riding for the film himself, although Bud Ekins performed the famous jump scene as McQueen's stunt double. [ 19 ]
The original Triumph Bonneville was a 650 cc parallel-twin motorcycle manufactured by Triumph Engineering and later by Norton Villiers Triumph between 1959 and 1974. It was based on the company's Triumph Tiger T110 and was fitted with the Tiger's optional twin 1 3/16 in Amal monobloc carburettors as standard, along with that model's high-performance inlet camshaft.
In addition to its aerospace factions, Triumph also had a stake in the U.S. steel industry. Because customers were becoming more demanding with respect to product quality, Alco Standard formed a new organization named Alco Diversified Services out of the 11 companies that comprised the Triumph Group, the two paper companies and their aerospace subsidiary.
The Triumph Trophy is a touring motorcycle produced by Triumph Motorcycles Ltd from 2012 to 2017. The motorcycle features a 1,215 cc (74.1 cu in) liquid-cooled, 12-valve, straight-three engine , [ 1 ] which is mated to a six-speed gearbox and shaft drive .