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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.
Triumph Motor Company; Founded: 1885 ... The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and ... In 1902 they began producing Triumph motorcycles at their works in ...
Triumph Engineering Co Ltd was a British motorcycle manufacturing company, based originally in Coventry and then in Meriden.A new company, Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, based in Hinckley, gained the name rights after the end of the company in the 1980s and is now one of the world's major motorcycle manufacturers.
Triumph Motorcycles refers to companies that were founded by German S. Bettmann in the late 1800s, with varying ownership: Triumph (TWN) (Triumph-Werke Nürnberg), a defunct German motorcycle manufacturer (1896-1956) Triumph Engineering Co Ltd, a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer (1885-1951 taken over by BSA, 1972 merged with Norton)
Siegfried Bettmann (18 April 1863 - 23 September 1951) was a bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer and founder of the Triumph Motorcycle Company.In 1914 he established the Annie Bettmann Foundation to help young people start businesses. [1]
Triumph-Werke Nürnberg AG or TWN, was a German bicycle and motorcycle company. In 1886, Siegfried Bettmann founded the Triumph bicycle factory in Coventry , England, and in 1896 he founded a second bicycle factory in his native Nuremberg , Germany, under the same Triumph name.
Triumph began manufacturing its own bicycles for sale in 1894. [2] In 1902, the company produced its first motorcycle, and in 1905, introduced the first all-British motorcycle. Motorcycle production continued until 1982 (see Triumph Motorcycles). During the early 1920s the company also began producing motorcars, and in 1930 the company was ...
A 1962 Triumph Bonneville represents the popularity of British motorcycles at that time. British manufacturers Triumph, BSA, and Norton retained a dominant position in some markets until the rise of the Japanese manufacturers, led by Honda, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The role of the motorcycle shifted in the 1960s, from the tool of a ...