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Website. www.triumphmotorcycles.co.uk. 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 Speed Twin 1200 is a standard motorcycle made by Triumph Motorcycles Ltd that is a modern successor of the original Triumph Speed Twin from 1938. Speed Triple 750. 748. Budget Speed Triple using 750 Trident engine, only in production for a very short time.
The history of the motorcycle begins in the second half of the 19th century. Motorcycles are descended from the " safety bicycle," a bicycle with front and rear wheels of the same size and a pedal crank mechanism to drive the rear wheel. [1] Despite some early landmarks in its development, the motorcycle lacks a rigid pedigree that can be ...
Website. www.tomcc.org. Triumph Owners Motor Cycle Club (TOMCC) is a motorcycle club for owners of Triumph Motorcycles based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1949 in South London, the club had expanded nationally to a membership of circa 6,000 members by 2006. [1] The club is open to owners of Triumph Motorcycles of all ages, including those ...
Val Page. Valentine Page (1891–1978) [1][2] was a British motorcycle designer. He worked for leading UK marques including JAP, Ariel, Triumph, and BSA. [3] Page was an innovator whose radical designs include the Triumph 6/1; BSA Gold Star, M20, and A7; Ariel Leader; and the JAP engine of the Brough Superior SS100.
Norman Hyde (born February 1945) is a British motorcycle development engineer, racer, and world record holder. [1] Hyde joined Triumph motorcycles as an apprentice in 1964. Following the factory closure at Meriden in 1973, Norman moved to the Kitts Green site run by Norton Triumph International. When that shut down in 1975, he used his ...
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. [1]
The Triumph worker's co-operative at the Meriden factory re-introduced the Thunderbird model name to their range in April 1981. [6] The Triumph TR65 Thunderbird 650 cc parallel-twin was a short-stroke version of the 750 cc T140 Bonneville engine and was the cheapest model in Triumph's range with budget features such as a drum rather than disc rear brake, the absence of a tachometer, a merged ...