Triumph Motorcycles

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Triumph Motorcycles Ltd.

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legal form Limited
founding 1884 as S. Bettmann & Co
Seat Hinckley , Leicestershire , England , UK
management John Bloor (Owner)
Nick Bloor (CEO)
Number of employees 1,600 ( 2012 )
sales € 433 million ( 2012 )
Branch Motorcycle manufacturer
accessories
motorcycle clothing
Website www.triumph.co.uk

Triumph (GB), built around 1920

Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. is the name of a motor vehicle manufacturer based in Hinckley , Great Britain . The Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. mainly produces motorcycles , mostly under the brand name Triumph . Your best-known series is the Triumph Bonneville . It dates back to 1955 and is now considered one of the classics in English motorcycle history.

history

Naming

The from Nuremberg originating emigrants Siegfried Bettmann , born in 1863 , founded in 1884 in London, the S. Bettmann & Co. , a trading company, from the William Andrews Company of Birmingham purchased bicycles and sewing machines from Germany under the brand name "Triumph" sales. In 1886 he renamed the company the Triumph Cycle Company . In 1887 he finally registered the company under the name New Triumph Co. Ltd with the help of the Dunlop Pneumatic Tire Company . New Triumph Co. Ltd in 1915 and Triumph Engineering Co Ltd in 1936 Renamed, followed in 1973 the merger with the BSA group and Norton-Villiers to Norton-Villiers-Triumph (NVT). From 1975 to 1983 the company was called Meriden Workers Co-Operative , from 1984 Bonneville Coventry Ltd.

Start of own production

In 1887 the engineer Mauritz Johann Schulte joined the company as a partner. Schulte encouraged Bettmann to convert the company into a manufacturing company. In 1888, Bettmann bought a building in Coventry with money borrowed from his family and his wife's family. The company began producing the first bikes under its own brand name triumph in 1889. 1896 opened New Triumph Co. Ltd. , a subsidiary in Nuremberg , Germany , the Orial TWN (German Triumph Werke Nürnberg ), the first sewing machines under the brand name Triumph produced .

expansion

Triumph (GB), around 1910

In 1898, Bettmann decided to expand production in Coventry and produce motorcycles there. In 1902 the first motorcycle was ready. It had a Belgian Minerva engine producing 2.25 bhp (1.7 kW). It was later named No. 1 known. In 1903, after selling more than 500 motorcycles, the Triumph Cycle Company began producing motorcycles in the factory in Germany. In the initial phase, the company produced these motorcycles with engines from Minerva (Belgium), Fafnir and JAP . In 1909, Germany was expanded to include a typewriter sector. Typewriter works Kühr & Riegelmann GmbH was acquired through the branch in Germany .

Triumph as an engine manufacturer

In 1904 the Triumph Cycle Company began developing its own engines. Starting in 1907, it manufactured a single - cylinder four-stroke engine with 450 cm³ and 3.5 bhp (2.6 kW / 1.91 PS) in its own factory. By the end of 1907, Triumph was able to equip more than 250 motorcycles with its own engine. In the same year, the Tourist Trophy race took place on the Isle of Man for the first time, and Triumph drivers took second and third place right from the start. In 1908 the racing driver Jack Marshall won the Tourist Trophy on a Triumph. It was the first and last victory for Triumph motorcycles until 1951, when Ken Arber won the Clubmans Senior class on a Triumph .

Spin-off and sale

Triumph Ricardo, 1925

In 1913 the plant in Germany was split off because of the looming First World War . In 1915, New Triumph Co. Ltd began equipping the Allied Forces with the Type H “Trusty” motorcycles, 57,000 of which were produced and 30,000 were in active service. The motorcycle had a self-developed 499 cc single cylinder engine. In 1922 the Triumph Ricardo was added to the sales program, which was equipped with a newly developed 499 cm³ single-cylinder four-stroke engine. The engine already had four overhead valves. The model itself was used in the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man in 1921. It was named after the engine designer Sir Harry Ricardo . The motorcycle reached a speed of 70 mph.

First automobiles

Triumph Super seven 1930

In 1923 the production of cars began. For this, Siegfried Bettmann bought the dormant Dawson car factory in Coventry . In 1927, the Coventry factory covered 500,000 square meters and employed 3,000 people, producing around 30,000 motorcycles a year. In 1929 the company introduced the Triumph Super 7 as a response to the Austin 7 , and it was built until 1934.

In 1936 the automobile and motorcycle divisions were split up into separate business units. Jack Sangster , the son of Charles Sangster , who was also the owner of Ariel Motors , took over New Triumph Co. Ltd and renamed the company Triumph Engineering Co Ltd. around. Edward Turner became managing director and chief engineer. The first development by the new chief engineer was the Triumph Speed ​​Twin (T100) presented in 1937 , which, equipped with a new 498 cc two-cylinder engine , reached a top speed of over 90 mph. It established the shape for Triumph motorcycles, which was retained for more than 40 years.

During the Second World War , the Coventry plant on Priory Street was completely destroyed by the German Air Force at the Coventry Blitz on November 14, 1940 . A new plant was built in Meriden (West Midlands) on the outskirts of Coventry, from where 49,700 motorcycles left the production facility by the end of the war, most of them for the military. The production of civil machines was resumed in 1946. Triumph concentrated on three models: the Triumph Tiger (T100), the Triumph Speed ​​Twin (5T) with 498 cc engine and the Triumph Touring (3T) with 349 cc engine. All three had a two-cylinder engine with overhead valves. Due to a higher compression ratio of 7.8: 1, the Tiger had a little more power than the Speed ​​Twin, was better equipped and therefore a little heavier. With her, Ernie Lyons won the Manx Grand Prix in 1946 . A telescopic fork with oil damping was new on all three models. The factory brochure read: "Triumph, The Best Motorcycle in the World".

In 1951 Jack Sangster sold the Triumph Cycle Company to the British motorcycle manufacturer BSA and became a member of the board of directors. Triumph was retained as an independent brand. As a result, the models from BSA and Triumph were largely similar.

World fame

Triumph Bonneville , from 1959

Efforts by the British government to pay off the lend lease debt meant that Triumph saw nearly 70% of post-war production shipped to the United States. Triumph thus achieved a high market share in the USA. British manufacturers had the advantage over other European manufacturers that they used the same system of measurement ( inches ) as the Americans, which made it easier to interchange standard parts and to use tools. Triumph now took part in the world record attempts that have been taking place regularly since 1949 on the parched part of the salt lake Lake Bonneville in Utah . During test drives in 1955 , Johnny Allen set a new world speed record for motorcycles on a prototype of the original Bonneville with 214.5  mph (345.2  km / h ). This world record led to the model name of the 1959 Triumph Bonneville and justified the advertising claim that the fastest motorcycle in the world was a Triumph.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Triumph motorcycles delighted viewers in many Hollywood films, including films with Steve McQueen , Marlon Brando and Clint Eastwood . The cinematic fame of motorcycles is established particularly through the rocker drama " The Wild One " (1953), in which Marlon Brando drives a 650 Triumph Thunderbird 6T . In the early 1960s, Triumph Engineering Co Ltd. the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world. 1,962 displaced a triumph at the Daytona 200 race in Daytona Beach for the first time, a Harley-Davidson from first place. The American AMA Grand National Championship was won by Gary Nixon in 1967 and 1968 and Gene Romero in 1970 with a triumph against the Harley-Davidson motorcycles that had dominated up until then .

Downward trend

Prototype Triumph Trident P1 on display at the London Motorcycle Museum today

With the advent of the Japanese superbikes , especially the CB 750 Four in 1968, Triumph Engineering Co Ltd. in trouble. Timid attempts by the engineers to adapt to the situation were viewed by the top management as treason and immediately suppressed. For the three-cylinder Triumph Trident engine with a displacement of 750 cc, which appeared in 1969, there were already plans in the early 1960s. However, they were initially held back under pressure from the then boss Edward Turner . When the machine came on the market in 1969, despite modern technology and an output of 60 bhp (45 kW), it could not build on the success of the earlier models. The Japanese entered the American market and began to poach the managers of the British sales companies. Not to market made it the prototype of a 1000 cm³- 1969 four-cylinder - OHV machine called "Quadrant", which could have done may halt the downward trend. The trend was clearly towards large displacement superbikes like those made by the Japanese competition.

collapse

In order to survive, the BSA group initially joined forces with Norton-Villiers to form Norton-Villiers-Triumph (NVT) . When NVT decided to close the Meriden plant on July 17, 1973, Triumph was occupied by the workforce that evening. The occupation was not given up until November 1974, but the labor dispute itself did not end until March 6, 1975. From then on, the work was continued by the employees themselves as Meriden Workers Co-Operative . In 1983 the co-operative was insolvent. In the same year, the entrepreneur John Bloor acquired the trademark rights to Triumph along with the old factory premises. In 1984 he founded Bonneville Coventry Ltd. , at the same time the development of a completely new product family began. The old plant in Meriden was abandoned and demolished. In 1987 Bloor built new manufacturing facilities in Hinckley "on the green field ".

New beginning

Triumph Trident 900, manufactured in 1996
Triumph Rocket III
Triumph Daytona 675 (2006)

In 1990 there was a fresh start in Great Britain. The first models from Hinckley were presented in autumn 1990 at the International Bicycle and Motorcycle Exhibition (IFMA) in Cologne. There were the Trident 750 , Daytona 750 , Trident 900 and Trophy 900, each with a three-cylinder engine, and the 1000 Four and Trophy 1200, each with a four-cylinder engine. The increasing demand for Triumph motorcycles made it possible in 2000 to have one in Normandy Way / Hinckley on an area of ​​161,000 m² to set up a second production site, about 1.5 km from the 1987 plant on Jacknell Road / Hinckley. In addition to the production lines, this second location also houses the research and development department . On March 15, 2002, a major fire destroyed the original Triumph plant from 1987, in which a large part of the production facilities had been set up until then. The fire destroyed the entire final assembly, many machine tools , the injection molding department , the shipping department and the powder coating department . The offices, the crankcase , cylinder and engine production as well as the paint shop were badly damaged by the smoke. The fire meant that the entire factory had to be torn down. The reconstruction was completed by September 16, 2002. In 2003 Triumph opened another manufacturing facility in Thailand and in 2006 Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Duke of York opened an assembly and painting facility there for its intended purpose.

A third plant is currently being built in Thailand.

Model maintenance and further development

In 2004, Triumph presented the Cruiser Rocket III , with the largest motorcycle engine in series production to date: a longitudinally installed in-line three-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2.3 liters, an output of 140 hp (103 kW) and a maximum torque of 200 Nm at 2500 rpm .

The most important novelty for the 2006 model year was the three-cylinder Daytona 675 , which replaced the rather unsuccessful four-cylinder super sports car Daytona 600 / Daytona 650 .

A bare version of the Daytona 675 was created for the 2008 model year, the Street Triple with an engine optimized for country road use with less peak power, but further improved torque curve. The inexpensive machine was presented at the Tridays in Newchurch ( Neukirchen am Großvenediger ) at the end of June 2007 .

2007 was a very successful year for Triumph in Germany. New registrations were 28% higher than in the same period in 2006. The overall market shrank by 1.25% in the same period. The most successful models were the Tiger 1050 (850 new registrations), Speed ​​Triple 1050 and Daytona 675.

In 2008, Triumph was able to achieve 16.9% more new registrations and a market share of 3.9% in Germany. The overall market fell by 9.6% in 2008. The most successful model was the Street Triple 675 with 935 registrations, which placed it 33rd in the annual statistics. Total sales rose from 258 million euros in 2007 to 333 million euros in 2008. At the same time, total sales worldwide rose by 19% to 48,929 motorcycles.

In 2013 the son of the company owner, Nick Bloor, took over the management.

On January 1, 2014, 58,036 Triumph motorcycles were registered in Germany, which corresponds to a share of 1.4%.

technology

The modern Triumph motorcycles have nothing in common with their predecessors. Inch tools are not required, the current machines and motors are metric . The first Hinckley models were manufactured in a modular system , it wasn't until the end of 1996 with the appearance of the T5 series (Speed ​​Triple T509 and Daytona T595) that this modular system was largely abandoned.

Engines

Engine Triumph Rocket III
2300 cm³ in-line three-cylinder,
lengthways, installed
107 kW (145 PS)

Since the restart, Triumph has been building in-line engines with two to four cylinders, with the majority being three-cylinder engines with 748, 885, 955, 1050 (since 2005), 1294 (since 2004), 675 cm³ (since 2006) and since 2010 also with 799 cm³ not applicable, which give the brand a certain exotic status . The four-cylinder engines no longer used today were initially manufactured with 998 and 1180, later also with 599 and 646 cm³. In the first half of the 1990s, only three and four-cylinder carburettors were produced, while two-cylinder engines were added to the range from 2000 and injectors from 1997 . Since the 2008 model year, all models have a regulated emission control system . All engines have an electronic ignition system , four valves per cylinder, two overhead camshafts and are water-cooled .

Triumph was one of the first motorcycle manufacturers to use a processor-controlled engine management system that enabled maps and other parameters to be downloaded or modified to the motorcycle via an external device without having to replace semiconductor memories. This enables the control software of each individual motorcycle to be individually adapted and optimized. You can also read out diagnostic data via the external device.

The modular models of the first series, ie three-cylinder with 750 and 900 cm³ and four-cylinder with 1000 and 1200 cm³ have the same cylinders, pistons , gears , clutches and two balance shafts each , which help the engines run extremely smoothly. The different displacement variants were made possible by two different crankshaft strokes.

Frame and chassis

The older series, which was manufactured until the end of the 1990s, is based on an essentially identical central tubular frame made of steel. Since 1997, with the introduction of the T5 series (Daytona T595 and Speed ​​Triple T509), a lightweight bridge frame made of light metal has been used, which is still being built in a similar form. However, the manufacturing method has changed significantly: If the first frames were assembled from cast parts and extruded profiles , today they are die-cast parts .

The motorcycles have telescopic forks , both in the conventional and in the upside-down version. For the rear suspension, the Classic models have two struts , all other models have a central strut.

Brakes

All models have disc brakes ; An anti-lock braking system (ABS) has also been available as an optional extra for the newly introduced Sprint ST 1050 since the 2005 model year . Since an ABS is an important selling point (at least in Germany) in both the sports tourer and the travel enduro market segment, the Tiger 1050, which was presented in model year 2007, could also be equipped with it on request.

Model range

Currently (2020) Triumph sells models in Germany with the following engines:

design type Displacement Naked bike Retro Sports Tourer Travel enduros comment
R3 2500 cc Rocket 3R and GT (since 2020)
R3 2300 cc
R3 1215 cc
R2 1200 cc
R3 1050 cc
R3 888 cc
R3 800 cc
R3 765 cc Motor for Moto2 since 2019

Historical models

Models since 1990

Super athlete

model Displacement power Production period Remarks
Daytona 900 885 cc 72 kW (98 PS) 1993-1996 In-line three-cylinder
Daytona 955i 955 cc 72–107 kW (98–145 hp) 1997-2006 In-line three-cylinder
Daytona 1200 1179 cc 72 kW (98 PS) 1993-1996 Inline four-cylinder
TT600 599 cc 80 kW (109 PS) 2000-2003 Inline four-cylinder
Daytona 600/650 599/646 cc 82/85 kW (110/114 hp) 2002-2005 Inline four-cylinder
Daytona 675 674 cc 92 kW (125 PS) since 2006 In-line three-cylinder

Sports Tourer

With the Triumph Sprint model series , the English manufacturer Triumph launched its first motorcycle in the sports touring segment in 1993.

model Displacement power Production period Remarks
Trident Sprint 900 885 cc 73 kW (99 PS) 1993-1995 In-line three-cylinder carburettor engine
Sprint 900 885 cc 70kw (95 HP) U-Kat 1995-1998 In-line three-cylinder carburettor engine
Sport Sprint 900 885 cc 67kw-70kw (90-95 HP) U-Kat 1997-1998 In-line three-cylinder carburettor engine
Sprint Executive 885 cm 67kw-70kw (90-95 HP) U-Kat 1997-1998 In-line three-cylinder carburettor engine
Sprint 955i 955 cc 81–88 kW (110–120 hp) 1999-2004 In-line three-cylinder
Sprint ST 1050 1050 cc 92 kW (125 PS) since 2005 In-line three-cylinder
Sprint GT 1050 1050 cc 96 kW (131 PS) since 2010 In-line three-cylinder

Tourer

model Displacement power Production period Remarks
Trophy 900 885 cc 72 kW (98 PS) 1991-2003 In-line three-cylinder, carburettor engine
Trophy 1200 1179 cc 72 kW (98 PS) 1991-2003 In-line four-cylinder, carburettor engine
Trophy SE 1215 cc 99 kW (135 hp) 2012-2016 In-line three-cylinder, injection engine

Travel enduros

model Displacement power Production period Remarks
Tiger 900 885 cc 63 kW (85 PS) 1993-1998 In-line three-cylinder, carburettor engine
Tiger 885i 885 cc 61 kW (83 PS) 1999-2000 In-line three-cylinder, injection engine
Tiger 955i 955 cc 72 kW (98 PS) 2001-2006 In-line three-cylinder, injection engine
Tiger 1050 1050 cc 85 kW (115 PS) since 2007 In-line three-cylinder, injection engine, also as Tiger Sport
Tiger 800 800 cc 70 kW (95 PS) since 2010 In-line three-cylinder, injection engine, also as XR / XRX and XC / XCX
Tiger Explorer 1215 cc 99 kW (135 hp) since 2012 In-line three-cylinder, injection engine, also as Explorer XC

Naked bikes

model Displacement power Production period Remarks
Trident 750 749 cc 71 kW (97 hp) 1991-1997 In-line three-cylinder, carburettor engine
Trident 900 885 cc 73 kW (99 PS) 1991-1997 In-line three-cylinder, carburettor engine
Speed ​​four 600 cc 72 kW (98 PS) 2002-2005 Inline four-cylinder
Speed ​​Triple (T300B) 885 cc 72 kW (98 PS) 1994-1997 In-line three-cylinder, carburettor engine
Speed ​​Triple (T509) 885 cc 78 kW (106 hp) 1997-1999 In-line three-cylinder
Speed ​​Triple 955i 955 cc 79 kW (107 hp) 1999-2002 In-line three-cylinder
Speed ​​Triple (T595N) 955 cc 88 kW (120 PS) 2002-2004 In-line three-cylinder
Speed ​​Triple 1050 1050 cc 97/99 kW (132/135 hp) since 2005 In-line three-cylinder
Speed ​​94 1050 cm³ 99 kW (135 hp) since 2016 In-line three-cylinder
Street Triple 675 cc 78 kW (106 hp) since 2007 In-line three-cylinder, engine from Daytona 675, cheaper version in the style of the Speed ​​Triple
Street Triple 765 765 cc since 2017 In-line three-cylinder

Cruiser

Triumph America (2010)
model Displacement power Production period Remarks
America 865 cc 45 kW (61 hp) since 2001 Inline twin cylinder
Speedmaster 865 cc 45 kW (61 hp) since 2003 Inline twin cylinder
Legend TT 885 cc 51 kW (69 hp) 1999-2001 In-line three-cylinder
Thunderbird 885 cc 52 kW (70 hp) 1995-2003 In-line three-cylinder, in memory of Marlon Brando in "The Wild One"
Adventurer 900 885 cc 51 kW (69 hp) 1996-2001 In-line three-cylinder, carburettor engine
Thunderbird sport 885 cc 62 kW (83 PS) 1998-2004 In-line three-cylinder
Thunderbird 1597 cc 63 kW (86 PS) since 2009 Two-cylinder
Thunderbird Storm 1699 cc 72 kW (98 PS) since 2011 Two-cylinder
Thunderbird Commander 1699 cc 69 kW (94 PS) since 2014 Two-cylinder
Thunderbird LT 1699 cc 69 kW (94 PS) since 2014 Two-cylinder
Rocket III 2294 cc 107 kW (145 hp) since 2004 longitudinally installed 2300 cc in-line three-cylinder
Rocket 3 2458 cm³ 123 kW (167 hp) since 2020 longitudinally installed 2500 cm³ in-line three-cylinder

Modern classics

model Displacement power Production period Remarks
Bonneville (908 MD) 790 cc 45 kW (61 hp) 2001-2006 In-line twin-cylinder, carburettor engine
Triumph Bonneville SE 865 cc 49 kW (67 hp) 2009-2015 Inline twin cylinder
Bonneville T100 (986MF / 986MF / 09 / T100 / 17) 865/900 cc 47/49/40 kW (64/67/55 PS) since 2005 Inline twin cylinder
Thruxton 900 (986ME / 986ME2) 865 cc 51 kW (69 hp) 2004-2015 Inline two-cylinder, Cafe Racer based on the Bonneville
Scrambler (986MG / 986MG2) 865/900 cc 40/43 kW (54/58 hp) since 2006 Inline two-cylinder, scrambler based on the Bonneville
Street Twin 900 cc 40/48 kW (54/65 PS) from 2016 Inline twin cylinder
Street Cup 900 cc 40 kW (55 PS) from 2016 Inline twin cylinder
Bonneville T120 1200 cc 80 hp (59 kW) since 2016 Inline twin cylinder
Bonneville Bobber (BONBOB) 1200 cc 57 kW (75 PS) since 2017 Inline twin cylinder
Thruxton / Thruxton R 1200 cc 71.5 kW (97 hp) since 2016 Inline two-cylinder, Cafe Racer based on the Bonneville T120

Special models

In the course of time, various special editions of existing models were produced, such as B. the Triumph Daytona Centennial , which was presented on the 100th anniversary in 2002 and sold in 2002 and 2003 for around € 13,000. Usually, the special type is limited to a small series produced in limited numbers with optical retouching and less to technical features.

Motorsport successes

A selection of Triumph's greatest motorsport successes without claiming to be exhaustive:

Daytona 200

year class driver space
1962 - United StatesUnited States Don Burnett -
1966 - United StatesUnited States Buddy Elmore -
1967 - United StatesUnited States Gary Nixon -
2014 Daytona sport bike United StatesUnited States Danny Eslick -

Isle of Man TT

Triumph Speed ​​Twin from 1939 at the 2008 Oldtimer Festival in the historic paddock of the Nürburgring

year class driver total time Average speed space
1908 Single cylinder United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jack Marshall 3: 54.50.0 h 40.49  mph (65.16  km / h ) -
1951 Clubmans Senior United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ken Arber 1.53.37.6 h 79.7 mph (128.26 km / h) -
1952 Clubmans Senior United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bryan Hargreaves 1.49.50.0 h 82.45 mph (132.69 km / h) -
1967 Production 750 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Hartle 1.09.56.8 h 97.1 mph (156.27 km / h) -
1968 Production 500 Isle of ManIsle of Man Ray Knight 1.15.23.6 h 90.09 mph (144.99 km / h) -
1969 Production 750 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Malcolm Uphill 1.07.55.4 h 99.99 mph (160.92 km / h) -
1970 Production 750 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Malcolm Uphill 1.55.51.0 h 97.71 mph (157.25 km / h) -
1971 Production 750 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ray Pickrell 1.30.30.2 h 100.07 mph (161.05 km / h) -
1971 Formula 750 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Jefferies 1.06.02.0 h 102.85 mph (165.52 km / h) -
1972 Production 750 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ray Pickrell 1.30.34.0 h 100.01 mph (160.95 km / h) -
1972 Formula 750 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ray Pickrell 1.48.36.0 h 95.62 mph (153.89 km / h) -
1973 Production 750 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Jefferies 1.34.41.6 h 104.23 mph (167.74 km / h) -
1974 Production 1000 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mick Grant 1.30.48.0 h 99.72 mph (160.48 km / h) -
2014 Supersport race 1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gary Johnson 1.12.43.0 h 124.53 mph (200.41 km / h) -

Ulster Grand Prix

year class driver space
1975 Teams EnglandEngland Ronny McConnell / G. StuartEnglandEngland -
2015 Supersport races 1 and 2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lee Johnston -

North west 200

year class driver space
1939 500 cc IrelandIreland Ernie Lyons -
1970 750 cc production United KingdomUnited Kingdom Malcolm Uphill -

Others

  • The German motorcycle brand Triumph and the car brand of the same name historically emerged from the company in Coventry. The subsidiary Triumph Werke Nürnberg AG was founded in 1896 .
  • Product placement : In Mission: Impossible II , Tom Cruise goes on a wild chase with a bad guy on a Daytona 955i on a Speed ​​Triple .
  • The "Triumph Promotion Truck" has been on the road in Germany and Austria for several years and is offering free test drives on the current Triumph models.
  • In 1999 the first Triumph Club (for motorcycles) was founded in Germany. The Triumph Motorcycle Owners Club eV Germany (TMOC Germany) is a member of the WATOC (World Association Triumph Owners Club).

Picture gallery

  • Triumph "Bonneville" from 1962 in the Neckarsulm two-wheeler museum

  • Triumph Sprint ST

  • Triumph Tiger 955i

  • Triumph Scrambler

  • Triumph Daytona 955i

  • Triumph Trophy 1200

  • Triumph Rocket III

  • Triumph Daytona 600 built in 2003

literature

  • Jürgen Gaßebner: Triumph - Motorcycles since 1945 (type compass) . Motorbuch, 2010, ISBN 978-3-613-03158-6 .
  • Triumph three- and four-cylinder (carburettor engines) 1991–1999: the mechanic's book with colored wiring diagrams . Transferred and edited by Udo Stünkel. Verlag Delius Klasing, Edition Moby Dick, 2000, ISBN 3-89595-158-7 .
  • Penny Cox, Matthew Coombs: Haynes Service & Repair Manual, Triumph Triples & Fours. Haynes Publishing, 1999. (Eng.)
  • Hugo Wilson: motorcycle classics, triumph . Moby Dick, 1999, ISBN 3-89595-153-6 .
  • The major motorcycle brands: Triumph; Translated and edited into German by Udo Stünkel. Moby Dick Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-89595-131-5 .
  • Jürgen Gaßebner: Triumph Motorcycles from Hinckley . Motorbuch Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-613-01814-4 .
  • David Minton: The Return of the Legend Triumph . The Apple Press, London 1995, ISBN 1-85076-616-9 .
  • Roy Bacon: The Illustrated Motorcycle Legends: Triumph. Sunburst Books, 1994. (Eng.)
  • Roy Bacon, Titch Allen: Classic motorcycles: Triumph 2- and 3-cylinder. 350, 500, 650, 750 Twins and Trident . 1st edition. Heel, 1991, ISBN 978-3-89365-229-7 , pp. 196 .
  • Ivor Davies: Pictorial history of Triumph motor cycles . National Motorcycle Museum, ISBN 0-600-35169-6 .

Web links

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