Triumph
by Pablo Lopez
Title
Triumph
Artist
Pablo Lopez
Medium
Photograph - Digital Image
Description
Triumph was a British motorcycle manufacturing company, based originally in Coventry. 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.
The company began in 1885 producing bicycles. By 1902, the company had produced its first motorcycle, a bicycle fitted with a Belgian Minerva engine. Although during its first few years producing motorcycles, the company based its designs on those of other manufacturers, in 1904 Triumph began building motorcycles based on its own designs and in 1905 produced its first completely in-house designed motorcycle.
The beginning of World War I was a boost for the company as production was switched to provide for the Allied war effort. More than 30,000 motorcycles, among them the Model H Roadster also known as the "Trusty Triumph", often cited as the first modern motorcycle, were supplied to the Allies.
The current company, initially Bonneville Coventry Ltd, ensured that Triumph has produced motorcycles since 1902, winning it the title of the world's longest continuous production motorcycle manufacturer. A licensing agreement granted to pattern spares manufacturer, kept the Triumph Bonneville in production until 1988 until Triumph re-initiated a new range during 1990 and 1991. Triumph now makes a range of motorcycles reviving model names of the past, including a newly designed Bonneville twin.
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April 22nd, 2015
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