Andrew Mace wrote:
>
> On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Dave Massey wrote:
>
> >
> > Ronald A. Dowty writes:
> >
> > >Is the Triumph motorcycle company that currently produces motorcycles and
> > >realtion or even the same as the company that made my good old TR 6's?
> >
> > Ronald,
> >
> > Before WW11 Triumph were a well respected manufacturer of motorcars
> > and motorcycles...
>
> ...AND bicycles!
>
> > I don't know if there is any link between the Triumph motorcycle folk
> > and the Triumph bicycle folk. Perhaps someone else on the list can
> > fill in this gap in the story.
> >
> > Awaiting any additions and corrections to my take on Triumph history.
>
> Dave, Ronald, et.al.:
>
> In short, Siegfried Bettmann first manufactured bicycles in Coventry,
> then motorcycles, then (beginning in 1923) automobiles.
>
> The bicycle division was sold off in the early 1930s, ultimately to
> become part of the Raleigh "empire." The motorcycle division was sold in
> the mid-1930s, and, as you pointed out, little more than the automobile
> name was ultimately purchased by Standard's "Captain" John Black at the
> end of WWII.
>
> I don't know exactly who currently owns the Triumph motorcycle name, but
> I don't think it is still part of the same group (BSA, etc.) that built
> the Bonnevilles, Tigers and TR6 bikes of the not-too-recent past.
>
> --Andy
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Anyone have a 'feel' for the value of a Triumph bicycle in good original
condition?
--
uncle jack
TR4 Rallye Replica vintage racer
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