Triumph (TWN)

In 1886 Siegfried Bettmann founded the Triumph bicycle factory in Coventry,England, and in 1896 he founded a second bicycle factory in his native Nürnberg under the same Triumph name. Both factories branched out into making motorcycles: the Coventry factory in 1902 and the Nürnberg factory in 1903.

In its early decades the Nürnberg factory produced models with the same 499cc and 545cc four-stroke engines as its sister plant in Coventry. After 1929 the English and German factories diverged, with the Nürnberg works making motorcycles with 248cc and 269cc two-stroke engines. After the Second World War Triumph made successful models including the 200cc Cornet and 350cc Boss.

In 1956 Max Grundig took over the company, merged it with his Adler typewriter and motorcycle business and terminated motorcycle production under the Triumph name.

External links

[http://www.twn-ig.de Triumph (TWN) Owners' Club]

[http://www.meisterdinger.de/triumph/index.htm "Meisterdinger von Nürnberg" Triumph (TWN) webpages]