Triumph was of all things British but had a background of German origin. In 1886 a German gentleman called Bettman named his company the Triumph Cycle Company and was later re-named the New Triumph Co.Ltd. In 1902 the new company produced it's first motorcycle and fitted with a Begian unit. The following year sales topped 500, amazingly good for those days. By the mid-1920s Triumph had grown into one of Britain's leading motorcycle and car makers, with a 500,000 square feet plant producing up to 30,000 motorcycles and cars each year.

The Triumph Bonneville was made famous by Marlin Brando, Richard Gere, and Clint Eastwood in their respective classic movies not forgetting Steve McQueen in the 1963 movie "The Great Escape" being acclaimed to be one of the best War movies ever made. Triumph found its bikes in high demand overseas, and export sales became a primary source of the company's revenues, although for the United States, Triumph models were manufactured under license. Triumph has always had its own distinctive character and a long history of creating bikes that become design classics since they first came to market in the 1900s. Last year Triumph sold over thirty one thousand motorcycles across the globe a real success story . Triumph is apparently seriously challenging Harley Davidson in the USA.

Some of the popular models are the Bonneville,Daytona, Rocket III, Sprint, Speed Triple, Thunderbird, Tiger, Trident and Trophy.

Many of the classic Triumph motorcycles tend to hold or increase their value.

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