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🇬🇧 The history of Triumph motorcycles

Triumph has a varied and interesting past… a brief sampling:

  • 1938: Triumphs start being sold in the USA at a small shop in California
  • 1940: WWII bombing of the Triumph Coventry factory
  • 1953: Marlon Brando rides a Triumph in The Wild One
  • 1955: The Triumph streamliner The Devil’s Arrow sets the absolute motorcycle speed record at Bonneville at 193.7 mph
  • And on and on!

Be sure to check out the excellent photos from the 119 year history of Triumph motorcycles!