The History of Triumph Motorcycles Posted By : Mark Jubbs
The History of Triumph Motorcycles began In 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann left Germany to live in England. At the age of 20, Bettman started a company, S. Bettmann & Co. Import Export Agency, which was based in London. Originally, S. Bettman and Co sold bicycles, which the company simply bought and then sold under its name. In 1886 Bettmann realized that a shorter, snappier name was likely to grab more attention and subsequently changed the name of the company to the "Triumph Cycle Company." In 1887 the name was change yet again to the "New Triumph Co, Ltd.," but for sales purposes, the name remained "Triumph." Another German native, Moritz Schulte, became Bettman's partner in 1887. Schulte thought that Triumph would do better as a manufacturing company, rather than as a company which simply bought and then sold bicycles. In 1888 Bettmann built a factory and Triumph began producing its first bicycles. A second factory was opened in Bettman's ho...