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Other Triumph...
Newest Review: ... the old models, love prevails. This is no longer the case of course for the new Triumphs where, and justly so, they are ... more  ... measured up to all other new motorcycles. So in the beginning of the nineteen nineties Mr. Bloor came up with this modular range of sparkling new models all based around the same three or four cylinder engine and frame. No sign of a vertical twin anywhere in sight yet and even the new Triumph logo marked the rupture through its subtle different more angular styling of the letters. The rupture was also clear in the products themselves, so no more oilstained and troublesome and rather lightweight twins but bulky powerful bu...moreMore Triumph motorcycles
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Other Triumph...: Triumph or Die ? (675 words)
by isvikthere - written on 20.03.03 (Very useful, 1537 readings)
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The Triumph brand just had its 100th anniversary and it's now almost ten years since the reborn Triumph launched its first new models on the German market. It is well known that industry captain Mr. John Bloor is the man behind the new Triumphs and has been since he bought the Triumph name when the old firm went bankrupt. Owning both a real old pre-Bloor Triumph and since a while a less older Hinckley Triumph myself I must confess I struggle to this day with the reborn marque. The same seems to go for the majority of the UK market where the new Triumph brand is but a small player amongst all others and especially compared to the big Japanese four. Unlike in ...
