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What we compareTriumph MotorcyclesBSA
Country in archiveUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
Founded19831861
FounderJohn BloorBirmingham Small Arms Trade Association gunsmiths
HeadquartersHinckley, Leicestershire, UKBirmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Name originSiegfried Bettmann's company was known as S. Bettmann and Co. until 1886, when he sought a more specific name and it became the Triumph Cycle Company. The word itself means a victory or great success. The sources used here do not record why Bettmann chose it.BSA stands for Birmingham Small Arms. The company was formed in June 1861 by fourteen members of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association to make guns by machinery.
HighlightsSpeed Twin, Tiger 100, Bonneville, Trident 900, Daytona 675Gold Star, Bantam, Lightning, Rocket 3
Earliest archived brand logo20052021
Latest archived logo20132021
Archived logo assets22

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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