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What we compareChater-LeaTriumph Motorcycles
Country in archiveUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom
Founded18901983
FounderWilliam Chater LeaJohn Bloor
HeadquartersLetchworth, Hertfordshire, UKHinckley, Leicestershire, UK
Name originThe firm carries the name of its founder, William Chater Lea. The hyphenated form Chater-Lea was adopted by the company in the 1920s for aesthetic reasons, according to Wikipedia.Siegfried 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.
Highlights—Speed Twin, Tiger 100, Bonneville, Trident 900, Daytona 675
Earliest archived brand logo20172005
Latest archived logo20192013
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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