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Triumph
Prototype restored
![]() Triumph UK has unveiled the restored
prototype of the marque's first production motorcycle, a
1901 220ccc Minerva-powered machine. At the time, Triumph was owned by
Siegfried Bettman and Maurice Schulte -– two Germans.
Bettman went on to become Mayor of Coventry. ![]() The machine was
discovered and restored by leading vintage Triumph
collector Dick Shepherd (above). ![]() The company went on to
also use engines from JAP and Fafnir, before Schulte
(pictured above in 1904) completed design of their own
single-cylinder powerplant. ![]() ![]() ------------------------------------------------- Produced by AllMoto abn 61 400 694 722 |
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