Triumph motorcycle, 1904

Made:
1904 in Coventry

Triumph motor cycle, built two years after the first Triumph motorcycle was produced, with a 2.5 hp engine probably made by JAP or Fafnir, and the rest of the vehicle of Triumph design, Coventry, West Midlands, England, 1904

The Triumph Engineering Co. Ltd (formally known as the Triumph Cycle Co. Ltd and before that the New Triumph Co. Ltd), was started in 1887 by S. Bettman. The company initially started by selling bicycles and motor bicycles, but in 1902 Bettman started to develop the company into a manufacturer and by 1905 the first motor bicycle completely designed and made by Triumph was made. This motorcycle is an example of that intermediate period with a 2.5 hp engine probably made by JAP or Fafnir, and the rest of the vehicle of Triumph design.

Details

Category:
Road Transport
Object Number:
1938-539
type:
motor cycles
credit:
Triumph Engineering Co. Ltd.

Parts

Triumph Motorcycle, England, 1904

Triumph Motorcycle, England, 1904

Triumph motorcycle, built two years after the first Triumph motorcycle was produced, with a 2.5 hp engine probably made by JAP or Fafnir, and the rest of the vehicle of Triumph design, Coventry, West Midlands, England, 1904

Object Number:
1938-539 Pt1
type:
motorcycles
Sections of Triumph motorcycle, England, 1904

Sections of Triumph motorcycle, England, 1904

Sections (see note) of motorcycle tyre and inner tube (both badly deteriorated) taken from 1938-539 pt.1

Object Number:
1938-539 Pt2
type:
motorcycles
Samples of dust from deteriorated parts of Triumph motorcycle, England, 1904

Samples of dust from deteriorated parts of Triumph motorcycle, England, 1904

Samples of dust material in a small cylindrical phial, taken from deteriorated rubber tyres & inner tubes. The dust was removed from 1938-539 Pt2 in December 2000 and kept for future reference.

Object Number:
1938-539 Pt3
type:
dust
Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Object Number:
1938-539/4
type:
motorcycle tyre
Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Object Number:
1938-539/5
type:
motorcycle tyre
Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Object Number:
1938-539/6
type:
motorcycle tyre
Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Object Number:
1938-539/7
type:
motorcycle tyre
Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Object Number:
1938-539/8
type:
motorcycle tyre
Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Tyre fragments from 1904 Triumph motorcycle

Object Number:
1938-539/9
type:
motorcycle tyre