History of Triumph Motorcycles - Part 1 

Fascinating, triumph started by Germans......makes me smile. Could listen to Geoff impart his knowledge all day long, thanks for making the effort and sharing. RSMF

Another excellent video, I could listen to your friend Geoff all day, his passion and knowledge shines through, what a star.

Explained thoroughly comprehensibly without being boring. Interesting throughout.

So nice...By the wat I am A Proud Owner of Bonnie T120 for last 3 Years ON. What a Beautiful Bike it is....Great British Bike...A legend in itself....

I'm a real admirer of your videos, I love watching them when I've the time. I have a friend who is 84 years old and still rides his T65, he loved these 2 videos, thanks.

I would just like to say,yet another excellent video. I agree with another viewer, I could listen to Geoff all day. That was excellent. It was a real eye opener. I never knew that the original founders were two Germans. Thank you again. Paul

Brings it all to life......... you can almost hear the sound of the bikes in his voice !

Really love this kind of video, could have listened to him all day! Thank you!

This is great stuff TMF ,I don't know how I missed this.

How lovely to see Geoff. I knew Geoff, when he was at Kawasaki and I was the RAC New Knight of the Road. Another good video Andy.

Great info . Thanks ever so much . Rode through the ole factory site n saw the row houses on streets named tiger n bonneville .

Excellent video ! I'll have to go there to hopefully see a Tiger 110 , a 350cc 1939 Manx Norton , a Ariel Redhunter and Model 18 Norton that my Dad owned in his youth in the 1950s .

Excellent, didn't know that this museum existed.....looking forward to part two 👍🏻

I was hoping he'd mention the Sprint Executive, of which 250 were sent to the US and one of which I owned. I gave him the most British name I could think of (Nigel) and we were great friends on many adventures. I hope to own another (smaller!) Triumph one day, that bike had British soul.

Great Video!!! Really interesting to hear more about the history behind Triumph! Looking forward to the next part 👍

Wow! never knew triumph had such history and pedigree. Amazing vid. Looking forward to the second part.

Good stuff. Thanks for this, and all your other videos. I really enjoy and get a lot out of them.

My first road bike, back in 1958, was a mint Triumph Tiger 80 which had been put in storage in 1940 when the owner went to serve in the Army in WW2, it had remained in storage until then. Nice bike for its age. Taught me a lot about the mechanics of motor cycles.

Hi again TMF well you've done it again another couple of great videos this one and part 2.Literally for years I have been saying that I must visit the LMM and never got around to doing it but after watching these I am definitely going to make more of an effort to get there. Typical me its now 50 miles further away from when I lived in Croydon as well. Still shortly going to receive in the post bar muffs and heated vest so it should make my trip up to there on my GS a bit more comfortable.I just did not realise how much stuff they have in the museum so your videos are a brilliant pro mo for the museum.Given I am a Sarf London boy I have never even been up to the Ace so I will have to finally stop in there as well for a bit of brekkie.I also used to own a Twenty One and I had brought it off of an old lady who rode it to work until she crashed it and finally gave up motorcycling. Sadly one of the first things I got rid of was the rear fairing because at the time it was considered to not to be " cool " and I also fitted alloy mudguards. Stupidity of youth I suppose.Looking forward to watching more of your future videos.To paraphrase you " this is the Eastbourne geriatric biker signing off see you next time " Ted

Really enjoyed that, thanks for doing it and looking forward to part 2

Your channel shines bright and is as British as it gets. You beat alot of channels out when it comes to quality. I am impressed and will be a subscriber.

very interesting looking forward to part two thanks for sharing

Excellent love it thanks

This is fascinating!! Enjoying the history lesson. Thank you for doing this!!!

Fascinating, this temporarily sates my desire to see more documentaries on motorcycl{es,ing}, they're few and far between, even including the 4:3/VHS variety. Thank you.

These two vids are first class! Great work!

Just watched part 1 - excellent stuff. Looking forward to part 2 :-)

Exciting story and well told!! Very much enjoyed. Subscribed from across the pond

growing up in the 60s, i don't know how it escaped me that the Triumph in TR-3 was the same Triumph as the Bonneville.. as a suburban USA kid, i loved them both .. now i may finally get one.

I’ve had Triumphs all my life, I’m 72. My prettiest one was the 73 750cc triple. “X75 HURRICANE”. THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAD WITH THE HURRICANE WAS THE HIGH SPEED WOBBLE, IT WAS SCARY and very common with all Hurricanes.

Really enjoyed this, that bloke knew his onions

Great video, really enjoyed it. Don't make me wait too long for part 2 ;)

Really enjoyable and informative. Better than some of the made for TV stuff like Bikeworld TV. Hope you get to make more programs like this. Cheers

Please get Geoff to talk about every single Triumph bike there - forget the other sheds! :-) Not that I'm biased or anything. Absolutely fascinating! Well done. Regards, Jon.

what a great video, very interesting, in 1972 I had a T120 v bonneville.

Really enjoyed that, he knew his stuff

Thanks TMF, brilliant video..

Next...a visit to the BMW Museum in Munich...it would be so vicariously enjoyed ;-). Interesting video thanks for sharing.

Thanks , very intresting . looking forward to part 2....)

As British as the Royal Family! ;-) Huzzah!

I thought you held up well. Considering the barrage, of dates, engine types, bike models, long dead engine designers, etc! Your man was very knowledgeable and as an enthusiast clearly knew his stuff. I wouldn't have had your patience. They may have found him bound and gagged in the broom cupboard. Nice chap I'm sure. Thanks for sharing TMF great idea giving us a look see for free as well. Cheers sir.

Some cracking bikes in there for sure. I was wondering how much I could give them for the Triton cafe racer. And the rest... Geoff was a real gem. Needs to be dragged down the pub for a "full and frank" download! Great bloke. Great video, thanks. I didn't even realise there was a bike museum in London.

Fascinating man and a brilliant video.

Very good! Really enjoyed the film.

Lovin this episode.

very nice! will definitely try to pay this place a visit now

awesome, can't wait for the next vid! keep them going.

Really interesting video thanks

Really enjoyed this thank you for the filming and upload

super cool video keep them coming

Great video very interesting

awesome video, thank you for sharing

What a treat

I’m surprised I knew all of this. Still, interesting.

"(T)Rusty Triumph" haha, thats hilarious

If I ever have a chance to hop across the pond, I am going here and the Ace Cafe, of course.

Niceone, very well put together and extremely interesting. Tcrs ✊

I guess you posted this video from the museum and your still there swimming in all that nostalgia. How cool would it be to try every bike there. I would pay a lot for that!

Very interesting stuff! Cheers!

Great video, loved it.

Hello,great video, I have a 1960 triumph thunderbird 6t, and it is very clean, but now I have been told that it should have bathtub body, I am so disappointed. Can you shed any light on it. Any help at all. Thanks from Dave

Excellent.

Cracking video.

I was born and bred in Coventry the home of Triumph. one of the many reasons I own one :)

Great Video, Learnt a lot there Thanks.

Flipping heck , you've taken me back too some happy year memories, MF . I had a one of the original Bonnies 650 pre unit , Flying jacket and the boots with white navy socks over the top of the boot . Also had the 250cc BSA C15 , showing my age now . Thank you very much for this Video mate , can't wait for the next one , Huzzah indeed lol .

Nice vid, thank you

I recently discovered your channel, and it’s terrific! By the way, can you come over to the US and teach us English?

It appears that the shape of the paintwork on the tank on the Ricardo motorcycle, has been memorialized on the left side of the Rocket 3 to some extent......wow....Sal : )

Very informative.

awesome 👍

Triumph-Werke Nürnberg AG! TWN. How amazing that is - by coincidence I'm flying over to Nurenberg for a long weekend so I'll pay hommage to Bettman and Schulte.

Love the bathtub model

Everyday's a school day, fascinating history lesson. You should go to the various bike shows as a roving reporter TMF 🎥👍🏻

Just noticed the Triumph Tina Scooter behind the Tiger Cub... terrible things to start .... variomatic transmission .... looking forward to the other episodes... Thanks ....

No mention of the best bike Triumph made Triumph Trident T160, well that's my opinion

10.17 ' a 1960 Triumph TR6 Trophy....500cc' Now that is a rare bike!

I had a tiger cub, two of them actually, the second one written off by a drunk driver, pre Barbra Castle he smashed my bike in two and drove off and left me. I also had the Triumph Tina that can be seen behind the cub up on the shelf, absolute rubbish, I now have a water cooled T120

Thanks for the video, if you do one on BMW please ride a Triumph...it is only fair since you rode a BMW GS for this tour.

Gr eat vid mate xxden thruxton owner xxx

Just bought à 19596t thunderbird.

My quick look around here took me about 4 hours!!

Sadly it seems the London Motorcycle Museum closed in October 2019 😥 Were all the bikes sold or was another venue sought?

Hi MF, what a wonderful video, cannot wait for part two, and what a wonderful knowledge the guy with you has about the brand, where exactly is this museum, I would love too pay a visit, I suppose it obviously has its own website. regards, Colin.

wow that is very interesting!! Steve McQueen was a Trump rider!! he even had International driver license.

Now I'm in my element...

Pretty cool - poor guys have hard wired lapel mics. Use a boom, let them move around. Interesting.

Ive got one of them triumph 21 3ta

un holy terror mikes ty cobb his first error

Got a 49 ?

Unfortunately, the German triumph bikes were not mentioned

All this time I thought Triumph was English, fuck it still a fan of them English or not they still make nice bikes.

What's with this guy's conehead? Bold tip: get a cap.

Queen or sticky side, that is funny I don't care where you are from.

Missenden? as in Great Missenden?

Why does everyone refer to Triumph as being “demised”? It’s still producing motorcycles. What gives?

Why, why, why, did I sell my Speed Twin?

The Museum has closed down now :(

I was really enjoying this until he said that the Tiger Cub was a 1957 model. Any Cub fan will know that 1957 Cubs had a swingarm. This one, with plunger rear suspension and 19" wheels is either a 1954 or 1955 model. The 1956 model had 16" wheels. Shame on you!

2:29 Come on, old chap. Triumph is as British as the Queen, what?