PH2 feature: Inside Triumph

[sinbaddio]

Great story. Interestingly John Bloor originally only bought the land that the factory was on to build houses on, and then decided to buy and revive the brand. Considering he made a fortune out of construction it was a brave move in my opinion. And he invested £80mill of his own hard earned along the way. Well deserved success!

[B10]

jamesc69 said:

Interesting and well done Triumph..... but great British success story??... It seems to me they are merely assembling product and componentry manufactured in the Far East.

I recon the UK supply chain is negligible

Edited by jamesc69 on Monday 16th January 14:15

If you are speculating then I suggest that you go and investigate rather than talking twaddle. Perhaps you should go on a factory visit?

No different to a South African made BMW using a Hams Hall (Brmingham) made engine. Still a product from a German company. Do Germans winge about MINI's.
In this global market they have the right mix of factories in different regions and that is one reason that they are a success. Other reasons are that they are basically a private company, Mr Bloor has vision, high investment in R&D and production engineering.

[Graham]

is a while since i had a factory visit ( pre fire). but there seemed to be a lot that was being built there as well as final assembly.

the big line of equipment machining all the engine components was impressive, they even had a couple of old bolt and washer making machines humming away in the background

fairly soon there will be more hinkley trimphs than meriden ones.

[fwaggie]

virgil said:

Here's a conundrum...

If the factory has 600 workers in two factories in the UK and 5 factories in total, producing 5.8% of the world motorcycle production: how many female workers in the Thai factories used to be boys?

Oooookkkay...

Going on holiday soon are you?

[Megaflow]

Big Rumbly said:

A breath of fresh air, makes you proud to be British, long may they survive.

+1

I knew they were doing well, but I didn't realise they were doing *that* well!

And from what I have seen of the quality of the current bikes, things are only set to get better. I'd love a Street Triple R...

[fwaggie]

jamesc69 said:

Interesting and well done Triumph..... but great British success story??... It seems to me they are merely assembling product and componentry manufactured in the Far East.

I recon the UK supply chain is negligible

Paint shop?

CNC mills to make engine parts out of solid lumps of alloy?

Sounds like a box shifter setup to me too...

[ArosaMike]

B10 said:

jamesc69 said:

Interesting and well done Triumph..... but great British success story??... It seems to me they are merely assembling product and componentry manufactured in the Far East.

I recon the UK supply chain is negligible

Edited by jamesc69 on Monday 16th January 14:15

If you are speculating then I suggest that you go and investigate rather than talking twaddle. Perhaps you should go on a factory visit?

No different to a South African made BMW using a Hams Hall (Brmingham) made engine. Still a product from a German company. Do Germans winge about MINI's.
In this global market they have the right mix of factories in different regions and that is one reason that they are a success. Other reasons are that they are basically a private company, Mr Bloor has vision, high investment in R&D and production engineering.

+1. I worked for Triumph Designs until this time last year and they are very much a British company. They actually make and source more stuff from the UK than most of our automotive industry. As with all manufacturing these days, it's a multi national company, but they still assemble a great deal of the bikes in the UK, almost all engines and they machine the cranks, cams and more in the UK.

Fully owned by Bloor too, making it 100% British IMO.

[Megaflow]

fwaggie said:

Paint shop?

CNC mills to make engine parts out of solid lumps of alloy?

Sounds like a box shifter setup to me too...

Close, CNC machined castings from JV Murcott in Tamworth.

[jamesc69]

ArosaMike said:

B10 said:

jamesc69 said:

Interesting and well done Triumph..... but great British success story??... It seems to me they are merely assembling product and componentry manufactured in the Far East.

I recon the UK supply chain is negligible

Edited by jamesc69 on Monday 16th January 14:15

If you are speculating then I suggest that you go and investigate rather than talking twaddle. Perhaps you should go on a factory visit?

No different to a South African made BMW using a Hams Hall (Brmingham) made engine. Still a product from a German company. Do Germans winge about MINI's.
In this global market they have the right mix of factories in different regions and that is one reason that they are a success. Other reasons are that they are basically a private company, Mr Bloor has vision, high investment in R&D and production engineering.

+1. I worked for Triumph Designs until this time last year and they are very much a British company. They actually make and source more stuff from the UK than most of our automotive industry. As with all manufacturing these days, it's a multi national company, but they still assemble a great deal of the bikes in the UK, almost all engines and they machine the cranks, cams and more in the UK.

Fully owned by Bloor too, making it 100% British IMO.

Fair enough guys, i stand corrected !!

[jmmc]

Great news, a British bike manufacturer able to take on the rest. I hope they can keep going from strength to strength

[Frimley111R]

Jeez, lets get some moaing going guys. We're brilliant at knocking our own products. Come on!

Ok I'll start: Yeah but they'll prob get bought out by KawiondaKi, I had one and it fell to pieces at 200 mph in my drive, what's wrong with oil puddles? They keep the oil companies going, etc....



(Seriously, brilliant news and every credit to them!)

[Sossige]

VB said:

When are we going to see a litre Daytona? I'd be signing up for one yesterday

You and me both VB.

As it is, it'll either be a litre sports from somewhere else, or a move to a Daytona 675 as well. Can't see a litre Daytona appearing any time soon.

[TimmyWimmyWoo]

If they release a litre-class Daytona I'll actually get Triumph tattooed on my grandmother's clitoris.

[Switch]

Thought you'd like this if you've not seen it already.

[toxgobbler]

They are cracking bikes after 5 Hondas, I switched to Triumph (Tiger) and it's unlikely I'll switch back. Great build quality and reliability and soul (more than a Japanese bike).

[cjbolter]

Wouldn't say that I was necessarily a "Triumph Man" but amongst others I had five !!.

1. Triumph Tiger Cub !!. Stolen from outside pub.
2. Triumph 500 Speed Twin. Part-ex.
3. Triumph 650 Thruxton Bonneville. Stolen outside student flat.
4. Triumph 650 Saint. Ex Police. Sold.
5. Triumph 250 Trailblazer. Much Modded. Sold.

Not one of these ever had a rusty rear wheel !!.
vbr Chris.

[Dr Jekyll]

Now they've put a shaft on the Explorer, even I might consider one.

[VB]

I could quite happily live with a 4 bike Triumph garage. I'd love to buy a Triumph next- especially off the very lovely saleswoman in the Plymouth showroom.

Daytona R
Tiger 800
Thruxton
Rocket


Perfect (with the exception of an MX bike, but then I don't like pain fool, so I can do without that and borrow others)

[kprm77]

I could walk to work if I had a job there, though I'd rather work at MIRA up the road.

[urquattro]

Congratulations to the faith of John Bloor, his management team and all the guys at Triumph, even the race bikes are showing the GB flag, first bike was a Tiger 80, and it did leak oil, but as a nineteen year old I loved it to pieces at the time.