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The turbulent history of the legendary
Triumph name and the iconic motorcycles the marque has
produced makes for a compelling story.
Now you can discover the full story in
Best of British – Triumph, a detailed study charting the
rich history of one of the world’s best-known motorcycle
manufacturers, with examinations of every significant
bike that contributed to the Triumph story.
The story has been brought fully
up-to-date with footage of the very latest model for the
DVD release of this programme, which proved popular in
its earlier VHS version. This release adds another
fascinating DVD to the growing Best of British
collection, which explores the legendary names of the
British car and motorcycle industries.
Best of British – Triumph takes us back
more than 100 years, to the time when a couple of German
immigrants settled in Coventry and began manufacturing
bicycles. Fitting a motor to one of their bicycles was
the obvious step once the internal combustion engine had
become established, and so the first Triumph motorcycle
puttered its way around the leafy lanes of Warwickshire
in 1905.
This DVD traces the history of the marque
from that historic first bike, filmed in the National
Motorcycle Museum, to the launch of the 2009 Street
Triple R in the Isle of Man.
For a full seven decades, Triumph enjoyed
success after success, then disaster struck as the
original company collapsed – along with the rest of the
British bike industry – in just a few short years.
However, during those first 70 years Triumph motorcycles
had become among the best known with truly iconic models
like the Speed Twin, the Tiger 100, the Thunderbird and
the Bonneville. Such was the reputation, the Triumph
name refused to die.
Enthusiast Les Harris, under license from
the brand name owners, kept the legend alive by making
small batches of Bonneville twins in his little factory
in Devon. In the late 1980s, salvation arrived in the
form of unassuming British businessman John Bloor, who
combined his capital with the goodwill Triumph still
enjoyed, to resurrect the marque. Thanks to good
designers, managers and enthusiastic production workers,
Triumph is back on the world stage, competing in world
markets against rivals from Japan, Germany and the USA.
Best of British – Triumph explores this
amazing story of the rise, with mouth-watering footage
of all the major models.
The DVD also includes special features
looking at the Rocket Three - the world’s biggest
motorcycle, a ‘power cruiser’ with an engine bigger than
most family cars – and the new Bonneville, an all-new
bike with a famous old name, and with Thruxton café
racer and Speedmaster versions as well.
Best of British Triumph
is available now, priced
at £16.63 on DVD and will be available from leading
video outlets or direct from Duke Video: Tel 01624
640000, fax 01624 640001 or email
mail@dukevideo.com.
Visit www.dukevideo.com
online.
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