1957 Triumph TWN

TWN #514915

Normal 0 Normal 0 It was two Germans, Siegfried Bettmann and Maurice Schulte who founded the original British Triumph company in Coventry, England during 1897. For the first few years, its output concentrated on bicycles. But in 1902, the first motorcycle appeared. The following year, in 1903, when Triumph officially entered the motorcycle business, it also opened a German factory in Nurnberg. Although this company was known as TWN (Triumph Werke Nurnberg in Germany’s export markets to avoid confusion with the British Triumph marque), in many ways the German Triumph arm had as much claim to the name as its English counterpart. In the early days, until 1929, most of the German-built Triumphs had engines and other components supplied from Coventry. Then, the Nurnberg factory built its own engines. In 1931, Otto Reitz, chief designer, created most of the two-strokes that TWN built over the next 25 years. By the late 1930s, almost all of the company’s production was under the control of the military. Over 12,000 two-cylinder, 248cc machines were purchased by the Wehrmacht alone. July 1953 marked the company’s Golden Jubilee, and to commemorate 50 years of production, it introduced the 197cc Cornet, this bike right here. Oil- damped telescopic forks and a full swinging-arm rear suspension was a first of TWN design. In 1956, the Cornet was updated with 12-volt electronics and press-button starting. However, the next year, 1957, TWN, along with Adler, was taken over by Grundig. From then on, they made only office equipment. This is one of the last bikes the company ever made. It is a beautiful, original, complete and un-restored bike in amazing condition for its age. It runs very well. - VIN/frame #514915 - Original - Unrestored - TWN was the German division of Triumph - TWN stands for Triumph Werke Nurnberg - This was one of the last bikes produced by TWN From the Barry Solomon CollectionNote: we reserve the right to end the auction early as it is also being offered locally.