Like fellow British manufacturer BSA, Triumph's pre-World War II motorcycles were minimalist affairs, with exposed engines and not much bodywork. But despite their apparent simplicity, Triumph's ...

the 1946 Speed Twins more or less carried over from the pre-war bikes, with the exception of the front forks. Prior to the war, they used girder-style front forks. Post-war, Triumph fitted their bikes ...

The 1939 Triumph T100 Tiger, and all other pre-war twins, used a magdyno for electric and spark, which would be replaced postwar with a separate dynamo and magneto. This was also the last year for ...

Despite being around for about a century and a half, one thing's for sure — Triumph been known to churn out some pretty stylish bikes. From the pre-war 1936 Tiger 80, which stopped production ...