apart from Triumph is there any other British motorcycle manufacturer still in existence?

Answer 1

These are some British bike manufacturers that are still in production:

AJS
CCM
Dresda
Greeves
Hesketh
Royal Enfield
Triumph
Wasp

The Indian Dakota (an American motorcycle) is now being built in Scotland.

Norton (a famous English marque) is owned by a firm in Colorado, U.S.A. They build a modern version of the Commando.

Another British classic, Vincent H.R.D. is soon to be built in it's 21st century form, in San Diego, by Vincent Motors.

Answer 2

There is a company in Manchester the owns the name Norton Villiers and they badge Chinese bikes as NV Nortons in fact they have a 250 manxman, a bit of a far cry for a great name.

The Norton name itself is now owned by a American, but he has done a fantastic job with Nortons and they still produce a similar bike to the old Norton Commando, but it's all been improved so much. It really is in a safe pair of hands unfortunately no longer British Have a look at this http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/
I think you will be impressed.
Triumph didn't really stop manufacturing really as when Meriden closed John Bloor bought the name and immediately gave a licence out to manufacture Bonnevilles in Devon until he was ready to commence manufacture of the new Triumph.

CCM have just been relaunched after recently going to the receivers and is now back in the hands of it's original founder Alan Clews
Otherwise that's about it I'm afraid. Britain had more motorcycle manufacturers than any other county in history with well over 600 individual companies (can't remember the exact figure) .

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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apart from Triumph is there any other British motorcycle manufacturer still in existence?

Answer 5

The New Bonnevilles are very reliable. I have a 2005 Bonneville and love it. It is my second motorcycle. I started on a 1976 Honda CB550 which was perfect for me starting out. I did take a motorcycle safety class and was very glad I did. I learned the proper way to ride. If you do buy a Triumph, I would recommend some aftermarket exhaust. The stock is way too quiet. Google "Triumph Cafe Racer" if you want an interesting history on old Triumphs and the lifestyle. They have a cult following like Harleys but way cooler in my opinion. Have fun.

Answer 6

Hi Sean,
I have a green & goldish & chrome Triumph Trident but it has some BSA bits added. Oh well.
Norton are still making lovely bikes, as are Premier. a Honda offshoot, though.
A mate of mine diddles up old British Small Arms Bantams.
The 125 & 175 jobbies.
So I suppose that he is a British manufacturer.
Mr. Suzuki, sadly, we have gone the way of Kawasaki, Yamaha ha, but I must face the fact that they are better than my old A10, 650cc BSA. Even though it had a nice tassled leather saddle, to impress the girlfriend.

We fell off it.

Happy days, and may we see a resurgence of good old Brit.
Bike engineering !

Bob.

Answer 7

The British motorcycle industry staggered along into the 1970s with fewer companies and more mergers - only nine firms were left by 1969. Some half-hearted attempts were made to create new machines to compete against the Japanese - the Triumph Trident, for one - but they were too little, too late. The last British motorcycle manufacturer - Triumph (by then part of the conglomerate NVT) - closed in 1983, a century after it had begun.
"The story of our failure is indeed one of gross mismanagement, for at no time in the last twenty years did we master the arts of assembling the right expertise and planning management strategy based on the collected knowledge and advice of those people who are always to be found within a company with any background...
"...with a further influx of experts from other fields, we were finally overrun by an upper/middle management who... were now in consumer durables.
Never for one moment did they seem to grasp that these particular things were motorcycles and that we were supposed to be earning a living making them."
Bert Hopwood in Whatever Happened to the British Motorcycle Industry?
There were some abortive attempts at revival - Norton, Hesketh, Quasar - in the interim, but it wasn’t until John Bloor resurrected Triumph a decade later that the British motorcycle industry made a real comeback. Bloor’s success came because he continues to upgrade and improve his production line equipment, has stringent quality control and keeps his company focused on the competition to find new trends, technologies and styles. Triumph has also identified owner loyalty as a large part of the marketing, and catered to it through its own line of branded products, magazines, web site and riders’ clubs - taking a page from the very successful Harley Davidson.
Motorcycling is enjoying a boom in the new millennium. Sales have risen (in Canada alone, sales for 2000 were up 28 per cent over 1999 and up 28 per cent again in 2002), as a generation of baby boomers with disposable incomes want to recapture their youth turn to motorcycles as the time machine to bring it back for them. Triumph, recognizing this market, has in its mix several models that provide the nostalgic styling and evocative lines that recall those younger days, including a newly launched Bonneville. Ironically, trading in the now-vintage and classic bike market is stronger than ever, propelled by enthusiasts trying to keep alive the spirit of British motorcycling in its heyday. It was a special time, and it should never be forgotten.

Answer 8

I get my new Triumph Tiger on Thursday and did realise that there once was many british manufacturers,I would like to know the answer to this 1 too!
Cheers

Answer 9

I am sure they are the only one, As you are probably aware this is not the original Triumph, the name was bought by businessman John Bloore in the 80's.
I had an original bonneville in the 70's great bike never broke down, and one of the newer ones in the 90's. Would love to get my hands on one of the new ones they make now, they really are great bikes.Hope this was of some help...

Answer 10

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