Motorcycle Legends Magazine

Triumph is one of motorcycling’s most enduring and evocative names – a word that means victory, and a marque that has embodied that ideal for more than 120 years. From pioneering beginnings to global dominance, collapse, and a remarkable rebirth, Triumph’s story mirrors the very history of the motorcycle itself.
In Motorcycle Legends 1 Triumph, James Robinson, editor of The Classic MotorCycle, tells the Triumph story, richly illustrated with rare and striking images from every era of the company. The journey begins in the late Victorian age and passes through the Great War, the Vintage years of 1918-1930, the innovation of the 1930s, wartime service in the 1940s, the postwar boom of the 1950s, the cultural cool of the 1960s, and the hard-fought struggles of the 1970s – before charting the marque’s dramatic collapse and rebirth from the 1980s to the present day. Beautifully curated and historically grounded, this is both a visual celebration and a tribute to the machines, the people, and the indomitable spirit that made Triumph a world-class winner across generations.