Triumph VIN Decoder & VIN Check — Models, Recalls, Specs, MPG & Safety
“For the Ride”
Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. is a British motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Hinckley, Leicestershire. The original Triumph Engineering Co. Ltd. was founded in 1902 in Coventry by German immigrant Siegfried Bettmann; the modern Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. was founded in 1983 by John Bloor after acquiring the rights to the bankrupted original Triumph brand. Bloor Holdings remains the privately held parent company.
Triumph's heritage includes the 1959 Bonneville T120, the motorcycle Steve McQueen rode and Bob Dylan crashed in 1966, and the Tiger TR6 used in the 1963 film The Great Escape. The modern Triumph lineup centers on the parallel-twin Bonneville family (T100, T120, Speed Twin, Bobber, Scrambler), the inline-three Speed Triple and Street Triple supersports, the Tiger 900 and Tiger 1200 adventure tourers, the 660cc Trident and Daytona, and the 765cc supersport Daytona 765 (which now serves as the Moto2 World Championship engine supplier).
Triumph is privately held and not publicly listed. Recall data for every Triumph VIN sold in the US is reported to NHTSA. ForCar.org decodes any Triumph VIN to surface trim, factory options, open recalls and original delivery price.
Triumph at a glance
- Founded
- 1902 (original) / 1983 (modern Hinckley)
- Modern founder
- John Bloor (Bloor Holdings)
- Original founder
- Siegfried Bettmann
- Headquarters
- Hinckley, England, UK
- Parent
- Bloor Holdings (private)
- Iconic model
- Bonneville T120
- Moto2 engine
- 765cc inline-three (since 2019)
- Status
- Privately held
- Basic warranty
- 2 years / unlimited miles
- Powertrain warranty
- 2 years / unlimited miles
Decode any Triumph VIN
Enter a 17-character VIN below to retrieve the trim, factory options, original window-sticker MSRP and any open NHTSA recall affecting that specific vehicle. ForCar.org pulls the same dataset that Triumph dealers use to notify owners of safety recalls.
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Triumph heritage
Siegfried Bettmann founded a London-based bicycle import company in 1885 and, with engineer Mauritz Schulte, began manufacturing bicycles in Coventry in 1889 under the Triumph brand. Motorcycle production started in 1902. The 1937 Speed Twin established the parallel-twin engine architecture Triumph still uses. The brand was synonymous with British motorcycle culture through the 1950s and 1960s but went bankrupt in 1983 amid Japanese competition. John Bloor purchased the trademark and assets and rebuilt the brand from a new Hinckley factory, with the first new Triumph (the Trident 750) launched in 1991.
Market position
Triumph competes in the global premium motorcycle segment against BMW Motorrad, Ducati, KTM, Harley-Davidson and the Japanese majors. The brand's positioning combines British heritage with modern engineering — particularly the parallel-twin Bonneville lineage that competes with retro-style models from Royal Enfield and Indian. The 765cc inline-three supplied to Moto2 World Championship since 2019 has elevated Triumph's racing profile, with the Daytona 765 production model leveraging that platform.
New-vehicle warranty
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All Triumph models (35)
Frequently asked questions
When was Triumph founded and by whom?
Triumph was founded in 1902 by Siegfried Bettmann, Mauritz Schulte and is headquartered in Hinckley, United Kingdom.
Where is the VIN on a Triumph vehicle?
The 17-character VIN appears in four standard locations: dashboard at the windshield base (driver side), driver-side door jamb sticker, the engine bay (firewall or engine block stamping), and the vehicle's title, registration and insurance documents.
How many Triumph models can ForCar.org decode?
ForCar.org indexes 35 Triumph nameplates. Any 17-character Triumph VIN is decoded against the NHTSA dataset to return trim, factory options, open recalls and original window-sticker MSRP.
What is the Triumph warranty?
Basic: 2 years / unlimited miles. Powertrain: 2 years / unlimited miles.
How to check Triumph recalls by VIN?
Enter your VIN in the decoder above. ForCar.org queries NHTSA's open-recall dataset for that specific VIN and returns any safety recalls or Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) that affect your vehicle.
Disambiguation: This page covers Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. (the post-1983 Bloor Holdings company) — not the original Triumph Engineering Co. (defunct 1983), Triumph Motor Company (the separate British car maker, defunct 1984) or Triumph Toilets / Triumph Bras / unrelated
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