OK, this is going to need a little bit of an explanation, because most people think Triumph is an English motorcycle company. They’d be right, but they might not realize that the company was started as a bicycle manufacturer by a German named Siegfried Bettman in 1886. A decade later, Bettman created another bicycle company in his hometown of Nuremberg – he called it the German Triumph Cycle Company. 7 years later, the German Triumph started making motorcycles.
After World War I, the German Triumph was rebranded Triumph Werke Nuremberg (TWN) , and though the companies were independent, TWN occasionally used “real” Triumph engines. One of their more common motorcycles was the Triumph TWN Cornet, which featured a 2 stroke twingle (two-piston, single cylinder) and 12 volt electric start. For a little bit more on TWN, head on over to this write-up from Motorcycle Classics.
This specific Triumph TWN Cornet has 6,300 miles and is being sold out of a private collection. It includes the tool kit and tire pump, and is claimed to be in “excellent condition”, minus the whole it-does-not-actually-run-yet thing. It’s been off the road since the late 50s, and it’s said to have good compression, s hopefully someone can get it out of display mode and onto the road soon.
Find this Triumph TWN Cornet for sale in Millstone Township, New Jersey with an unmet opening bid of $2,999