Here is my reply... If they respond again, either way, I'll just let it go and chalk it up to another one that refuses to be st free by the truth
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John Bloor purchased the company in 1983 before the doors were closed on the Meriden factory and started planning and building the Hinckley factory (it was actually John Bloor that converted the old Meriden site into the housing complex that it is today in 1984). Whether or not you count the Les Harris Bonnevilles as actual model year production motorcycles, Triumph was in operation. They were developing the new motors and models. In 1990 Triumph unveiled six new models at the Cologne show. Because of the Les Harris models, there were only two model years that were skipped, but Triumph was operating. You could then also make the argument that they were in production by building and developing new motorcycles.
With Royal Enfield, that is a completely different situation. Royal Enfield and Enfield India, even though they both were building Bullets, they were both completely separate companies. Royal Enfield (the U.K company) closed up shop permanently in 1970. After NVT dissolved Royal Enfield, nobody purchased or took over ownership of Royal Enfield. Even though Bullets were still being built by Enfield India, Royal Enfield did not exist between 1970 and 1995 when Enfield India acquired the rights to the Royal Enfield name. That is 25 years where the brand name did not even exist. Triumph is the oldest continuous operating brand in the world.
Triumph is the oldest continuous motorcycle brand in the world.
