Triumph Thunderbird

Triumph Thunderbird motorcycles have been around in one form or another for 60 years. Of course, they were not produced in all of those years, but the model was a huge part of Triumph’s history and will continue well into its future.

When the Thunderbird motorcycle was first conceptualized, managing director and lead designer Edward Turner’s design goal was to produce a larger displacement motorcycle to conquer the American market. He succeeded beyond his own aspirations. The first of many Thunderbird motorcycles appeared in 1949; it was the Thunderbird 6T. With it, after 1950, more Triumphs were sold in the United States than in any other nation in which the marque had dealers. Thunderbird motorcycles are considered to be the product which made Triumph a household name in America.