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[DavidR8]

Do any of those Companies actually have a clear lineage back to their namesakes? Or are they like the likes of Triumph, Norton, or Indian (or South Bend Lathes, for that matter), where they are simply the result of trying to cash in on a bought name?
Honestly, I kinda respect Enfield India a bit, as they actually bought and carried off, the entire Enfi4eld factory, and carried on making the same technology level, right up until they couldn't any more, and upgraded, if grudgingly!

KTM Group kept buying up smaller outfits, yet not learning anything from what they had acquired. Kinda hard to feel bad about that...

Triumph absolutely traces its lineage back to the original company.

 

[trevj]

Triumph absolutely traces its lineage back to the original company.
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LOL! Triumph essentially died a good death, in about 1978 or so. Any y'all remember the Queen's Silver Anniversary T140's of 1977? Then some sh!theads bought the rights....

And, even then, it was plain that the "Original" Triumph was already dead in 1977. Though, they sorta limped on, despite that.

I recall reading a report about the big move after the Meridian Works. An old Vet was re-hired to come troubleshoot a problem on the line. He was in front of a multi-hole drilling machine, and asked "Where is the board?", and after facing down many blank glares, he said "We had a board that we wedged in here, so that the holes came out right!".

Thusly. I don't give a pinch of poo, about any Triumph made after about that date! (1977, and yes, I know there WERE actually a fair few made after that point that were REAL Triumphs! But SO few!

After that, who cares! Single finger salute to the clowns claiming connection to that past!

Hinckley was only the first of several imposters that bought (supposedly) the "Rights" to the name.

F***-em. Still not the same company!