BONNEVILLE PERFORMANCE INC.
PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA

Bonneville Performance Street Tracker, as reviewed and featured on Motorcycle.com Bonneville Performance AMA Pro Flat Track Racing Team Bonneville Performance designs and builds the Super Trackers raced by the Triumph factory sponsored AMA Pro Flat Track racing team. Bonneville Performance - Castrol Racing - Triumph Factory - Super Tracker race specifications. – Bonneville Performance team pit area and the Indy Mile race track at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. You’ll see our team owner Bill Gately, Crew Chief Steve Gately and rider Mikey Martin #91 along with the various speakers and interviewees named in the video. Bonneville Performance team owner Bill Gately, an ex-Marine himself, is sensitive to the challenges faced by disabled veterans as they re-enter their lives after surviving combat. It is this sensitivity that is reflected in our entire team as we welcome and interact with the disabled veterans who serve in our pit area through the outreach of VETmotorsports. We look forward to an ongoing relationship as we begin the 2015 race season. We encourage all of our Castrol – Triumph – Bonneville Performance team supporters, fans and followers to seriously consider A young German named Siegfried Bettmann leaves Nuremberg, and travels to Coventry, England. He initially works in a sewing machine company then establishes his own import/export company importing German sewing machines, and selling bicycles made in Birmingham. He revises the name of his business to “The Triumph Cycle Company.” The name of the firm is changed to Triumph Cycle Co. Ltd. and shares were underwritten by the Dunlop Tyre Company. 2 German engineers join Bettmann and convince him that Triumph should make their own products, rather than sell others products. They purchase a small factory in Coventry and begin to manufacture their own bicycles. Continuous improvements and modifications are made to the Triumph product line. Engines used included: J.A. Prestwich (JAP), and the Belgian Fafnir. Under chief designer Johann Schulte, continuous improvements are made. Frank Hulbert lands the first competition success doing the Dashwood hill climb on a Triumph 453cc prototype. Jack Marshall and Freddie Hulbert win 2nd and 3rd in the first Isle of Man motorcycle TT race. By 1914 the company is producing 4,000 single cylinder motorcycles annually, and Charles Hathaway is the chief designer. The 550c Type A Roadster is the state of the art model using a Bosch high-tension magneto and putting out 4 BHP. The company shifts focus to the war effort. A Type H roadster with a chain drive, 550cc side-valve, four stroke with a 3-speed gearbox and belt transmission is considered to be the first “modern” motorcycle. More than 30,000 of these were manufactured and used by the Allied Forces in WWI. Competitor George Bell closes his shop and joins Triumph where production reaches 25K-30K per year, from a 500K SF facility employing 3,000 people. A fashionable saddle tank is adopted, and color schemes changed. The product line is cut to 4 models. The company name is changed to Triumph Co. Ltd. Edward Turner develops the 500cc Speed Twin taking the moto world of that day by storm and becoming the definitive Brit Bike. This 27 BHP motorcycle was capable of 90 MPH (just shy of doing the ton) and weighed 361 lbs. The London Police choose the Speed Twin and purchase thousands for their use. Bill Johnson and Wilbur Cedar establish a small motorcycle shop in Pasadena, CA selling Triumphs, Ariels, BSAs and Indians, hosting a motorcycle show to introduce these products and brands to the American public. The most popular motorcycle in the US is the Triumph T-100 which could reach a top speed of 95-100 MPH (doing the ton!). New speed records are set by Freddie Clarke on a Tiger 80 and a T-100. WWII breaks out and 1,400 Triumphs are requisitioned for war use. Triumph again begins producing motorcycles for the civilian production along with the war effort. The French government contracts to purchase Triumphs for their war effort. A new Triumph factory in Meriden is built allowing for expanded military production. Meriden resumes production of civilian motorcycles as an all-twin cylinder product range is announced. With the world’s first “super-bike” demand high, improvements are made to the Thunderbird carbs. Turner establishes Triumph Corp. in Maryland as the wholly owned distribution company to serve eastern US markets. Dennis McCormack is the first President. After 1950, more Triumphs would be sold in the USA than in any other country, including the UK. Sangster sells Triumph to BSA, the same company he sold Ariel to in 1939, and becomes a member of the board. Harley Davidson complains to the US tariff commission that Triumph is dumping its machines on the US market at artificially low prices. They demand a 40% duty on all imported motorcycles. The US tariff commission rejects HD’s request which adds to Triumph’s publicity. HD is charged with charged with restrictive trade practices instead. The demand for Manx Norton engines to power Formula Three cars left many Manx Featherbed frames available. Motorcycle designers started putting Triumph engines in these frames creating the “Triton.” Success on the race track leads to the production of a special edition Bonneville Thruxton model, which in turn paved the way for production of home-grown cafe racers. The last official Triumph Bonneville rolls off the production line at Meriden. Limited numbers of the bike continue to be produced by LF Harris of Newton Abbot between 1985-88. A reborn and modern Triumph company (UK) under the leadership of John Bloor builds on past success in the 1990’s by launching a new Bonneville out of their new Hinckley plant. The model sports a 790cc parallel twin power plant, and blends retro-styling with modern designed and manufactured components. – Bonneville Performance team pit area and the Indy Mile race track at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. You’ll see our team owner Bill Gately, Crew Chief Steve Gately and rider Mikey Martin #91 along with the various speakers and interviewees named in the video.