BSA also owned Triumph, Ariel, Sunbeam & New Hudson, and this was just a small part of the BSA empire, which also included cars, buses, steel, heavy construction equipment, agricultural & industrial powerplants, machine tools, weapons, ammunition, military equipment, bicycles & more.

Are BSA and Triumph the same?

Other major differences included Triumph's use of a lug-and-braze frame with a bolt-on rear subframe, while BSA had introduced an all-welded steel tube duplex frame as early as 1954. The BSA frame was lighter and more rigid, though the Triumph engine was considered easier to tune.

Who owns Triumph motorcycles now?

Who owns Triumph today? Triumph Motorcycles Limited, the company, is a 100% privately owned company. Our parent company is called Bloor Holdings Limited, which is owned by John Bloor.