HRH the Duke of Cambridge rides in to visit Triumph motorcycles

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TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES WELCOMED His Royal Highness, the Duke of Cambridge, to its UK factory in Hinckley.

Prince William viewed a brand-new, £6 million paint shop facility and even took to the saddle himself on one of Triumph’s newest and most exciting adventure motorcycles, the Tiger 1200.

The paint shop, a major new investment at Triumph’s Leicestershire headquarters, will be pressed into operation in the spring of this year.

The Duke took a tour of the rest of the factory as well as Triumph’s Factory Visitor Experience (FVE), which was recently opened to the public. Later, he unveiled a commemorative fuel tank emblazoned with a Union Jack design which was hand-painted on site by one of Triumph’s official tank painters, to mark the visit and the opening of the FVE.

During the visit, William fixed a Triumph badge to the engine of a Triumph Tiger 1200 adventure motorcycle, one of the most recent new Triumph models launched. Known to be a keen biker, William tried out a Tiger 1200 for himself.

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