Triumph Announces It Has Acquired Electric Two Wheeler Manufacturer OSET

Last year, British motorcycle manufacture, Triumph, announced it was developing a “comprehensive range of all-new competition Motocross and Enduro motorcycles” and that the GOAT Ricky Carmichael would be involved. 

Well, since that announcement we haven’t heard much. There is still a lot of questions with this, including: What will the bike look like? When will it be available? When are they racing Supercross and motocross?

We don’t have those answers yet. But there is more news coming down the pipe from Triumph. 

This week Triumph announced it has acquired OSET Bikes, a leader in the world of children’s electric, off-road motorcycles. Started in 2004 by Ian Smith, who wanted to build an electric off-road bike for his son Oliver, OSET has been setting the benchmark in its segment for the past 18 years. OSET has sold more than 40,000 bikes globally that feature their inhouse developed electric powertrains.

Nick Bloor – Triumph CEO
“We are excited about the opportunity of joining forces with OSET Bikes: a dynamic brand that has been encouraging children into motorcycling for many years and have been at the forefront of developing electric trials bikes for fun and competition. Whilst the two brands will continue working independently, Triumph and OSET will collaborate on new state-of-the-art products to inspire young riders into off-road riding, across the segments that Triumph and OSET will have a presence in, drawing on their respective strengths to build the best bikes in the world.”

Ian Smith – OSET Bikes CEO
“When we built that first ‘garage’ bike for my son, Oliver, I had no idea that it would lead to this moment. We are all very excited for what the future holds for OSET as part of the Triumph family.

The OSET brand will remain as OSET and will continue to serve the trials and off-road motorcycling community.  We are now better positioned to develop and innovate across our range, while enjoying the security of scale and market position Triumph can offer OSET”

Will be interesting to see what Triumph does with this.