The department revived "The Flying Squadron", a motorcycle division.

As a young recruit he was stationed at Tallaght, Dublin, eventually joining the motorcycle division.

France entered the Baja 1000 in the motorcycle division in the early 1970s.

The 2007 event was marred by the deaths of two competitors, both in the motorcycle division.

His first job out of college was with the Aurora Automatic Machine Company; he worked in the motorcycle division, engineering new products.

Originally an officer in the motorcycle division before requesting a transfer to the Tank Police.

"We have gone from 250 variations to 1,053," said Mr. Paterson, head of the motorcycle division.

He sold off the motorcycle division and turned the company from producing sports cars to building nondescript family sedans.

It also named James H. Paterson president and chief operating officer of its motorcycle division.

Loss of sales and poor investments in new products in the motorcycle division, which included Triumph Motorcycles, led to problems for the whole group.