Triumph's Instagram posted a picture of David Beckham posing with a new twin for what seems to be a short film by Belstaf. The bike looks ready to go although I would guess the tank is dressed up for the film with a simple painted logo. The rear fender is gone and the pipes are wrapped too. It looks great, and I'm really excited to see more details of the bike in the coming months. I can't figure out how to post a photo from my phone on this new fangled site, so here's a link:
https://instagram.com/p/7NwFRFxS2u/
Also, if you follow that link over to Belstaff's Instagram, there is a really short trailer that has a clip of someone riding a bike that would appear to be the new twin-it sounds like a parallel rig anyway. Sounds great
No, a "street tracker" has flatter bars, more upright position, fatter tyres front and rear. A "cafe racer" has lower bars, clip ons sometimes or Ace bars, a flatter seat, rear sets often. So there are quite different.
Yes, you can see the slotted ring inside the disc rotor here. The fitment of ABS for all new motorcycles above 125cc is to be mandatory in Europe from 1 January 2016.
I'll be curious to see if the frame is the same size as the current Bonneville models. It would be nice if some of the upgrades I have on my T100 would fit the new model.
I really hope they don't use the name "Street Tracker" on whatever this bike turns out to be. Street Tracker - Really?
Sounds like something built by Chevy or an entry Level HD, not an upscale machine from Triumph...
From the sounds of it the 865 line is going to be kept for 2016 with the 1100 water cooled version at the top of the lineup. They also have plans for an entry level 865 from junk I've red on line.
I have to admit that I've been reading the news about these purported 1100cc Twins and wanting one. But then I ride my Thruxton and love it, though I wish it weight 100# less. I really think that's the only thing that would want me to get one of these new bikes, is if it was a lot lighter than the current model, and I don't see that happening. Jut my 2cents.
If the new twins would be liquid-cooled, 800-ish cc, 75-80-ish hp and 400-ish lbs, I might be more interested. I'm really not too worked up about the idea of a fat bike made fatter.
This is what many people here have been saying for years (apart from the liquid cooling, but that seems pretty inevitable now), but it's clear that Triumph have never shown the slightest interest in going down that road. I think it's one of the reasons why the new Ducati Scram is proving so popular.
From the pictures it looks almost as if the bike would probably have gained some weight, six speed box and ABS alone can probably add 30 lbs.
What could be most interesting and I think this is getting by most people, the fact they are talking about a strip down bare bone entry level 865 model.
It could be all this anticipation for the 1100 is over shadowing something in the 865 line that could very well be lighter and priced down at the $7,000.00 range. Although lighter is probably not going to happen.
I think Triumph is going to attack this thing at both ends. Something to compete with the Honda CB1100, BMW R9 thing and then send a shot over the bow to Moto Guzzi with the low priced V7 Stone model.
I'm wondering if the Thunderbird, Rocket 3, or even the America, Speedster lineup will have something eliminated. The line up is getting stretched out pretty far, production line cost for so many models can drag a company down not to mention some crossover with some of these models.
If they build the 1100 so it revs as high as our bikes. Then a few extra pounds wont hurt a thing. But I wonder if it will be a lower rpm motor (all torque and not much hp gain) like the t-bird motor. Going from a 865 to a 1100 will give a big torque gain that should hide the extra pounds it may in up being.
More torque isn't going to hide the extra beef when you're pushing it around the garage. My Sprint was 50+ lbs heavier than my Bonnie and it was a mofo to move around.
I have a Thruxton and a Speed Four. The Thruxton is about 60-100# heavier than the S4 and that weight makes a huge difference in how easy one is to toss around than the other. Before someone says "but the S4 has more hp too," my 50hp Zephyr 550, which weighed easily 100# less than the Thruxton, was a 'standard/classic' style bike and was a whole lot easier to hustle around, even if it had a poor power/weight ratio.
Weight matters.
So, more than anything they should put these things on a diet.
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