Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming

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Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming
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Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming

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Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming
Brixton

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A Brixton with 1200 cm³ could be particularly interesting for price-sensitive fans of modern classic bikes.

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Brixton

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Series production could start as early as 2021.

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming
Jorg Kunstle

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The large Brixton was designed in Austria in the KSR design center.

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming
Jorg Kunstle

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On the other hand, it will be produced in China.

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming
Jorg Kunstle

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Here you can see an early, but possibly very close to production design that was shown at EICMA 2019.

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming
Gaokin

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Patent images from engine manufacturer Gaokin from China confirm the development of the 1200 twin.

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming
Gaokin

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It looks like an air-cooled engine, but comes with liquid cooling, as the corresponding connection on the cylinder head shows.

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming
Gaokin

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The twin probably comes with an overhead camshaft and rocker arm for valve control.

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming
Gaokin

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The engine housing cover clearly shows where the two-cylinder belongs.

Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming
Brixton

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Images from a design patent application at the European Patent Office have recently appeared.

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Brixton

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With this, brand owner KSR had the final appearance of the 1200s protected.

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Brixton

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The deviations from the study shown at the time are marginal.

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Brixton

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You can now see a license plate holder, repositioned rear indicators and a modified seat.

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Brixton

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The rear silencers also look longer – presumably a concession to the Euro 5 requirements.

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Brixton

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The front brake discs, including pliers and small items such as the lamp holder or the footrest mount, have also been modified.

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Brixton

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However, these design drawings do not yet reveal a name for the series production.

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Brixton

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However, attentive observers have registered that KSR has recently also had the Lexington name protected. Would fit into the nomenclature and the 1200s.

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Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming

Brixton 1200 could come in 2021
Bonneville competitor should go into series

It’s not official yet, but everything indicates that Brixton is aiming for series production of the Brixton 1200, which is to position itself clearly opposite the Triumph Bonneville. Now there are new patent drawings.


Uli Baumann,

Dina Dervisevic (co-author)

07/07/2021

At EICMA 2019, the focus at Brixton was still on motorcycles with up to 500 cc displacement, but that could soon change, because the brand presented a 1200cc prototype in Milan in a retro look with a mighty inline twin cylinder.

The future Bonneville competitor was shown with a 1,200 cm³ parallel twin, which uses air cooling, but uses liquid cooling. It is fed by an injection system. Apparently a single camshaft rotates in the cylinder head, actuating the valves via rocker arms. Further impressions of the new engine are provided in China by patent images that come from the engine manufacturer Gaokin, who already produces units and motorcycles for Brixton.


Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming


Gaokin

Patent for design ready for series production

After the engine sketches, patent drawings have now emerged with which the brand owner KSR has protected the design of the Brixton 1200 for the European market. The deviations from the study shown at the time are marginal. You can now see a license plate holder, repositioned rear indicators and a modified seat. The rear silencers also look longer – presumably a concession to the Euro 5 requirements. The front brake discs, including pliers and small items such as the lamp holder or the footrest mount, have also been modified. However, these design drawings do not yet reveal a name for the series production. However, attentive observers have registered that KSR has recently also had the Lexington name protected. Would fit into the nomenclature and the 1200s.


Brixton 1200: Bonneville competitor is coming


Brixton

With the 1200, Brixton would position itself as a cheaper alternative to the Triumph models, but also significantly higher than before. The brand is part of the Austrian KSR Group, which imports a whole range of Chinese bikes, but also produces its own motorcycles. The new Brixton will in all likelihood be produced in China, but it was designed in the newly opened KSR design center in Austria.

A premiere at the EICMA is conceivable

There is no official information from Austria about the Bonneville competitor yet, but at least the statement that the prototype presented “shows the way from Brixton Motorcycles to even higher displacement classes and proves the development competence of our brand”.

The manufacturer himself does not specify a specific time span: “It is a declared goal that this motorcycle should also go into series production. When that will be has not yet been determined. We want to create a technically mature vehicle without any time pressure that does more than just meet the high quality requirements in these cubic capacity classes”. The patent drawings of the engine that have now emerged could indicate a premiere in 2021. The ideal stage would be EICMA 2021 in Milan.

Conclusion

Brixton seems to want to position itself higher class. The EICMA study from 2019 could become a series model as early as 2021. A 1200 with a retro look – that would be something.

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