Driving Report Triumph Thruxton 1200

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Driving Report Triumph Thruxton 1200

The thing lives! Triumph’s cafe machine in the test

Driving Report Triumph Thruxton 1200-driving

triumph Triumph Thruxton

The name is a real tongue crusher – but the naked biked in the retro outfit, the triumph put on the wheels, has it in itself. the "Cast iron" Do not need to be deterred. Proof? A daily test. From Christoph Leirer

Who has come up with this name? Thruxton. Already at school, the TI was the highest sentence. Best prerequisites to be decided by the classmates. Anyway: Tongue front between the teeth and take care that you do not look at his opposite. Thruxton.

Since 2004, Triumph has a motorcycle with the name of this traditional English racetrack in Hampshire. At the "Thruxton 500", a legendary long-distance race, Triumph has all hung in 1969. Reason enough for the proud British, a sporty retro-bike in the Cafe Racer-Style to name.

70 hp from 900 cubic

"Athletic" also referred to retro standards at the previous model: around 70 hp from an air-cooled parallel twin with around 900 cubic, narrow old school tires, slimming insert brake in the front wheel, stereo lower legs at the rear. The Cafe Racer was ready. That did not just look like that with the M-handlebar, but drove so.

Not anymore. Because other than the name – and the classic layout – the new triumph Thruxton 1200 has nothing more mean with the predecessor. A complete new beginning. Regardless of whether the cast-iron parallel twin fans scare. Only: if that works?

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triumph Triumph Thruxton

The first contact

At least visually there is all-clearing: In front of us is the "normal" Thruxton without "R". Instead of adjustable and expensive spring elements, the tested base model sets a conventional telegraph. And she looks even more authentic to Cafe Racer with her black bellows than the R variant. Because there is a Gulde Upside-Down fork the front wheel. Very technoid. But also a little new.

Well, what should you say to styling the new Thruxton: the part looks easy! Begregating lines, classic closing clocks, harmonious proportions, plus spoke wheels and steering. Surfaces, materials, processing – everything testifies to an enormous attention to detail. Rule Britannia!

Sit up

The leg revupted over the bugstead bench – and immediately you are surprised. Of how comfortable you perched here! The seating position is oriented towards front wheel, but is not too sporty. Lightweight over the long, narrow tank, the hands fall as randomly on the perfect cranked handlebar. The footpegs are not too high mounted, the knewgle remains relaxed. A Cafe Racer, clear. And constantly the pilot grins up to both ears.

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triumph Cockpit of Triumph Thruxton

The thing lives!

After pressing the start button you were disappointed with the predecessor. The thin voice did not want to fit the Wild Boys image. Accordingly, we are curious to ignite the newly developed, now fluid-cooled row inheritance.

After barely a crankshaft revolution, the 97 hp parallel twin is self-conscious – and the grin under the helmet becomes even broader! Rock `n` Roll! A bassy, low-frequency dumplings and bollers with a red lower. Heads turn, shutters are closed, children are taken hectically on hand – and you feel immediately like one of the rockers on the way from London to Brighton to spank a few mods on their scooters to the butt. This whopping, hearty beat is just great thanks to the now irregular ignition sequence. And even more euros 4-compliant.

Pull the smooth clutch, and the first course logs in with a soft clack. What does not stand up: the clutch could be a slightly fine dosing in a cold condition. Even at slow tempo, the handiness of the fully filled around 220 kilos of heavy Thruxton. Turning in the city, stopping in front of the traffic light, everything succeeds easily. Always accompanied accompanied by the hearty bubbles from the teasing outstretched exhaust bags. Even in the sliding operation, the thick two-cylinder brews lascivters in front of him. The thing lives! And what you already feel with every gentle turn on the throttle handle: the thing has pressure!

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triumph Triumph Thruxton

So out on the highway. The right hand puts onto driving, the two large heart chambers of the 1200er pump. And how! Angry deduction already made of low speeds, followed by sovereign pressure in the middle. And even at high tours, this mighty club does not go out the puffs. Satte 112 Newton meter provides the two-cylinder with barely 5000 turns. With a short twitch of the large toe you flip through the well-graded six-speed gearbox.

Rain, street, sport – what can it be?

In the hardshade without intermediate gas, the anti-hopping coupling prevents stamping or blocking the rear wheel. Of these, the boys could only dream in the 60s. Exactly as of ABS with traction control and three selectable driving modes "Rain", "Road" and "Sport". With which can be changed at the push of a button, motor characteristics and response. We were mostly in "road" on the way – here the engine hangs softly into the ropes. Load change reactions are hard to feel, the thick bummer speaks clean. Where the last quixture is lost transparency and sensitivity somewhere in the "ride by wire" system. Because the Thruxton no longer has conventional gas trains – the commands are passed through cable to the throttle valves.

During the drive, the Triumph team has nevertheless done whole work. Sanded, but not softly, placed, but full of energy, if it arrives. And somehow you immediately want to mess a few mods.

Technical data Triumph Thruxton 1200

Engine: Parallelwin, fluid cooled, 4 valves per cylinder

Displacement: 1.200 CCM

Perfomance: 71.5 kW (97 hp) at 6.750 rpm

Torque: 112 Nm at 4950 rpm

Dryweight: 206 kg

Inspection intervals: All 16.000 kilometers or once a year

Warranty: 4 years (2 years manufacturer’s warranty and 2 years connection guarantee without mileage limit)

Price: from 12.500, Euro (plus. 450 euros delivery costs)

Suddenly movement comes into the driving

Even after 100 kilometers, the seating position is still comfortable, although the concise edges of the seat cushion left and right gradually zwink something into the thighs. peanuts. Basically, it drives on the Thuxton attacking, but commod.

The brake system is raised over each doubt. Precise, the triumph can be collected in front of the bend. Here is a hearty and steadfast in the 310 millimeters large brake discs.

The radii becomes narrow, the asphalt roller – and suddenly movement comes into the driving. Located the Thruxton on pot-level path as the proverbial board, pumps and stirs it lightly in the chassis. Not questionable, but noticeable. The non-adjustable fork is for the Attack mode in Outback to Soft. The stereofeder legs, which can only be changed in the preload, do their job better. But really harmonize front and stern. Since you volunteer pace out. Here the "R" offers more reserves. But do not misunderstand: For the ambitious highway surfing, the basic Thruxton is also awarded.

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triumph Who stands on classic, sporty motorcycles in the cafe-racer style, will look with big eyes on the Thruxton R

The fact that triumph sets into moderate tire widths benefits the light-footed handling. At the back, a 160er pneu performs its service. Although this is not enough for the big show on the ice cream parlor, but that’s how the brit iron drives her handy and neutral, still griplp it neatly.

The Empire beats back

Much too fast comes the day with the Thruxton to an end. Again and again, the view of the narrow cut tank, on the left and right the pretty cooling fins of the two-cylinder, which he no longer really needs thanks to water cooling. Again, you can feel the meticulousness with which Triumph has dedicated the details.

Measured by the entire performance are the 12.500 euros, which call the Englishman for the basic Thruxton, a fair offer. Hard is: The Empire beats back. With a cafe machine from the picture book.

Conclusion

The Thruxton is as modern as never before. Classically she remains. Rarely has a naked bike in retro outfit from factory performed so convincingly. Above all this magnificent 1200 outline bulb of Paralleltwin. And for all the doubters who still believe that a retro bike also drives retro, a whole arsenal of state-of-the-art assistance systems is on board. The cast iron seren do not need to be deterred. Triumph has just got the curve by the Techno-Overkill does not take over. But it should not be more. With the driving modes the question remains whether it really needs. Finally, the gas hand of matured leather wastes is sensitive over the years. It certainly gets it without "ride by wire".

Author: Christoph Leirer

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4 thoughts on “Driving Report Triumph Thruxton 1200”

  1. target group
    should be here more the more mature vintage that has the necessary change and with the … Design can still start something. I would also promise the Thruxton, but the 97 hp is unrivaled. Machines with 1200 cc and more have significantly more power.

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  2. Hello Mr. Kochanowski
    97 hp show you little. On a motorcycle which dispenses on each panel, but they are more than enough. This nonsense is more and more power, which is ultimately not need to offer, suggests in the buyers on a little expertise.. Such people then sell their crade with 9000 km on the clock after 10 years. I look at 40 years with the motorcycle back over 600000km Ges

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    Dietmar Horak
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    Saturday, 10.09.2016 | 17:04

    great!

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  3. What…
    … is one "Series Two Cylinder Engine"? Maybe something like a "V3 engine"? I think you prefer to bow mods, but watch that none of the Kashmirpullis give you an ear pears.

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