The new trophy!

[C-J]

Big ugly fecker hey.. Makes an RT look pretty... And weighing in at 300kg.. That engine better be good, otherwise what's it got going for it...

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-new-bikes/revealed-2013-triumph-trophy-1200/20889.html

 

[jonnie comet]

WOW.....That's a pig !!....

 

[Twotter]

I like it. There are elements from the RT, Pan & GTR14 in there, all wrapped up in a Triumph package. No way I could afford one but it looks quite sprightly to me

 

[EggChaser]

I like it too, just not in the market for that style of ride.

As the engine is the one from the Explorer with a higher 6th gear (and possibly a slightly different tune) it should pull really well.

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

That's not a motorbike.

Please shoot me if ever I come even close to thinking differently

Andres

 

[David Nimrod]

This bike (and many others) is precisely why I ride 'old nails'

Still, I'm sure it'll prove popular with a 'certain demographic'

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

This bike (and many others) is precisely why I ride 'old nails'

Still, I'm sure it'll prove popular with a 'certain demographic'

Plenty of GSA tank harnesses on EBay

 

[darkhorse]

Looks like the 1600 BMW turn out

 

[Lord Snooty]

I'm sure that MCN, in there usual unblinkered objective manner, will be declaring it the best touring bike on the planet after they've ridden it all of 20 miles

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

Ooooo contraversial

 

[John Armstrong]

301 kgs weight, what does that include?

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

That'll be the whole bike probably

 

[David Nimrod]

Plenty of GSA tank harnesses on EBay

Not second hand there's not...

Still, I can wait a while...

 

[Rushy]

Triumph seem to make some brilliant BMW copies at the moment.......did their head of design only have the budget for a Xerox machine

Thats an RT fer christs sake

 

[Twotter]

Triumph seem to make some brilliant BMW copies at the moment.......did their head of design only have the budget for a Xerox machine

Thats an RT fer christs sake

Front end looks much more like a Pan, the dashboard looks like the GTR, & there's bits of RT in there too. So more a case of taking elements from the current popular tourers to make it familiar to a wider group of potential customers. Sounds a good idea to me

 

[ghiribizzo]

Does a Wing look any fatter from straight on?

 

[Rushy]

Front end looks much more like a Pan, the dashboard looks like the GTR, & there's bits of RT in there too. So more a case of taking elements from the current popular tourers to make it familiar to a wider group of potential customers. Sounds a good idea to me

Or they could try and tempt buyers with something distinctly Triumph ?

Take the badges off a Duc' and you'd know it was one, same with a BMW or something like a KTM....take the badges of that and what would people say it was ..deffo not a Honda, not cohesive enough or built well enough, but they'd more likely guess it was a Beemer than a Triumph for sure.

 

[ghiribizzo]

All that lard and a mind blowing 31l capacity per pannier! No doubt a stupid internal shape too where no regular bottles or packs of stuff you're likely to buy will fit in.
There must have been a few laughs at Honda and BMW when that was announced.
Handlebar attachment makes sense from a 'force' point of view. Not.

 

[Twotter]

...take the badges of that and what would people say it was ..deffo not a Honda, not cohesive enough or built well enough, but they'd more likely guess it was a Beemer than a Triumph for sure.

Maybe the fact the customer will be buying it in a Triumph dealership might give them a clue

 

[Kenny]

Well, I like the look of it..but sadly, these days mega expensive bikes ain't for me !