Why do you tempt me so Triumph?

1200cc, dual BREMBO brakes, Ohlins/Showa, making almost 89 ft. lbs. at 4950 rpm

Triumph has a whole slew of rad bikes coming out.

If I was shorter this would be an option

I'm too in love with their 3 cylinder engine to ride anything else they have.

In reply to NordicSaab:

I ride an itty bitty 200cc Honda. You can fold yourself up quite easily if you will it.

That does make me happy in the lower regions. Wonder what the "R" premium will be?

The bike is very cool, but I have to wonder if it is over kill for those brakes? I am sure that a single disk that size would be enough to put you over the bars, the other one would just add weight and cost. Pretty sure it was done purely for looks.

Also, the $uspen$ion is also not likely to be used to the fullest by those who buy this. Not exactly high on the list track junkies. For a retro style bike, I would rather have the black Ohlins front and back and honestly it would look SO much better if they lowered it few inches front and back.

In reply to Rusnak_322:

I have to disagree, and I have to do it... point by point.

• If it were about ability to stop the wheel from rotating, nobody would need big brakes. Two disks is about being able to do it turn after turn without overheating. Not a big deal unless you do track days.
• I didn't get the thing about top-end suspension 'til I bought an Aprilia with Ohlins forks on it. It is transformative, and you notice it everywhere. I now find all the Bilsteins I've ever bought for cars to be sorry excuses for dampers. A proper, modern, shim-stack damper is on another planet in terms of its ability to provide firm control of low-speed motions like pitch while being ULTRA smooth over bumps. Also, I am both a track day junky and frothing over this bike, even though I have to admit that it's the wrong tool for the job compared to a standard sportbike.
• Lowered? Now we're talking about just turning it into an art project. It needs to be up there to keep the pegs and exhaust off the ground for starters.

Based on the Daytona and Street Triple, the R bikes tend to be a bargain if you're the type of person who wants nice dampers and so forth.

I'll take a guess and say $13,500-15,500 range....it makes nearly double the torque of the 900 class thruxton

In reply to WOW Really Paul?: And it's water-cooled. I was reading a discussion about it on a sportster forum. Even the base Booneville is a massive improvement on the outgoing model. The consensus is Harley is going to have to get real series about the sportster if they want to remain competitive in other markets. As it is they are massively behind the eight ball in meeting the new euro emissions for 2017.

There's a short article about it in the latest Cycle World magazine, I just got it the other day. There will be two versions, a 'regular' Thruxton and the Thruxton R in the picture above. The regular Thruxton won't have the fancy upside down fork and Brembo brakes.

In reply to Nick (Not-Stig) Comstock:

The sporty will still sell enough here thanks to all the posers.....they've been outclassed for decades now at this point by the UJM and still manage to sell enough to cement their existence

Ransom wrote: In reply to Rusnak_322: I have to disagree, and I have to do it... point by point. * If it were about ability to stop the wheel from rotating, nobody would need big brakes. Two disks is about being able to do it turn after turn without overheating. Not a big deal unless you do track days. * I didn't get the thing about top-end suspension 'til I bought an Aprilia with Ohlins forks on it. It is transformative, and you notice it *everywhere*. I now find all the Bilsteins I've ever bought for cars to be sorry excuses for dampers. A proper, modern, shim-stack damper is on another planet in terms of its ability to provide firm control of low-speed motions like pitch while being ULTRA smooth over bumps. Also, I am both a track day junky and frothing over this bike, even though I have to admit that it's the wrong tool for the job compared to a standard sportbike. * Lowered? Now we're talking about just turning it into an art project. It needs to be up there to keep the pegs and exhaust off the ground for starters. Based on the Daytona and Street Triple, the R bikes tend to be a bargain if you're the type of person who wants nice dampers and so forth.

I have full Ohlins on my monster and had it on a Aprilia Mille as well as sticking the shocks on various bikes. You still get lesser forks and shocks to work better then Ohlins if you take some time to set them up or get them revalved / resprung to your weight and riding style. I didn't read carefully, it is showa fork. Still would look better in black. I also didn't know that this was a big upgrade to the motor. So this is more of a Ducati Sport Classic style bike then a standard triumph with big brakes and fancy suspension. I understand the lust for that.

I prefer the Teutonic rival R nine T, but the Triumph is nice too.

I wonder what my life would be like now if the Triumph dealer hadn't closed when I decided to buy a bike two years ago? I was all set to get the Thruxton that I had been coming into the shop and sitting on for months, then when it's time to buy the shop is gone. I headed straight to the Harley dealer and got the Sportster that same day.

The Bonnie and the Sporty are what I picture in my head when I close my eyes and think of a motorcycle. They are very old rivals. And now Triumph has fired a huge salvo right across the bow of HD. I wonder if they are even paying attention in Milwaukee? Probably not. They are much to worried about making the bikes so low to the ground that they are practically worthless as a motorcycle.

While the Thruxton no longer fits my needs, I still feel like I really missed out and I still really want one.

Ducati 900MHE since this is where we are going with this one anyway...

That R9T is

Nick (Not-Stig) Comstock wrote: 1200cc, dual BREMBO brakes, Ohlins/Showa, making almost 89 ft. lbs. at 4950 rpm

Looks a lot like the old Sport-Classic Paul Smart from 2006:

That's not a bad thing to crib.

SEADave wrote:

Nick (Not-Stig) Comstock wrote: 1200cc, dual BREMBO brakes, Ohlins/Showa, making almost 89 ft. lbs. at 4950 rpm

Looks a lot like the old Sport-Classic Paul Smart from 2006:

I'm not denying the similarities, but they have plenty of thier own stuff to crib too.