New Triumph Thruxton R

[TheTwoOfUs]

 

[Boringfrog]

Tasty...

 

[Boringfrog]

Wonder if if sounds like a "real" motorbike.

 

[hilldweller]

That's a joy to behold. Anything BMW can do we can do better.

 

[ianthebuilder]

I guess you have to know a bit and understand bikes to get it?
Looks quite retro though! Nice!

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[TheTwoOfUs]

And the new Rocket 3

 

[hilldweller]

And the new Rocket 3

Hideous.

I once knew a high court judge with one on another forum.

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

I must admit that I don't understand the current obsession with "bobber" bikes. As a kid there was a similar word for a toilet function and I think most bobbers look like s**t.

 

[hilldweller]

I must admit that I don't understand the current obsession with "bobber" bikes.

I don't understand most current obsessions in bikes or elsewhere.

The sheer beauty of that Thruxton is it's apparent simplicity, functional. But most bikes today, "it's got a 7 inch TFT display". "It has an app". Wow, terrific.

Or it's got 4 bhp more than last year's. But last year's had over 120 for a touring bike.

Same with car adverts, they all show a knobhead twisting a knob and becoming a super hero driver with all the women panting for him.

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

The one thing I've never understood about the Wing is that it is a touring bike but is geared for 135mph. It revs too high at moderate speeds. A much taller gear would have made motorway cruising more pleasant even though it would probably only manage about 115/120 in top.

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[TheTwoOfUs]

The one thing I don't like about the Wing is that it's a touring bike but is geared for 135mph in top. I would have preferred a much taller set of gears, more like an overdrive which would give a top of about 120 but much lower revs at motorway cruising speeds.

 

[jongood]

And the new Rocket 3

Thanks for posting but how disappointing. I was expecting to hear the bike not a minute and a half of 'inspiring??? wtf' musack.

 

[Themselves]

This, I believe is one of the most beautiful bikes on the planet. Saw it at Sinshiem Technical Museum two years ago. The little petrol driven moped thingy is ok as well.

 

[Nasher]

I think that the choice of style of motorcycles is probably the biggest it's ever been

We all have different tastes (thankfully) but I dont see much difference between the this & the previous thruxtons from the modern triumph factory - all are relatively low power & heavy

I'm sure it's a good bike, most mainstream nanufacturers make great bikes these days, but sorry, I can't get excited about this model

 

[Enword]

I liked what Plymouth Triumph did to this Thruxton R in 17

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