This gorgeous Triumph Thruxton
special makes its debut on the MCN stand at the Carole Nash MCN
Motorcycle Show. The bike has been bored out to 904cc, has revised
throttle bodies and hand-machined yokes, upside down forks and T3
hand-machined brake calipers.
How can two
vehicles be so inherently similar yet so entirely different? It’s hard
to figure. But the Triumph Rocket III Roadster and the Yamaha Star VMax
are exactly that. On one hand, they’re both big, long, unfaired,
ultra-heavy, über-powerful asphalt shredders. On the other hand, one’s a
north-south inline-Triple, the other an east-west V-Four. The lighter
one with the smaller engine is priced just $500 short of 20 Grand, while
the...
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Tired of
performing a tap-dancing act on your shift lever every time you want to
speed things up? Are you so over having to rev your engine to the moon
just to summon some decent get-up-and-go? If your answers are yes and
yes, step right up, Bubba, you’re shopping in the right aisle. Triumph’s
new Rocket III Roadster may be just what Dr. Roll-On ordered. Okay,
maybe a $13,999, 758-pound behemoth of a motorcycle isn’t on your...
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Freestyle Pioneer and Hollywood
Stunt-man Kyle Woods shows why he is one of the best riders in the world
by clutching up the biggest, the baddest production street bike on the
planet, the Triumph Rocket III (3).
Triumph Motorcycles has officially confirmed that it is
developing two all-new adventure motorcycles that are due to launch
later this year. As part of this, a new microsite has been launched at
www.triumphadventure.com
where customers can register to receive monthly updates on the bikes.
Additional information about the new models will be released at a later
date....
Cycle World, a leading motorcycle magazine, this week confirmed
the Triumph Thunderbird as its ‘Cruiser of The Year’ for the second year
running. The 1600 parallel twin cruiser from Triumph won this
prestigious award at its launch in the summer of 2009. The United States
is the world’s largest and most demanding cruiser motorcycle market. To
repeat this for 2010 is a phenomenal achievement for the
British-based...
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A highly anticipated movie coming to theaters this weekend has
two things to look forward too; a sexy-looking Angelina Jolie and
equally stunning motorcycle action sequences. But according to a report
in USA Today, the number of reasons could have been as many as three
with Jolie telling the newspaper her other half came close to appearing
in the spy thriller as well. But Brad's role could have come with many
different hidden...
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Triumph and Jason Disalvo are aiming to snatch the World
Supersport title away from Japan with the Daytona 675. We ride his
weapon to see if he stands a chance. In the arena that is the World
Supersport championship, there's a formula that's proven to be
successful-the motorcycle must have four cylinders across the frame,
have a total displacement of 600cc, and come from Japan. What, then,
would it take for the mighty to fall? Being...
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