Triumph Scrambler 1200

[GM182]

https://www.triumphmotorcycles.co.uk/motorcycles/c...

Went to a launch event for this last night. Couldn't really get up close and personal with it as it was behind barriers or on a little dirt track but overall I really like the look of it and specs are very high-end.

No prices announced until December but it just went to the top of my 'want it' list regardless.

[ash reynolds]

I just watched this video by Bike World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFMf-KjPqK0
I think they've done a decent job on it.

Unlike the new Speed Twin which looks like a mongrel.

[yellowstreak]

It looks very trendy. I would want a bit more clearance on that front mudguard though!

[dern]

I think it looks hideous and 89bhp from a 1200?! I thought scramblers were supposed to be light bikes you can chuck around.

[Chipchap]

dern said:

I think it looks hideous and 89bhp from a 1200?! I thought scramblers were supposed to be light bikes you can chuck around.

pssst Dern it's not really a Scrambler. Its for damp days in Chelsea for guys like the one in the photo to ride to a local coffee shop and pose there for a while.

[Harry H]

dern said:

I think it looks hideous and 89bhp from a 1200?! I thought scramblers were supposed to be light bikes you can chuck around.

Same here. A right pile of poo. Looks nothing like a Scambler. Just another semi retro looking over weight thing with a daft exhaust and some knoblies

[Wacky Racer]

Much preferred the looks of my old original scrambler tbh.

[dukeboy749r]

Have to say their 1200cc engine is a peach.

When mated to the quickshifter it works brilliantly. Better than the BMW effort on their GS, anyway

[GM182]

Chipchap said:

dern said:

I think it looks hideous and 89bhp from a 1200?! I thought scramblers were supposed to be light bikes you can chuck around.

pssst Dern it's not really a Scrambler. Its for damp days in Chelsea for guys like the one in the photo to ride to a local coffee shop and pose there for a while.

I think they know their market at Triumph but 250mm of suspension from Showa and Ohlins suggests it might be quite handy on trails and green lanes too.

[knitware]

Harry H said:

Same here. A right pile of poo. Looks nothing like a Scambler. Just another semi retro looking over weight thing with a daft exhaust and some knoblies

I agree, it's an ugly thing. The original was quite decent, this is hideous, they call it a scrambler but what is it really?

[gareth_r]

It's what used to be known as a street scrambler, not a motocross bike.

Edited by gareth_r on Thursday 25th October 18:51

[So]

yellowstreak said:

It looks very trendy. I would want a bit more clearance on that front mudguard though!

It's for when you do trials on it.

[Wacky Racer]

gareth_r said:

It's what used to be known as a street scrambler, not a motocross bike.

I had one exactly like that in 1971. TR6 650cc Trophy export.. Sold it for £365.

Featured in Marcus Welby MD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y10VEkyKd3w

[srob]

gareth_r said:

It's what used to be known as a street scrambler, not a motocross bike.

Edited by gareth_r on Thursday 25th October 18:51

Don’t you come on here with your logic and knowledge!

Don’t you know it’s fashionable now to brand anyone who’s got into bikes since the super bike era as a hipster and turn your nose up at any manufacturer who tries to make money from them?!

• cough*

TR5 too

[gareth_r]

Surely the REAL Trophy 500 had the "generator" top end.

[srob]

gareth_r said:

Surely the REAL Trophy 500 had the "generator" top end.

Haha good spot I should look closer at content rather than composition

Have you ridden one? I really fancy one

[tvrolet]

Wacky Racer said:

gareth_r said:

It's what used to be known as a street scrambler, not a motocross bike.

I had one exactly like that in 1971. TR6 650cc Trophy export.. Sold it for £365.

Featured in Marcus Welby MD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y10VEkyKd3w

OOh, I had a bike with a high level exhaust in '73, also in red - maybe it was a street scrambler too

just like this (but this one isn't mine - I just nicked a pic off the net).


But I did lust after a Commando Roadster S type, which I do actually recall being pitched as 'street scrambler' styled.

I never did get the Roadster S type, but had a Commando Fastback in 75 which saved my left leg from burning. I still like the street scrambler style though.

Re the Triumph though, I don't like the tank - I think it looks out-of-place on the bike. I know it's the classic Triumph tank silhouette and it looks absolutely great on the Bonnie and indeed the old 'classic' street scrambler styled bikes - but for me it doesn't work on this. Ditto the long bench style seat - to me it doesn't really go with the bike although I accept it is styled after the 'originals' too. None of which will affect how it rides or handles, but given most folks aren't actually going to go off road on these the looks become fairly important.

Instruments look quite funky though, and some decent kit in there - but for that style of bike I'd be lusting after the Indian FTR with after-market high-pipes.

[Wacky Racer]

tvrolet said:

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That was my dream bike in 1969.

Charles Deane did a road test of one in December 1969's edition of Motorcycle Mechanics, still got my original copy.

[gareth_r]

srob said:

Haha good spot I should look closer at content rather than composition

Have you ridden one? I really fancy one

I wish! I just love the story behind the creation of the Grand Prix (and the TR5).

[Wacky Racer]

Here's a picture of my old Trophy the day I sold it in 1972.

(I foolishly replaced the upswept pipes fore megaphones which were all the rage at the time)