TRIUMPH SPEED TWIN

Triumph’s modern classics range gains yet more girth with the arrival of this the new Speed Twin. And the Street Twin and Scrambler ridden on page 44…

By Hugo Wilson

TRIUMPH’S EXPANSIVE RANGE of ‘Modern Classics’ grows ever larger. By our maths they’re now up to 15 of the retro style 900 and 1200cc parallel twins, but we could easily have missed one between the various Streets, Bobbers, Blacks, Bonnevilles and Scramblers. This winter they’ve already released impressive reworkings of the 900cc Street Twin and Street Scrambler (tested on p44) and the 1200 Scrambler that we get to ride next month. “FAST BUT EASY TO RIDE” FELIPE LOPEZ Now it’s time to show off the new Speed Twin. We were summonsed to Hinckley for a preview, ahead of its general release in Paris. Chief product officer Steve Sargent and Head of engineering Stuart Wood pulled back the covers. Test rider Filipe Lopez was on speaker phone from Spain. Concept ‘The Street Twin is the…

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BIKE United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2019

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