Triumph Road Tests Articles

2010 Triumph Thunderbird

Think Of It As A 360-Degree V-Twin more

2009 Triumph Bonneville SE - That '70s Show

A Disco-Days Makeover Marks The Bonneville's 50th Anniversary more

2009 Triumph Daytona 675

Is three still the charm for Hinckley's hard-core middleweight? more

2009 Triumph Street Triple R - Mountain Magic

Now with Daytona 675 brakes and suspension! more

First Ride: 2008 Triumph Speed Triple

Triumph's factory streetfighter still hits hard more

First Ride: 2006 Triumph Rocket III Classic

An American bagger in London more

First Ride: 2006 Triumph Scrambler

Tons of show. Not quite enough go more

Triumph TR6 Motorcycle - The Definitive Desert Sled - Roots

The scrambler is a British motorcycle shaped by an American phenomenon. From the 1951 Catalina Grand Prix to the Pasadena Motorcycle Club's Greenhorn Enduro, four-stroke singles from AJS, Matchless and BSA ruled the California desert 50 years ago. Courses were mostly flat in those days, with plenty more

2006 Triumph Daytona 675

Current sportbike design is a vast, sterile wasteland devoid of original ideas, as me-too-alike as Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Don't believe it? Just look at the specifications. Middleweights, 750s and literbikes all follow the same formula until their engines and chassis are virtually indistinguisha more

Triumph Rocket III And Harley-Davidson V-Rod - Boost Brothers

Turbo Connection turns a Triumph Rocket III and a Harley-Davidson V-Rod into true boulevard badasses more

2005 Triumph Speed Triple

It's late afternoon and still cold under the low winter sun. There are quite a few cars on the N8 as it snakes from the old home of the Bol d'Or at Paul Ricard to the Mediterranean Sea, but the Triumph Speed Triple's rapid pace is rarely broken as it howls dow more

Two-Wheeled Range Rover: 2006 Triumph Tiger 955i

Nothing succeeds like success. Even 13 years after making its showroom debut as a three-cylinder tarmac trailie which over the years has gradually evolved into a totally tarmac GT adventure tourer (see history sidebar below), Triumph's go-anywhere Tiger triple more

2005 Triumph Daytona 650

It seems strict adherence to displacement in the 600 class has become a touch pass of late. In 2003, Kawasaki built street riders a 636cc version of its ZX-6R . For '05, Triumph has followed suit, blessing its latest sporting middleweight with the magical dis more

Rocket III Vs. 2005 Yamaha V-Max

As Triumph started leaking hints and concept photos of the outrageous new Rocket III a certain feeling of deja vu settled over the hallowed Motorcyclist offices. We recalled the launch—and we do mean launch—of the amazing Yamaha V-Max 20 years earlier. more

First Ride: Triumph Thruxton

I was tearing along with the English winter wind whipping through my black leather jacket. Hunched over with my throttle hand wound back, it was easy to imagine myself on a cafe burn-up in the early 1960s: Between my knees was a hard-revving Triumph parallel t more

Mondo Middleweight: 2004 Triumph Speed Four

Triumph's John Bloor is known as a fiscal hard-ass. He flies economy class and expects underlings to do the same. The Hinckley factory is a fine example of efficient manufacturing, while the product line takes full advantage of economies of scale and parts com more

FIRST LOOK: Triumph Rocket III

All the new "big cruisers" are children's toys compared with the 2004 Triumph Rocket III. This mother's powered by a mammoth, liquid-cooled, 2.3-liter (2294cc) inline-triple mounted longitudinally in the tubular-steel frame. Triumph promises that the Rocket II more