TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE T120
FIRST RIDE
P92
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here's been a succession of new
Triumph models for 2016, but
so far they've all been Euro 4
compliant updates of existing mod-
els—Speed Triple, Explorer 1200, the
forthcoming Tiger Sport and even the
900 Street Twin, which is essentially
Triumph's redefined entry level model
to the Bonneville family.
But now to celebrate the 60th
anniversary of Johnny Allen's Sep-
tember 1956 achievement of setting a
new two-wheeled World Land Speed
record at 214.40 mph on the Bonnev-
ille Salt Flats, in the so-called Texas
Ceegar streamliner powered by a
twin-cylinder 650cc Triumph motor,
the first all-new Triumph model plat-
form for quite some time has finally
made it to the marketplace, after be-
ing unveiled at Milan's EICMA Show
last November. The trio of Triumph
BY ALAN CATHCART
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ALESSIO BARBANTI AND MATTEO CAVADINI
GO LARGE!
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