VOL. 52 ISSUE 44 NOVEMBER 3, 2015 P37
T
he Triumph Street Twin
is the baby in the Bon-
nie line up and for 2016
comes with a new 900cc
"high torque" eight-valve
parallel-twin four-stroke
engine that punches out
a claimed 80Nm at 3200
rpm, some 18 percent more
than the old 865cc ma-
chine.
Euro 4 emissions targets
dictate the Street Twin be
fitted with liquid cooling,
which means a 36 percent
reduction in polar bear kill-
ing emissions. The radiator
is heavily disguised so as
to give the appearance of
air-cooling, because, if it's
liquid-cooled, it's not retro,
right?
Triumph has also fitted
the latest generation of their
ride-by-wire throttle (with the
bodies cleverly designed to
look like a carburetor). This
means smoother, more di-
rect power from the parallel-
twin that will no doubt suit
riders looking to get into the
game or those looking to
take a step back to some-
thing a little more sedate. To
that end, the RBW system
has allowed Triumph to fit
switchable traction control to
the Street Twin, and there's
the ubiquitous ABS fitted
front and rear.
The Street's chassis has
received a going-over and
the ergonomics revised,
these include a new seat,
longer suspension travel,
higher set bars and a slim-
mer tank profile.
Triumph knows people
are going to customize
these things and have got
two platforms ready to go in
the Scrambler, Brat Tracker
and Urban Inspiration kits.
The Scrambler comes with
goodies like a Vance & Hines
exhaust, different seat, bar
grips and sump guard; the
Brat Tracker gives you pipe,
seat, LED indicators and
more, and the Urban a pipe,
small screen and pannier. CN
