TRIUMPH Thruxton 1200 (2016-Present) Specs, Performance & Photos

It all started with the Triumph Thruxton 900, a cafe racer-styled motorcycle powered by a parallel-twin engine. The bike debuted in 2004 at the Hinckley factory in Leicestershire, England, and continued production until 2016, when it was superseded.

In 2016, the Triumph Thruxton 900 was superseded by the Thruxton 1200 and 1200 R, a cafe racer machine with a similar style but a larger water-cooled 1200cc engine. The standard Thruxton had a conventional fork and fixed braking discs, while the R version had Ohlins suspensions and Brembo calipers with floating discs.

Both machines were fitted with modern technology, such as Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), traction control, and a ride-by-wire system with three riding modes: Sport, Road, and Rain.

In the aesthetic department, the bike was fitted with standard features, such as a round headlight with the instruments mounted on top, a single seat, side-mounted rear shock absorbers, a dual exhaust system with reversed-cone silencers, a side stand, and wire-spoke wheels.

The bike's backbone was a tubular steel cradle frame with an aluminum swingarm. On the front, it packed a 41 mm cartridge-type Kayaba fork with 120 mm wheel travel and twin preload-adjustable Kayaba shocks on the rear.

In the performance department, the 2016 Triumph Thruxton 1200 had installed underneath its fuel tank a 1,200cc four-stroke parallel-twin liquid-cooled engine that delivered 96 hp at 6,750 rpm and 112 Nm (83 lb-ft) torque at 4,650 rpm.