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

The Triumph Thruxton 900 was a cafe racer-styled motorcycle powered by a parallel-twin engine. It was manufactured in 2004 at the Hinckley factory in Leicestershire, England, until 2016, when it was superseded.

In 2016, the Triumph Thruxton 900 was superseded by the Thruxton 1200 and 1200 R, a cafe racer machine with a similar style but a larger water-cooled 1200cc engine.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.

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

In the visual department, the bike had 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 was built on 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.

As for the power figures, 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.