TRIUMPH THRUXTON R The perfect faux classic?
AT120 owner would have shuddered at the thought of a 1200cc bike in the Sixties. But Triumph’s new Bonneville range is getting ever larger powerplants and currently uses a 1200cc parallel twin, producing just under 80bhp with buckets of torque. Yet when Hinckley decided to use the sporty Thruxton name they wanted more. Compression raised, crank lightened so it could rev higher and fuel mapping changed – more or less what the race department at Meriden would have done for the original Thruxton. The end result is 17bhp more and a 500rpm higher rev limit; a useful addition.
Where the race department was trying to win races,
