The Triumph Scrambler 1200 is in a class of its own. It’s a big street bike that has some serious off-road capability. On that description alone, it could classify as an adventure bike — but it’s not. Despite its affinity for both dirt and asphalt, it’s not a big dual sport either. Its styling harks back to the Brit bikes of the 1960s and ’70s, but it’s so much more than a retro bike. Its name suggests it’s a scrambler, but when compared to any other factory scrambler, it has much taller suspension and a 21-inch front wheel, making it a much more serious off-roader, even when compared to its smaller sibling, the Scrambler 900. Triumph has made some welcome changes to the 1200 Scrambler for 2024, including a change rarely seen these days in any industry: A drop in price.
The Scrambler 1200 was introduced in 2019 and was based around the latest-generation Triumph Bonneville. Its 1,200-cc liquid-cooled, 270-degree parallel twin remains unchanged internally for 2024, though it now breathes through a larger throttle body (50 mm from 45), and has a new, oval header collector in place of the twin pipes on the previous models. These new parts haven’t changed the peak output, which remains at 89 hp and 81 lb-ft of torque, though there is now more torque available at lower
