Triumph has introduced two all-new 400 models that are highly desirable, not only for their attractive retro styling, but also because of their refreshingly low prices. After spending a day riding these new lightweight singles on busy urban Spanish streets and along winding mountain roads, we also discovered that you don’t need a lot of displacement to have a lot of fun.
The two newest members of the Triumph family are the Speed 400 and the Scrambler 400 X. These bikes are based around the all-new TR-series engine; a 398 cc, liquid-cooled, four-valve single that claims 39.5 hp and 27.7 lb.-ft. of torque. Aside from the single exhaust header, it would be hard to visually distinguish the single from the company’s bigger parallel-twins. The twin-cam engine is fed fuel by a Bosch ride-by-wire EFI system, and despite its modest output, it is equipped with switchable traction control. Maintenance intervals are set at 16,000 km, and its finger-follower valve train can go 32,000 km between adjustments.
TWO DISTINCT BIKES
It would have been easy for Triumph to produce two bikes from one chassis by simply changing a few components
