Australian Road Rider

LAST LOOK

LOOKING BACK

The Thruxton is dead, again. First born in 1965 as a production racer, it was as rare as hen's teeth and almost as desirable, so it should have surprised no one when Triumph used the name on its cafe racer model introduced 20 years ago.

Those first streetbike versions were variations on the Bonneville and were commonly known as the Thruxton 900. Low ‘bars, laced wheels, rearset pegs… everything

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