The new Thruxton has plenty of power and torque for the real world of public roads. I recently read a road test that gave it top gear roll on times of 40-60 mph of 3.1 seconds and 60-80 mph in 3.0 seconds; this is arm-yanking power indeed. It's quarter mile was 11.66 seconds at 115.45 mph which is very respectable for a 480 lb curb weight bike. I'm not impressed by the huge hp numbers of liter class sport-bikes these days; frankly useless unless you have access to a racetrack, and because they are geared so much higher their top-gear roll on power (up to 100 mph) is actually not as good as the Thruxton in a lot of cases. My modified 100 hp Street Triple R has way more performance than I can use on public roads without killing myself or going to jail. The horsepower race for motorcycles is basically over considering that the little rear tire contact patch cannot handle hp over 120 without the intervention of electronics for the average rider. And is riding a motorcycle any fun if it is scaring the crap out of you when you try to go through a few gears?
@fastbikes
8 жыл бұрын
Just as we said in the video, for that bike the power is spot on. You could find more if you wanted to, but it doesn't need it.
@blacktiger955i
7 жыл бұрын
Someone on there said that you don't often see a torque curve like that. Well, er, just about every Triumph engine since 1992 has that sort of torque curve. That's what they do. That's what makes the Hinckley Triumphs such good road bikes.
@hlpang1075
2 жыл бұрын
Thats a crazy torque curve! Must be a dream to ride. What mods are on it?
@andrewbrown5636
8 жыл бұрын
If you want lots of horses buy a different bike, the Thruxton is the perfect bike for uk roads
@justdad53
5 жыл бұрын
No qualms on the dyno results mine is probably about the same. Can you buy a faster and better handling bike cheaper probably? Styling always subjective and if your a sports bike guy I can see why you might pass on this bike. The bike offers a classic bike looks with pretty good handling, very good brakes and surprising real road performance. Generally I can beat faster bikes at the drag strip because not surprisingly many sport bike riders can't ride their bikes to the bikes potential either on the track or drag strip. I'm okay if your not that impressed because you probably can ride your bikes to their potential.
@beastofpripyat1147
7 жыл бұрын
What's the actual Max Speed on the Thruxton Rs? I hit 120 on my 14' 900?
@justdad53
5 жыл бұрын
I ran my Thruxton R at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2016, stock everything at it was 131 mph. The stock gearing had me bumping against the rev limiter with a mile still to run. In 2017 I put the Triumph quarter fairing on and geared the bike up and moved the average up to 136 mph...you can see that run on my KZitem channel. In 2019 I will take it back with a full fairing and expect to see 145 mph with stock engine.
@jerryx2000
8 жыл бұрын
This old chap is very informative
@Adam-ql1vz
8 жыл бұрын
It sounds like the rev limiter kicks in at 4,000 rpm
@gavinstubbs1305
6 жыл бұрын
Id like to see what you could get out of one with out crazy mods
@maccamacca7762
3 жыл бұрын
Paying a dyno tuner to bag your bike out...not for me.
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