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- Why this sexy triumph is a disappointment
- Soap boxes on speed
- The Bonnie puts a lot of pressure on in the first few meters
- One Moto Guzzi for cruisers, one for speeders
- At least 20 hp too little
Why this sexy triumph is a disappointment
An oldie wants to hit the streets again
Bob Dylan had an accident with the original in 1966, now Triumph dares to hit the slopes with a remake of the Bonneville. “Welt” reporter Thomas Delekat tests the new oldie from England. Source: The World
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The Triumph Street Twin looks incredibly good and puts a lot of pressure on it in the first few meters. And then it turns out to be a great disappointment; the engineers forgot something important.
B.The first time, distance is required. Ten meters away is ideal. If you then look at the new Triumph, there is a deja vu: You know that, you’ve seen it before.
A Triumph, a Bonneville, classic English motorcycle build from the 1960s. At least that’s what it looks like, with everything that can be seen from ten meters away.
Apart from the 750 Moto Guzzi V7, the Kawasaki W 800 and Hondas CB 1100, there is no other production motorcycle on the market that seems to date from the drum brake era of the 1960s – and yet is brand new.
Soap boxes on speed
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Motorbike, quad or car? The 3.80 meter long and only 1.32 meter flat power tricycle Polaris Slingshot is a little bit of everything.
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But above all, it is an eye-catcher. With its angular plastic body parts, the open vehicle looks like it has just emerged from a science fiction film.
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The driver and front passenger sit next to each other in the Polaris Slingshot and are protected by roll bars.
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The three-wheeled projectile has a tubular steel frame and is powered by a 173 hp 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine.
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However, the fun has its price. For the motorized tricycle you have to spend at least 29,990 euros.
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The Canadian Bombardier Group, which emerged from a snowmobile manufacturer in 1942, has also been building three-wheeled projectiles since 2008.
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His Can-Am Spyder has plenty of grip thanks to its wide front axle, and a 225 mm car tire drives the tricycle at the rear.
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On the right a throttle grip on the handlebar, on the left the buttons of a semi-automatic for upshifting and downshifting. Nothing on the left footrest, a brake pedal on the right.
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This is how you operate the mixture of a powerful roadster and a hyper-agile supermoto two-wheeler.
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The driver of a Can-Am Spyder F3 hangs with his whole body in the airstream, thanks to the wide front axle he is happy about plenty of grip at the front and predictable drifts with slightly spinning…m rear drive wheel. Prices start at 18,890 euros.
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The KTM X-Bow GT lacks the usual safety technology such as ABS, airbags or ESP – not to mention comfort features such as air conditioning, power steering or radio. For that, de…r speedster in contrast to Can-Am Spyder or Polaris Slingshot four wheels.
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The technical basis for propelling the KTM X-Bow GT is a two-liter unit with 285 hp. But there is even a variant with 435 hp. Top speed: 246 km / h.
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The lightweight (850 kilograms vehicle weight) costs at least 107,000 euros, after treatment by racing specialist Wimmer, another 18,000 euros are added.
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As a three-wheeler with two exposed spoked wheels at the front and a fat, belt-driven tire at the rear, the three-wheeler scurries through the city like an airplane… the air.
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The three-wheeler is pretty weak on paper, and in a quartet of cars it wouldn’t make a dent in sports cars. Because for the 82 hp of the Harley engine you have to be serious…fast drivers only have a laugh. But because the Morgan hardly weighs more than 500 kilos, the V2 engine has an easy time of it.
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The three-wheeler only needs six seconds to accelerate from zero to 100 km / h. The top speed is almost 200 things – at least in theory.
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The Morgan three-wheeler originally comes from the early days of mass mobilization. Because the tricycles benefited from the tax, Morgan alone owned them between 1909 and …More than 30,000 copies built in 1953. If you want to buy a Morgan three-wheeler today, you have to spend at least 40,900 euros.
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The new Triumph Bonneville 900 Street Twin is completely redesigned, a retro bike. It is the confusingly similar revenant of one of the technically greatest, most charismatic motorcycles of all time, the legendary Triumph Bonneville 650 from 1959.
The strange thing is: The new, water-cooled model, equipped with ABS, injection, traction control and digitally translated throttle, looks more classically designed than the original. The water cooler is out of view, and nothing of the cables, hoses, or the injection system can be seen at all.
If you knock on the material with your ankle, it quickly becomes clear that the new one is anything but an oily pile of honestly screwed together iron. The headlight housing made of plastic, also the snap ring, also the front and rear fenders, even the gear housing cover with the chain sprocket behind it.
The Bonnie puts a lot of pressure on in the first few meters
But does it matter? Wherever the new Bonnie tips over onto the side stand – there will always and immediately be some who cannot get enough of her to look at her.
The highlight of the show is yet to come, with the ignition key and starter button. The sound is a pleasure, the 900 cc machine gives the hoped-for, powerful thump. The Triumph team helped with a fashionable trick: the new Bonnie neither ignites her in-line two-cylinder at the same time nor exactly alternately, but exactly in between. This results in a nice, rough brazzling.
In gear, the clutch runs extremely smoothly. The Bonnie marches off, with a lot of pressure on the first few meters. Second gear, third, fourth, all shifted up quickly. And then?
That was it. Anyone who had hoped the new Bonneville would have the same power, the same half-strong rowdy spirit as the original from 57 years ago, with guys like Steve McQueen or Bob Dylan in the saddle – you will pull a long face on the quilted bench of the newcomer.
One Moto Guzzi for cruisers, one for speeders
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With the Eldorado (photo) and the Audace, the Moto Guzzi California 1400 gets two new offshoots. Both have 1380 cc and 96 hp.
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But while the Eldorado is a classic retro cruiser with a lower seating position, lots of chrome and whitewall tires, …
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… the Audace sees itself as a muscle bike for a stronger performance. After all, the Italian word “audace” can also be translated as “fearless” or “provocative”.
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You won’t find chrome on this machine. The designers have deliberately avoided any kind of luxury and unnecessary design elements.
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Even the thick manifolds and the exhaust bags are jet black.
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The Audace is a power bike that concisely stages the mighty 90-degree V2.
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The engine and chassis of both the Eldorado (photo) and the Audace are largely unchanged from the California 1400. However, everything around has been redesigned. Both…e machines are available for 18,500 euros.
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Even while standing, it looks strange that little Bonnie figures everything possible in the round individual speedometer housing. Everything except the speed. After a kilometer or two on the autobahn, it is clear why the tachometer is really not needed.
The machine loses the desire for more at the latest at 5000 rpm. Already at 6900 it runs into the limiter, at 172 km / h top. That’s what it says in the papers.
The Street Twin is a gorgeous sports bike with a chassis that can’t be adjusted, but does more than just work properly. In addition, there is a gripping single-disc brake, a modern ABS, cast wheels and an unusually low seating position.
All of this is great, state of the art. Except for one thing.
At least 20 hp too little
Triumph presents the Street Twin as a classic sports motorcycle. But the engine doesn’t want to go with it. He’s a stranger, he feels wrong in Bonneville. 900 cc, 80 Nm torque and only 55 hp – these are the typical engine characteristics of a chopper, as it is built by everyone from Honda to Yamaha.
The motor pushes from below. But the torque wave is by far not enough for a sporty sprint. If you want to pass a polo or fiesta at 120 km / h, you should think twice about it.
The Street Twin weighs 215 kilos with a full tank, it costs 8900 euros (plus 450 euros for ancillary costs). Anyone who goes to the cafe or the office with a retro leather jacket and nostalgic helmet is exactly right on it.
Everyone else rightly expects the sporting spirit, and that’s at least 20 hp more. However, Triumph has announced two more Bonneville models for this spring, the T120 and the Thruxton. Both with a large 1200 engine and more horsepower.
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