Triumph has released the Rocket 3 R Black and Rocket 3 GT Triple Black as limited-edition machines for 2021. (Triumph Motorcycles/)When your product portfolio contains a machine packing the world’s largest production motorcycle engine, the marketing copy pretty much writes itself. The Triumph Rocket 3′s 2,458cc inline-triple ladles on a few more superlatives as well, like the fact that it…
Triumph has upgraded the majority of its Bonneville family. You’re looking at seven models for 2022 so far. (Triumph Motorcycles/)When you’re updating a 60-year-old classic design for a new generation, you do so with kid gloves. A component upgrade here, a fresh coat of paint there, maybe a subtle logo update, and Bob’s your uncle. Even if that classic had…
Some suggested Triumph’s shot at a four-cylinder 600 sportbike should’ve been included in last week’s “Ten Worst Motorcycles of the Modern Era.” I think that’s way too harsh an assessment, but in any case, Triumph’s 2001 TT600 and the various inline Fours that followed it never quite got traction in the marketplace, and left the building after the 2006 Speed…