Eh... tipo quello che cerco di far capire da 5 giorni...![]()
Comunque trovo particolarmente azzeccata l'introduzione alla prova della ST fatta da Motorcycle USA, che dice tutto ciò che dev'essere detto:
If you are custom cruiser fan you could say that the Bonnie is a bit of a plain Jane. Clearly it isn’t a real classic bike – as witnessed by the fact that none of the test bikes broke down and there were no pools of oil under the bikes when we stopped for lunch either!
However, the 2016 Triumph Street Twin is a very clever motorcycle which pulls off a rather smart trick. First, it is an authentic classic – but with all the benefits of 21st century engineering.
It’s also Retro-chic in the manner of those blokes you see on the ads who have forgotten how to shave and seem to be looking permanently into the distance, trying to find the man bag they left on the designer park bench when they were having a skinny latte with their Supermodel girlfriend. It will also be the bike which launches a zillion custom bikes in the next twelve months because it is crying out to be modified.
So, what is the Street Twin and why is it so important to Triumph?
First, it is vastly Triumph’s biggest ever engineering project and has cost an immense amount of money. The bikes have also consumed a colossal amount of engineering time and effort and this is very demanding for a company of Triumph’s size. The Bonneville range has been four years in gestation and has taken the full-time efforts of 50 engineers in the design team alone. Add to this the production engineers and the staff designing the 150 accessories which go with the bike and it becomes readily apparent that this was a motorcycle which Triumph had to get right: being merely very good wasn’t going to be an option.
The Street Twin ($8700) is the first bike in what will be the all new Bonneville family. It is the smallest capacity machine in the five bike lineup, but it is wrong to think of the Street Twin as an entry level machine – a baby Bonneville for those who can’t afford the real thing. It definitely isn’t!






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