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Triumph has announced Canadian pricing for their new Street Twin and T120 models.
Triumph’s revised parallel twin lineup (reviewed here) comes with a new liquid-cooled motor, ABS, traction control, and ride-by-wire throttle. All those upgrades, combined with a slumping Canadian dollar, mean the MSRPs for Triumph’s Bonneville lineup are rising, but not much.
The base model Street Twin has a $9,900 MSRP in black, or $10,150* in silver, red or “Black Phantom Black.” In 2015, the lowest-priced Triumph was the previous-gen Bonneville, at $9,099, so taking all factors into consideration, this pricing is reasonable.
The T120 models (with upgraded brakes, rider modes, and more) will cost a bit more; The Bonneville T120 costs $12,900 in black, $13,150 in red, and two-toned red/silver or black/white models will cost $13,400.
The Bonneville T120 Black models are a bit more affordable, at $12,900 for the black model and $13,150 for the “Matte Graphite” paint. As a reference, last year’s Bonneville T100 cost $10,599; the T100 Black cost $10,299.
Triumph says pricing is still to be determined for the Thruxton models. They also announced they will have more than 150 factory accessories for the new Bonneville lineup, as well as three “Inspiration Kits.” Using these pre-chosen accessory kits, Triumph says buyers can build a brat-styled bike, an urban-styled bike, or a scrambler. That seems to suggest we won’t see a liquid-cooled Scrambler in the Bonneville lineup anytime soon; however, we were unable to get any sort of solid answer about this from Triumph.
* CORRECTION – the price for the Street Twins in silver, red or “Black Phantom Black” were originally quoted as being $10,900, but they should have been $10,150. Bugger.
Lots of people pay much more for Harleys and a they are built from parts manufactured in Asia. It is the way of the world.
T120 up $2600! For a Taiwanese special. It’s up in real bike territory now – why would I choose this over a Griso 1200 that’s available for similar $$, or a Scout 1200, or a CB1100, or…
“For a Taiwanese special. ”
Pardon?
“For a Taiwanese special. ” Pardon?
English chic fully manufactured and assembled/made in Asia (Thailand actually) for worldwide consumption – now at full English chic prices.
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I remember when the kz1300/6 came out. It was 7000, which was nuts. If bikes had kept up with inflation we’d be in the 20 to 30 k range.
Current six-cylinder BMWs fall in that 25-30k price range.
Another comment/rant as I’m riding into work: the currency argument is sort of BS. Let’s ask triumph if they intend on lowering their CAD msrp when commodities prices rise and consequently the CAD$ will rise. My guess is they won’t. It’s essentially an opportunity for a cash grab and it will create a new benchmark price going forwards. Smart manufacturers actually hedge their foreign revenues for currency fluctuations. If triumph does hedge for currency, then thy have no business passing that cost on. If they aren’t, then they’ve decided to gamble with the Canadian dollar value and their banking that they’ll be able to pass the increase back to the consumer. Not cool. I remember a time not too long ago, perhaps two years, maybe 3, when the Bonnie was $9k even with the striple priced at $10k flat. Different bikes, different target markets but in no way should the Bonnie be priced more than the striple. Are we to expect a corresponding 20% bump in striple pricing? All on account of our currency? I had no clue motorcycle msrp was so closely tied to oil prices!
It’s unfortunate that our dollar is so low cuz I’m afraid that pricing won’t move the inventory. Then again, if I were a moto manufacturer Canada would be an afterthought for me unless I had other products to sell during the 5 months where we can’t ride.
Fortunately, the marketing folks at the major motorcycle manufacturers see it differently.