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Triumph Announces Bonneville and Speed Triple Special Editions

Triumph Motorcycles announced two special edition SE models of its iconic Bonneville and Speed Triple bikes. The new Special Edition Bonneville, with its characteristic 865cc...

2013 Triumph Daytona 675 and 675R – First Look Review

After failing to find success with its TT600, a sportbike with a 600cc in-line four-cylinder engine that competed head-to-head with well-developed offerings from Japan’s...

Six Degrees of Temptation: Ridden and Rated Special

When Victory fired off the invite for its 2013 Boardwalk model launch, we looked up from our meatball subs, wiped the marinara sauce from...

First Ride Review: 2012 Triumph T100 Steve McQueen Edition

We all recall Steve McQueen’s character Virgil Hilts jumping a motorcycle over a fence in the iconic 1963 WWII movie The Great Escape. And...

2012 Triumph Speed Triple R – Road Test Review

Today’s Triumph Speed Triple is light years ahead of the original sport standard introduced in 1994, never mind the historic 1938 Triumph Speed Twin...

Triumph Announces 2013 Street Triple and Street Triple R

A new lighter-weight Triumph Street Triple and Street Triple R were revealed at the Intermot Show in Cologne, Germany, today. The 2013 motorcycles have...

2013 Triumph Trophy SE – First Ride Review

Is Triumph still salty about having its Coventry factory destroyed by the German Luftwaffe during World War II? The all-new Trophy, a sport tourer...

2012 Triumph Tiger Explorer | Road Test Review

After my exhilarating but brief ride on the all-new Triumph Tiger Explorer at its press launch in Spain (Rider, May 2012, and on ridermag.wpengine.com),...

Comparison Review: 2012 Triumph Tiger Explorer vs. 2012 Yamaha Super Ténéré

The open-class adventure touring segment has grown from a class of one—the BMW R 1200 GS/Adventure—to a class of five in recent years, with...

2013 Triumph Trophy Pricing Announced

Pricing for the new Triumph Trophy was recently released. The U.S. price for the Trophy SE starts at $18,999. Dealer delivery is scheduled for...

Triumph Announces XC Version of Award Winning Tiger Explorer

Triumph Motorcycles increases its range in the Adventure Touring market with the launch of the new Tiger Explorer XC. With a nod to the...

2012 Triumph Speedmaster vs. Triumph Thruxton

Retro is in; retro is cool. If a motorcycle looks old and works like a modern one, you can have the best of both...

2013 Triumph Trophy SE – First Look Review

Triumph is jumping back into the heavyweight sport-touring arena with an all-new motorcycle for 2013 wearing the familiar Trophy model name, but looking nothing...

Triumph Announces 110th Anniversary Bonneville T100

Triumph has prided itself on building some of the finest motorcycles in the world since 1902. Triumph, which has been associated with high performance...

2012 Triumph Tiger Explorer | First Ride Review

Leaned over mid-corner, the toe of my boot scraping the tarmac and adrenalin crackling through my veins, rolling on the throttle induces a deep,...

Triumph Announces Prices of New-For-2012 Models

Triumph Motorcycles has released the United States retail prices of its new-for-2012 models, the Tiger Explorer, Speed Triple R and Steve McQueen Edition. The...

Triumph Introduces Three New Motorcycles for 2012

  Fresh from record sales in 2011, Triumph Motorcycles will celebrate its 110th anniversary in 2012 with its strongest ever lineup, boosted by three new...

Rider Magazine’s 2011 Motorcycle of the Year

In our May issue—a whopping 156-page mailbox-filler, our largest in 30 years—we listed 32 all-new or significantly changed 2011 model-year motorcycles eligible for consideration...

2011 Triumph Speed Triple 1050 ABS – Road Test Review

photography by Kevin Wing and Riles & Nelson Motorcycle enthusiasts love all-new, never-before-seen models like cats love catnip. We get excited, even silly, about their...

2011 Triumph Tiger 800 vs. Suzuki V-Strom 650 ABS | Comparison Review

photography by Kevin Wing When we first tested the V-Strom 650 in 2004, and for several years thereafter, Suzuki had the middleweight, multicylinder adventure touring...

2011 Triumph Tiger 800 | Road Test Review

  We motorcyclists are a lucky lot. The source of our passion is, in most cases, inexpensive, fuel efficient, reliable and a fount of endless...

2011 Triumph Thunderbird Storm – Road Test Review

photography by Riles and Nelson Except for a couple of small entry-level bikes from other makers, the parallel twins in Triumph’s cruisers make them unique...

2011 BMW F800R vs. Ducati Monster 796 vs. Triumph Street Triple R – Comparison Review

Gathered around the shiny, all-knowing orb in Rider’s soundproof think tank, our hands lightly clasped, minds melded into an awesome intellectual force capable of...

2011 Triumph Tiger 800 and 800XC | First Ride Review

Triumph’s tagline is “Go Your Own Way,” a mantra fulfilled by building motorcycles that are, if not wholly unconventional, certainly on the outskirts of...

2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster | Road Test Review

story and photography by Mark Tuttle Remember the scene in Blazing Saddles when the hulking, dim-witted thug Mongo (football star Alex Karras) rides into Rock...

2011 Triumph Sprint GT – Road Test Review

photography by Graeme Brown and Tim Keeton The Highlands of Scotland, land of woolen plaid kilts, smoky single-malt whisky and William Wallace—the painted-face warrior played...

2010 Triumph Scrambler – Road Test Review

photography by Rich Cox Since re-emerging from the ashes of Meriden, John Bloor’s “Hinckley Triumph” has mixed and matched historic model names. Daytona, Tiger and...

2010 Triumph Motorcycles

Triumph says it will grow its motorcycle lineup from the existing 16 models in Cruiser, Urban Sport and Modern Classic model families to 23...

2010 Triumph Thunderbird – Road Test Review

Photography by Kevin Wing Despite competing head-to-head with much larger makers for a slice of the American motorcycle market, Triumph has always gone its own...

2009 Triumph 50th Anniversary Bonneville – Road Test Review

photography by Jason Critchell Anniversaries (from the Latin anno, or year) are celebrated in different ways. The first, second, 25th, 50th, whichever, harkens back to...

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