Triumph To Launch Two New Triples
TRIUMPH TO LAUNCH TWO NEW TRIPLES
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TRIUMPH JUST KEEPS ON rollin’ with interesting new models—the two most recent are a pair of Triples scheduled for introduction at September’s Paris Motor Show. The first is a fully faired, lightweight version of the 900 Daytona that probably will be called the Super Three, and the second is an unfaired standard to be named the Speed Triple.
Both bikes are based around Triumph’s existing frame and engine layout, but substantially differ in detail from current offerings. The Super Three-built to compete with Ducati’s 900 Superlight-uses revised pistons and cams that are said to increase power from a claimed 99 horsepower to more than 110 horses. Liberal use of carbonfiber, meanwhile, is said to reduce the bike’s weight by about 45 pounds. The Super Three uses a 17-inch rear wheel-all previous neo-Triumphs have used 18-inchers—that will allow use of a wider tire than is possible with the current rim.
The unfaired Speed Triple seen here—basically a 900 Daytona without its fairing-retains standard Daytona engine and running gear, and is being positioned by Triumph as a competitor of Ducati’s M900 Monster.
All this marks a turnaround in sales for Triumph’s Daytona sportbike line, which sold poorly initially, but which has sold very well this last year in the wake of a restyle job that made them more aggressive in
look. The ’94 bikes are scheduled to go on sale in Britain and Europe in October; no official word yet on Triumph’s plans or schedule for U.S. sales of its equipment.
Roland Brown
