In this way, Triumph is seeking to restate the genuinely polyvalent nature of the Scrambler nametag, which it first laid claim to 13 years ago, long before BMW or Ducati ever used the name today on what amount to street custom models.Ĭlick here to read this in the Cycle News Digital Edition Magazine.Ģ019 Triumph Scrambler 1200 XC and XE Riding Review To do so, they took the all-new 1198cc liquid-cooled parallel-twin T120 engine they’d just launched to power the new generation of larger capacity Bonneville models, headed by the Thruxton café racer.įor rather than concocting a power up version of the 900cc Street Scrambler, which just as it says on the label has only minimal off-road pretensions, Wood & Co.’s design brief was to develop a pair of crossover bikes with the Bonneville family’s traditional twin-shock neo-classic styling, which were just as adept both on and off-road as the company’s thoroughly modern 800XR/XC dual purpose triples. That’s the conundrum which faced Triumph’s chief engineer Stuart Wood and his R&D team three-and-a-half years ago when they began work on creating the new for 2019 Scrambler 1200 duo, in both XC and XE variants.
The same thing is true with bikes-the most obvious example being BMW’s succession of best-selling GS models, or Honda’s NC750X and CB500X, and especially the VFR1200X Crosstourer, all attempting to deliver the best of both worlds without one compromising the other.īut now Triumph has delivered a pair of crossover models which seek to answer a different question-how to combine retro cool with modern functionality, in a dual-purpose motorcycle. The XE (left) and XE represent a new direction for Triumph’s scrambler range, and have nearly every base covered for road or off-road scrambling.Ĭrossover automobiles are becoming ever more popular, as passenger car platforms are increasingly used to create a multi-purpose vehicle with the space and practicality of an SUV, but the comfort and handling of a saloon. We sent Alan to Portugal to sample the goods. Triumph is looking to reclaim its place as the king of modern scrambling with two all new models in the Scrambler 1200 XC and XE.
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