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Bonneville T100 confirmed, too

Triumph Street Cup 900 coming soon

Written by Ben Purvis , Date 10:52 AM
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Triumph is to launch a new Street Twin-derived model under the name ‘Street Cup’ and while no details have been revealed yet the name suggests it will be a sportier machine than the base model.

According to new American emissions documents filed for the firm’s 2017 model year, there will be a 900cc machine using the Street Twin’s 54bhp twin using the Street Cup name. We’ve just seen that the Street Twin is to become the basis of a new Scrambler, but given Triumph’s established connection with the Scrambler name it seems unlikely that it will be retitled Street Cup.

The best guess is that the Street Cup will be an entry-level café racer, effectively replacing the old air-cooled Thruxton and allowing the new 1200cc, water-cooled Thruxton and Thruxton R to be positioned as higher-end models.

Given that the Street Twin is less overtly retro than the Bonneville, it follows that the Street Cup will also be less retro than the Thruxton. That means it would be no surprise to see alloy wheels instead of wires, for instance.

Less mysterious than the Street Cup is another new model confirmed for 2017, the Bonneville T100. A new-style Bonneville, looking identical to the T120 but fitted with the smaller 900cc engine and single front brake from the Street Twin has been spied testing already.  It’s now clear that when it reaches production as part of the firm’s 2017 range it will go under the ‘T100’ name.

Interestingly, the firm has also re-certified the old, 865cc Scrambler as a 2017 model in America. That suggests that the recently-spied Street Twin-based Scrambler might not be ready for sale until 2018. Triumph might struggle to sell the old-model Scrambler during 2017 in Europe, though, since it lacks ABS and Euro4 emissions certification. The firm’s only option to keep it on sale would be to apply for special end-of-series dispensation which, if granted, allows small numbers of non-compliant machines to be sold for up to two years after the introduction of the new rules. The idea is to allow firms to clear their old stocks, but a growing number of bike manufacturers are banking on using the end-of-series rules to postpone the introduction of new, emissions-compliant models.

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