{"id":22853,"date":"2023-07-04T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T07:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=22853"},"modified":"2023-07-09T07:22:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T14:22:06","slug":"triumphs-new-400cc-motorcycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/07\/04\/triumphs-new-400cc-motorcycles\/","title":{"rendered":"Triumph’s New 400cc Motorcycles"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Joe Berk<\/h6>\n

Well, what do you know?\u00a0 Triumph is the latest moto manufacturer to jump on the small bike band wagon with the announcement of their new 400cc\u00a0 single-cylinder motorcycles.\u00a0 Not to be too snarky, but better late than never, I suppose.\u00a0 Harley did the same thing a year or so ago with their 350cc\u00a0 and 500cc motorcycles, but the Harleys were supposed to be manufactured and only available in Asia.\u00a0 More’s the pity, although I get it:\u00a0 A small bike wouldn’t go well with the typical Harley crowd.<\/p>\n

Back to today’s topic:\u00a0 The new 400cc Triumphs:\u00a0 I like them.<\/p>\n

Triumph announced two models:\u00a0 A Speed 400, and a Scrambler 400.\u00a0 They look like Triumphs, which is to say they look fabulous.\u00a0 I like the colors (each will available in three different color themes) and I like the looks.<\/p>\n

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The Triumph Speed 400.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Triumph Scrambler 400.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With a published 40 horsepower, the bikes will probably be good for 100 mph, and that ought to be enough for any sane rider.\u00a0 \u00a0I’m guessing the bikes will get something around 70 miles per gallon, and that should be good, too.\u00a0 Triumph turned to Bajaj (in India).\u00a0 There’s nothing wrong with that.\u00a0 Triumph’s Bonneville line is manufactured in Thailand.\u00a0 My Enfield 650 (which I’ve been riding for three years) is manufactured in India, and its quality is magnificent.\u00a0 Prices on the new Triumphs haven’t been announced yet.\u00a0 If the Mothership can keep the dealers from pulling their normal freight and setup chicanery, these bikes should be a good deal (but expecting dealers to abandon their larcenous freight and setup games is, I realize, probably wishful thinking).<\/p>\n

On that Harley thing I mentioned above:\u00a0 QianJiang (also known QJ Motor) bought Benelli (an Italian motorcycle company) in 2005.\u00a0 QJ took the name and started offering bikes made in China but labeled as Benellis (I saw them at the Canton Fair<\/a> a few years ago).\u00a0 The QJ\/Benelli bikes are not bad looking, but I’ve never ridden one and I have no idea how good (or bad) they are.\u00a0 It’s that very same Benelli (i.e., the Chinese one) that Harley announced would be making 350cc and 500cc small Harleys.\u00a0 The Harley plan was that their smaller models would only be sold overseas (i.e., not in America).\u00a0 Harley makes and sells more motorcycles than I ever will, so I suppose they know what they are doing.\u00a0 But I think they are making a mistake not bringing their small bikes to America.<\/p>\n

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Look! Up in the sky! It’s a QJ Motor! No, it’s a Benelli! No, it’s Super Harley!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let’s not forget the new BSA Gold Star, another made-in-India Britbike reported here on the ExNotes blog about a year ago<\/a>.\u00a0 That one is still in the works, I guess.\u00a0 For a delivery date, the new BSA website still says “available to order soon,” which is to say we have no idea when the new BSA Goldie will be here.<\/p>\n

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The revivified Beezer Gold Star. I think it is a better-looking bike than either the new Triumph or the small Chinese Harley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While all this is going on, my friends in Zongshen (they make the RX3, the RX4, the Zongshen 400cc twins, the TT 250, the San Gabriel, and now the RX6 650cc twin that CSC<\/a> imports to the US) tell me that the craze in China has gone full tilt toward bigger bikes.\u00a0 That’s why they introduced the RX6.\u00a0 I was the first journalist\/blogger\/all around good guy in America to ride and report on the RX6<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s a good bike, but I’m not a fan of the movement toward ever larger motorcycles.\u00a0 I’m convinced that my RX3 was the best all around motorcycle I ever owned (especially for riding in Baja), and I’ve written extensively on that<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to seeing the new Triumphs.\u00a0 Hell, I’d look forward to seeing the new small Harleys and the BSA, too, but maybe that’s not in the cards.\u00a0 Why the fascination and appreciation for small bikes?\u00a0 Take a read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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