Triumph Single cylinder 125cc on the cards in the near future?

LordSutch

If the rumours prove to be true, it will be Triumph's first forray into the small Bike market since the 1960s/70s.


Computer generated 'mock up' of how the 125 might look . . .

INDIAN newspaper The Hindu is reporting that Triumph is planning to launch a 125cc machine by the end of 2013 to take on the biggest sales sector of one of the world's largest motorcycle markets. According to the paper's business section (www.thehindubusinessline.com) Triumph representatives met prospective components suppliers for the project last year, and plan to make the bike in the firm's new Indian assembly plant, which is due to be set up this year in Karnataka.

Full article here > > > > > http://www.zgempire.com/sportbikes/triumph-street-single/

I Wonder will they be available here in the coming years?

Hotblack Desiato

Are there points for guessing which parts were photoshopped off which bike?

Crankcase looks very Honda. Tank is ridiculously large for a 125.

I can't see a relatively small-volume manufacturer like Triumph making enough profit margin on small bikes to make it worth their while, even if manufactured in Asia. And a few years back they said they had no plans to make smaller bikes than 600/675 and that all future bikes would be two or three cylinders.

galwaytt

ninja900 wrote: »

Are there points for guessing which parts were photoshopped off which bike?

Crankcase looks very Honda. Tank is ridiculously large for a 125.

I can't see a relatively small-volume manufacturer like Triumph making enough profit margin on small bikes to make it worth their while, even if manufactured in Asia. And a few years back they said they had no plans to make smaller bikes than 600/675 and that all future bikes would be two or three cylinders.

Have to disagree. .... Triumph has an established record in manufacturing in the Far East, where all the Bonnies are made (Thailand) so they know how to build economically and have a brand name worth its weight in gold. I can see India taking to it very well. ..

CJhaughey

ninja900 wrote: »

And a few years back they said they had no plans to make smaller bikes than 600/675 and that all future bikes would be two or three cylinders.

Tough competition from Yamaha for 3 cylinder bikes now. First the MT09 and then maybe a MT-R1?

LordSutch

CJhaughey wrote: »

Tough competition from Yamaha for 3 cylinder bikes now. First the MT09 and then maybe a MT-R1?

All the more reason for Triumph to have its fingers in other pies, so that if the gloss is taken off one model (675R triple for example), then they can shine in the 125 catagory, or the Classic bike market, Bonnies etc.

Triumph have proved to be very savvy in the decision making, so you can be sure that if they enter the 125cc market, they will have have done their homework thoroughly.

Hotblack Desiato

galwaytt wrote: »

Have to disagree. .... Triumph has an established record in manufacturing in the Far East, where all the Bonnies are made (Thailand) so they know how to build economically and have a brand name worth its weight in gold. I can see India taking to it very well. ..

Yes, they build Bonnies cheaply in the East and sell them expensively in the West.
They don't have the scale to compete with Honda, Yamaha and the Chinese in low-price, low-margin small bikes.
Their brand name won't mean anything in those markets either.

LordSutch

ninja900 wrote: »

They don't have the scale to compete with Honda, Yamaha and the Chinese in low-price, low-margin small bikes.
Their brand name won't mean anything in those markets either.

Apart from India that is, where I gather Triumph are very well known and sought after!

Wossack

CJhaughey wrote: »

Tough competition from Yamaha for 3 cylinder bikes now. First the MT09 and then maybe a MT-R1?

next r6 to be a triple, I believe

LordSutch

Looks like its going to be a 250cc single cylinder!
http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-new-bikes/triumph-single-spied/23768.html