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2014 TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD FULL

The lowish and wide handlebar made steering very light. The low 27 inch seat height surely helped mounting and dismounting the bike. I found a comfortably firm and flat seat that gives good support and lets the rider move around. I was able to ride the Thunderbird on a mixed environment of city streets in heavy traffic, as well as a stint on our local freeways, to give a reasonably accurate overall impression of its capabilities. Having previously sampled this type of bike from all four Japanese makers, the German maker, as well as the major American maker, I have uniformly found them lacking in suspension compliance, cornering clearance and ergonomics with torque rich, but limited horsepower motors.

MSRP: $13,499 in single color, $13,799 with two-tone paintįrankly, I was not expecting much of a cruiser, even a Triumph.

Instrumentation: Speedometer, tachometer, fuel gauge, clock and dual tripmeters on tank mounted single dial.

Rear brake: Single 310mm disc with two piston caliper and standard ABS.

Front brakes: Dual 310mm floating discs with four piston calipers and standard ABS.

Rear wheel/tire: 6 inch rim width, 200/50X R17.

Front wheel/tire: 3.5 inch rim width, 120/70X R19.

Rear suspension: Dual preload adjustable shocks, 3.7 inches travel.

Front suspension: Telescopic fork, 47mm diameter with preload adjustment, 4.7 inches travel.

Fuel Mileage (U.S.): 38 City, 56 Highway.

Transmission: Six-speed with overdrive sixth wet multi-plate clutch.

Engine: Unit construction, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 4 valves/cylinder Vertical Twin, 1,597cc with dual balancer shafts.

That means a highway trip will easily exceed two hundred miles before having to replenish the dead dinosaurs. Stated mileage is 39 city and 57 highway. It has a huge, class leading fuel tank capacity of 5.8 gallons. Especially since they are achieved bone-stock with quiet exhausts.

Sporting double overhead cams and four valves per cylinder, stated power and torque is 100 bhp and 108 ft. in.).Īs befitting a modern (EPA driven) engine, it is liquid cooled. Eschewing the class standard of an under-square (meaning longer stroke than cylinder bore diameter) V-twin engine, the company designed an all new, over-square, unit construction, vertical twin displacing 1,600 cc (97 cu. The 2014 Thunderbird is a large displacement cruiser, Triumph style.

2014 TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD FULL

(See "The 1999 Triumph Thunderbird Sport" on Motorcycles and Riding Online for a full review of that motorcycle.) While the name gives a nod to the 650cc Twin that debuted in the early 1950s, it shares nothing in common with that machine or the classic Hinckley triple that bore the name in the 1990s. Having spent most of my riding days on liter class sport tourers or sport bikes, I always have considered them the epitome of function over form, whereas the cruiser flops that on its head.Įnter the Thunderbird. I will state from the outset that I am not a cruiser guy.