Triumph unveils the return of its TFC "Triumph Factory Custom" programme



Triumph, the storied British motorcycle manufacturer, has just unveiled the return of its TFC (Triumph Factory Custom) programme. The iconic Thruxton café racer - the bike that won GQ's Bike of the Year 2018 - has been given the full Hinckley works treatment and is more exclusive, develops more power and is even lighter than any other Thruxton before it. Only 750 are ever to be made, and each will be individually numbered with a plaque on the top yoke near the clip-ons. The price? £17,500.



It's absolutely dripping in carbon fibre, right from the cockpit to the foot-peg guards to the exhaust end-caps. Triumph have managed to find more torque and an extra 10 HP over standard, bringing the total power output to 105 HP, thanks to high compression pistons, revised inlet ports and tweaked cam profiles. There's exquisite detailing everywhere you look, from the band running along the tank to the gold theming found on the instrument panel, to the chain, to the front fairing. And it's got the distinctive Triumph pattern in the headlight, and what looks to be the most beautifully made seat ever fitted by a manufacturer to a motorcycle.



Each Thruxton TFC will come with a personalisation book as well as a letter of authenticity signed by Triumph's head honcho, John Bloor. The most desirable Thruxton ever? Undoubtedly. Aside from GQ's own, of course.