Details of Triumph Thruxton TFC confirmed

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As well as unveiling the Rocket 3 TFC, Triumph have confirmed the final specs for the Thruxton TFC. Just like the Rocket, Triumph are making just 750 of the Thruxton TFC, which is a tuned and lightened version of their popular café racer.

Externally loads has changed on the Thruxton with pretty much everything blacked-out or painted gold for that retro JPS racer effect. What isn’t blacked-out is probably carbon anyway, including the fairing, front mudguard, seat cowl and exhaust end caps.

This, along with a lighter battery and the loss of the rear mudguard, helps knock the weight down to 198kg dry – a hair over 5kg lighter than the standard Thruxton R.

Internally the engine has been lightened and received high compression pistons, new cam profiles, reworked ports and a bespoke set of pipes from Vance & Hines. All that adds up to 107.5bhp (nearly 12bhp more than an R) while torque is boosted to 84.8ftlb. The Thruxton is available to order now at £17,500 for June delivery.

What we already knew about the Triumph Thruxton TFC

Triumph launched the stunning ‘Factory Custom’ version of their flagship modern classic Thruxton R model in January 2019, boasting carbon fibre bodywork, high-end suspension, and an engine overhaul that sees peak power jump to over 105bhp.

Thruxton TFC highlights

750 numbered and TFC badged editions

Lighter and more powerful than the Thruxton R

Carbon bodywork and Öhlins suspension

The Thruxton TFC (Triumph Factory Custom) is the debut bike to emerge from the new division, which has been created to tap into bikers’ appetite for customized bikes, but without all the hassle of bespoke builds, nullified warranties, dodgy wiring and other ownership headaches – like insuring the bike easily, and damaging the donor bike’s value.

Triumph have also revealed that the second model in the TFC range will be a new Rocket. With no Rocket in the current range, this also confirms MCN’s recent speculation and spy shots that we would see an all-new Rocket in 2019.

Thruxton is the perfect café racer

Limited to just 750 individually numbered bikes worldwide, with each build "never to be repeated," say Triumph, the Thruxton TFC will be individually numbered and come with a TFC handover pack and certificate signed by Triumph CEO Nick Bloor, a personalised custom build book, and a TFC bike cover. But the exciting stuff is all centered around the hike in spec and finishes.

The Thruxton TFC is clad in carbon fibre bodywork, including a one-piece carbon fairing, front mudguard, seat cowl, heel guards and silencer end caps. The billet machined aluminium top yoke carries TFC branding, there are brushed nickel mirror centres, a tinted screen, leather seat with stitched detailing, and billet machined aluminium oil filler cap.

Much of the normal Thruxton brightwork has also been blacked out, including the anodized spoked rims, Öhlins RSU shocks, engine covers and a tail tidy. In true Henry Ford myth parody, there’s only one body colour available – black, with gold coachlines. All very JPS.

The engine gets a reasonable tickle, too – with a stir of the T120 unit resulting in another 9.8bhp more peak power than the Thruxton R, meaning around 105bhp on tap, while peak torque has also snuck up from 82.6lbft to 84.8lbft.

The boost is achieved with a host of lighter engine components, high compression pistons, revised ports and cam profile, and bespoke Vance & Hines carbon capped titanium silencers.

Thruxton TFC sheds the pounds

As well as gaining almost 10bhp over the Thruxton R, it’s also a useful 5kg lighter (198kg, dry), further improving the power to weight ratio – largely delivered via lighter engine component refinements, carbon fibre bodywork, aluminium engine cradle rails, rear mudguard removal, and a lighter weight battery.

It also gets a handling boost – not that it really needed it – from the fully adjustable Öhlins NIX30 front forks and piggy back rear shocks with billet machined aluminium adjusters, plus Brembo 4-piston M4.34 radial monobloc calipers and Metzeler Racetec RR tyres. The lighting is all LED, there are three updated rider modes, ABS and traction control.

The first of what Triumph promise will be a whole series of limited edition TFC models – the most exclusive and highly spec’d bikes in each respective range – the Thruxton is available to order now at £17,500 – for June 2019 delivery.

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