This twin is a thoroughly infectious engine that is quick revving, flexible and lusty. It not only looks neat, but sounds terrific.Īnd once you experience the urge and easy low-to-midrange torque boost of the bigger twin, you will forget any fanciful romantic notions of 360-degree cranks and farting exhausts. The straight-line exhausts have a clever twin-skin design that covers the pipe run through the cat box and out again. The 1200cc, eight-valve, liquid-cooled, parallel twin engine does not quite sound the same, but the deeper throb from the twin peashooter mufflers is delicious. I own a T100 and I was sceptical until Michael Oliver of Oliver’s Motorcycles in Brisbane loaned me a T120 Black for test.Īs soon as I fired up the engine with the modern one-touch kill/ignition switch I was hooked. But they will soon be convinced as I was. Some may prefer the simple, air-cooled bikes with the lumpy 360-degree crank rather than the smoother 270 firing interval. However, I believe the price hike is justified. The new T120 and T120 Black cost $17,000 plus on-road costs which is about $3000 more than the old 856cc T100 models and $1500 more than the new 900cc T100. The T120 revives the 1959 name and retains that classic retro vibe, yet the detail, finish, handling, power, torque, comfort, features, safety, economy and overall performance are so much better. The liquid-cooled Triumph T120 is such a quantum leap up from the old air-cooled Bonneville T100 it will even convince the most ardent of traditionalists.
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