Triumph Motorcycles Limited

So Yamaha isn't the most comfortable chassis I feel like in the 450 class right now.

I still think Kawasaki and Triumph have more comfort within their chassis.

But comparing these to each other, Kyle just picked the Yamaha because the engine is easy for him to ride.

It's not too much for him to ride.

Sure, I will probably get tired, but I can... manipulate the power enough because i have longer straightaways i know where to rest and and so forth with glenn helen but if i said hey i'm going back to georgia which i haven't done it yet but i've been riding the works edition back home i love the honda because it's easy to ride the engine's great um that stiffer feel comparative to each other i don't feel as much on softer dirt I can feel the ground more back east.

So the bike itself, even when I go race or go ride these tighter tracks back east with ruts, the Yamaha feels big.

When I go to Triumph and I ride what they call MX2 track... tighter than MX one, dude, I feel like I'm riding a fucking huge motorcycle and I'm running.

I'm like, dude, this is way too much bike here.

900cc adventure bikes.

Triumph.

Yep.

Ducati.

We've got a 450 motocross shootout coming up, actually, everyone, too, so stay tuned.

That's in pretty much four weeks from now, and we have everyone turning up, which is very exciting.

All four Japs, including Suzuki, which we haven't had in the last few, plus Ducati, Triumph, Beta, KTM, Husqvarna, So yeah, you'll get a chance, Briggs, you to ride on there.

And we're waiting for the fourth, the Enduro Ducati to get into more time with Jeff Braco.

Even if he finishes the same, it's much more enjoyable to go do your job every weekend and during the week if you're having fun on the motorcycle and you're gelling with the motorcycle.

AP to Triumph.

Yep.

What do you think?

I mean, obviously, bummer, I would say, to KTM only because of his fan base, you know, everything, just like Malcolm.

Yep.

Good for Triumph, obviously.

Yeah.

I'll be fortunate enough...

You know, I met Joe through working on Triumph gigs with Gareth Bright, Woodcoat Events, and the...

The people you meet, it's not just the racing, it's the family you meet around it.

I think that's probably the scariest thing about maybe thinking about hanging your boots up or retiring.

Let's just go back to Europe and sort this out and see if we can get another gig.

And then, fortunately enough, I dropped on with the McAdams thing when Bradley Perry was injured, unfortunately for him.

And then through my connections with Triumph, we ended up doing the first two rounds and loved every minute of being in there.

And then really...

All right.

Triumph is going hard into the off-road, and they made a whole film series about it.

It's called All In.

It's four parts.

It's out now on YouTube and Triumph's own website.

Here's the short version of the story.

Triumph is best known for street bikes, classic roadsters, modern cafes, that whole vibe.

That is the brand in the whole picture.

I don't know what he's riding.

He's on a Triumph, I think.

Yeah, probably.

Triumph, which has actually-

Yeah

...

Have you ever, Simon?

I have no interest.

Have you seen

the Triumph T40? No.

No, but if I find out about all the bad shit, see, that's a much better way of going into this situation.

There's no bad shit.

I watched

a documentary about that the whole trip.

whole trip so talking about other so Triumph brought if you're listening to this podcast you'll know that we've taken the Triumph 400 right the Speed 400 we've all gotten a chance to ride that we've had one we've had a couple of them at the shop and it's super fun little bike right we've all kind of agreed kind of cool does its job does its thing so Triumph has announced that they're now going to do the T40 and the T40 is the Bonneville so this was in the department of obvious department right no shit you're going to do a bonneville i'm shocked that you did it backwards and you did the scrambler and then the speed and then the bonneville because historically they did

a thruxton to a 400 yeah they did you're right