All other journalists preferred the XE for looks at first sight, but once they rode the two modells they preferred the XC for driving on and off road. Triumph nailed it! Both bikes are a blast!
NO You may NOT! LOL The entire idea of audio levels is lost on them. I asked them once, and they say "I had no trouble hearing it" on a -14db video. It seems they don't look at the levels or pay attention to them at all. They have music at +4 db and their voice recording is like -13db or whatever and they just throw it in the editor like that and whatever comes out is what gets put up on youtube. It would literally take 5 seconds to fix, but they don't seem to care. It happens a lot on youtube though.
Good video but how many people are likely to take it offroad? One question I always have about bikes with flat track style tyres is do they have decent edge grip on tarmac?
Last Review It. I certainly will mate, taking one later this year down the Great Continental Divide Trail from Canada to New Mexico. My info from people who's opinion I trust, is the suspension is even better on the 'E' than a KTM1090R which is the industry leader at the moment. Just check out how stable the bike is in any of these off road tests, never seen anything like it before. If you know about suspension, then you will recognise just how bloody amazing a job Triumph have done.
@@Britishshooter good to know people use them for what they're designed for! Im thinking about something similar as a second bike as my ZX10R is a handful in winter months
Beware the gearbox, my gear selector failed after only 2 months and 2500 miles. I previously had a 2016 Bonneville T120 which also had a gear selector failure , one at 2700 miles, this was replaced with a "modified part" as the failure was due to a batch of faulty selectors supplied to Triumph, as I was told by the dealer and that failed 500 miles later, so i traded the bike in. Triumph had assured me that the gearbox fault of which they were aware of, but chose not to have a recall over, "fixing" bikes as they failed under guarantee, had been sorted on the 1200 Scrambler engine, not in my case! I have found examples of people having had up to 4 replacement gear selectors and counting with the T120, the same engine as the 1200 Scrambler. If you get a bike with this fault expect your gearbox to fail between 2500 and 3000 miles and if you have a bike that is still under warranty, make sure that you do at least that number of miles before it runs out , or you are likely to get a bill for replacing a part that was already faulty when fitted.
It reminds of the Honda 305 Scramblers that I admired so much as a young boy in the mid/late 60's. I love that look...But 1200cc's...and 204KG isn't heavy? Try picking 450 lbs (which is more than my S1000RR) up when you spill it in the dirt...that will not be a fun day.
A bit disappointing as a review, It felt like it was a promotional piece - and did I see some reading of an autocue perhaps?! Michael Neeves is the best there is - this just didn’t feel like Michael Neeves.
Yeah I heard that too...and as a guy who earned two AMA Expert licenses in both 250cc Motocross and 250cc Road Race back in the day and has done some pretty extensive off road and pavement riding, I can tell you picking up a 450 lb scooter is not going to make for a fun day off road...that is heavier than my S1000RR and she isn't terribly fun to pick up even on pavement.
@@stevefowler2112 l ride adventure bikes they are all heavy, the triumph is lighter than any other 1200cc adventure bike, even lighter than the Africa twin 1000cc or the bmw gs 850
@@gregbristowe3057 Yeah I get that, and in that respect it is "not heavy"...it actually looks like a cool scooter, I guess my background is enduro/motocross/trials/flat track and Road Race and the thought of a 450 lb dirt bike seems crazy. Having said that, I understand the capabilities the adventure scooters have and they are impressive in their own regard. p.s. I am only 5'8" at 148 lbs so that may explain some of my proclivity for light scooters (btw when I was racing and earning two class AMA Expert Licenses in my younger years me and my buds always called our race bikes scooters, thus my nomenclature).
@@stevefowler2112 yeah they are what they are, you just have be aware of their limits, they are meant for a specific purpose, l also used to ride enduro up until a couple of years ago, before l got to old and worn out , l had a 2015 husky te300 2 stroke only weighed 102 kgs, now l ride with all the other old guys on adventure bikes, we do easier forest trails and the odd tricky rocky hill or river crossing, we're usually in large groups so when one of us falls over there's a few of us to help lift the thing up !
Just bought the xc, not because I couldnt arrord the xe but because it suited me more. Xe is fine if your over 6 foot but I could barely get my toes down. Also xc was much better on road and still very capable if handling the trails I use.
This will look great outside Starbucks while you slip a chocolate sprinkled macchiato in your vintage Belstaff jacket. Editorially, you really should have called it out for its obvious shortcomings off road. Nice puff piece though, I hope Triumph assign plenty of media budget with you off the back of this :)
Please work on your audio quality. I shouldn't have to scroll the volume of a video up and down between music, speech, and ride recording. Anyone can ride a motorcycle and then talk about it. An established journalism site like yours needs to put out quality media to be taken seriously. I don't mean to sound like a dick, but it's frustrating to see channels with no budget putting out more viewer-friendly videos.
Nicely read , to many cliches and too monotone. That’s not a balanced review. If I didn’t know better I’d think you worked in the Triumph marketing dept!
