This is what I was looking for. Everybody's video talks about the scrambler 900 does this or that, but you're the only one I've come across that explains how the bike feels, how the controls are within reach, how easy or hard it is to use the basic stuff, demonstrate how it sits and how it would be for an advanced or beginner rider. Great video!
The helmet gopro footage is so much better, glad you went for it. Nailed the sound set up now and it's great to hear your thoughts as you ride. Can't script that chat so it's the realest content. Doing it in your 3rd language is amazing, you can't tell. 👌
I got the Sandstorm Street Scrambler 18 months ago. It's the least powerful bike I've had for quite a few years, but it's the most fun. It feels much lighter than it actually is, and it has the best sounding standard exhaust, although removing the cat makes it sound even better. I was surprised at just how hard this bike can be pushed on twisty roads too. You're right about the looks too - so many people comment on it!
I have the 900 Street Scrambler, the Scrambler 400X and the Scrambler 1200XE. I absolutely love the 900SS, which is the Swiss Knife of all bikes and is the one I will not sell, whenever I change rotations in my garage. Looking at the reliability of both of the other bikes I own, I have to mention that the 400X is still plagued by teething issues, which need to be resolved over time, ie. the random immobilizer lights on the dash coming on, and I read about random oil leaks, starting and key issues too. My old 1200XC had some issues with the keyfob and I read about subframe issues (maybe they are ridden too hard off road) and dash replacement issues, however have not experienced these with my XE yet. I have not experienced or heard anything of that sort with the 900 though. It is a simple and reliable design, is very accessible, has a lot of torque and is absolutely utilitarian. In my humble opinion Triumph has landed a hit and I hope they keep the production of the 900SS, now called the Scrambler 900 going.
Something I really like about this bike, although I'm going for a Yamaha R6. Definitely want to get a scrambler too, these triumphs seem pretty cool.. love the sound and look, which is the complete opposite of super sports. Can't wait. Thanks for the video, awesome review. Love the accent, I'm hearing Eastern European? Great vid 😊
The Triumph Scrambler looks and sounds so retro. Watching your review really makes me want to go out on my 1979 XT500. Another month and we will all be out and about having so much fun hopefully the weather will be good to us.👌
Another month? Had mine out yesterday. I just made extra effort to wash off the salt from this week's icy roads. lucky enough to have a couple of bikes but completely LOVE this 2017 Scrambler. Torque, looks, glorious sounds. Customised by Philip McCallen. Keeper. Will never part with it. These things are meant for all year riding. Great review of this shiny red one. ❤
In my opinion, back to your best presentation. Like always your explanation of the technical stuff but I also like very much about your feeling of connection to the bike which I truly believe is so essential in motorcycle ownership.. Great review
i have a 2018 street scrambler. i bought it brand new as a first time rider and i can say it is a fantastic bike to learn on. its also great out in the woods on forest service roads and atv trails. i cant imagine ever getting rid of it
Great video - thanks! Love the focus on how the bike FEELS to ride. Can't wait to get my daughters into motorbiking. Can I ask what heated gloves are you using? Do you like them? I'm tired of swapping out heated grips on every bike.
That's the best sounding modern bike in the world. How a motorcycle should sound. Even better than a 70s Norton. This is a excellent episode. I want one.
Loving it. This is probably the only other type of bike I would want to own. But I'm a shorty. So will have to see when I get to Triumph in Kent UK. Enjoy Cyprus. Let us know what's up there.
I have a BMW 1200GS and a Husqvarna 701. Due to age (74) and a recent back/leg issue I need to get a lower bike. I love to take long trips plus ride dirt and gravel roads. I think this bike could be kitted to do both. I’d have to go with low exhausts and a proper luggage system. The small tank is a problem also so I’d have to address additional fuel. Thanks for the review.
I absolutely love my Scrambler 900, it's just an incredibly versatile bike, from riding through London where it's small enough and nimble enough to filter, to A and B road blasts of a summer evening. Sure it's all a bit turbulent on the motorway, but who wants to ride on the motorway when they're are so many A and B roads to explore.
Hi mate. I hope this translates properly. The old British Scramblers this is based on where basically road bikes modified to run off road. They got chunky tires, raised suspension and a custom exhaust that ran along the bike rather than under the bike. This basically kept it from getting bashed up when riding off road. It also looks really good.
I bought one of these in 2020 which got stolen and written off but I liked it so much I went straight out and bought another one.👍I don't commute (retired) but use it all year round, just for general short trip pleasure riding and nipping into town for light shopping etc. Not exactly a lightweight but does carry it's weight well. As with most mass produced bikes the plated finish on some of the fixtures and fitting is poor so you have to keep on top of cleaning and maintenance in wet salty weather. A front mudguard extender works wonders on keeping the rad and front on the engine clean. I also did away with the pillion seat and fitted a rear carrier for practicality. Both this and the 1200 are waaayyyy too heavy for anything more than very mild green lanes IMO. I have a dirt bike which can still be a handful off road at some 100kg lighter!😂
Hope you stayed toasty warm on your rainy ride D. How do you like the heated gloves? They looked very nice. Take care 'n enjoy the sunshine too. (two weeks mite become four).
Thanks for sharing I’ve just sold my 900 scrambler great bike but miss my bmw r nine t scrambler so I’m now looking for another one just in time for spring 🏍️🏍️
Terrific video. This bike may be in my future. I live in Vermont which is a land of secondary paved and dirt roads. Twisty roads galore. I was thinking Bonneville. But, this may fit my needs better.
Great roads you were riding on through Fingringhoe. Coming from Mersea, I use it often on my bike too. Do you get your Triumphs directly from them, or do you use the dealer network? I ask as I wouldn’t mind test riding a few like the street triple, trident and tiger sport. Great review and ride safe.
Hi great video as always. I have the 1200xe and love the low end grunt so much. Also can you tell me what heated gloves you have as i want some rechargable ones.
Hi I'm Italian, excuse me for my English... I love that bike , my only doubt is about the position of the marmite : is that too hot for the driver's right leg and for the passenger? Is that a motorbike you can also use for little travel?? Thank you. Clem
Me at 18 seconds "that filler cap would piss me off" Me at 1 minute 33 seconds "I would forgive anything for that sound" Also I'd love it to be 8 Celsius again, it's snowing!
I live in Seattle, Washington and I want to buy this or the Speed Twin 900. I would like to ride it all year except for the days when it snows. Even when the weather is really shitty I would like to commute on it. In the winter I am thinking about putting on a touring height windscreen, have heated grips, and wear heated, waterproof gear. Can a person enjoy riding one of these in terrible wet, cold conditions? I was thinking about getting a Tiger 900 for better weather protection, but overall I prefer the Scrambler or Speed Twin 900. What do you think? The weather doesn’t look so awful in your video.
Good video Deimante! 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Was waiting for this one as I’m strongly considering buying TS 900 as my first bike here in the UK, albeit a pre-used one. Apart from various comments in here about the suspension, I wanted to as you and the rest of your subscribers here who have owned/ridden this bike, does the high dual exhaust create any sort of discomfort? One can assume that you can feel the exhaust on your inner right thigh and of the pillion rider as well. Also, I see that there are different riding modes available on this bike; how reactive and responsive are these modes?
Hey Nair Bikes. I just bought this bike last year. The exhaust you can feel if you hug the pipes with your legs but in no way is it in any way harmful, hot or anything like that. You just feel a little warm, which is helpful on cold days lol. This was the first bike i ever bought and it is so easy to drive and use. Feels completely natural to drive. I haven't used the different modes very much yet to give any sort of real experience. What little i have used, you can see a difference in the take off control with the throttle. Which helps with rain / gravel etc for sure.
Love my Scrambler, can't fault it. Perfect for the alpine twisites where I live. Also have a 76 Bonneville, I don't compare the two, but it's also so much fun to ride. Why don't you try and get a classic Triumph to borrow, something like a TR6C, and do a vlog?! Maybe team up with one of the classic bike channels or shops...
@@tomboyabit I had a 67 TR6C years ago (the one I should have NEVER sold!), It's basically what the modern Scrambler is based on, along with the T100C and desert sleds. Go for it!
Never mind off road, a scrambler is a good choice for roads in the south east of England for the future as far as I can see. World class pot holes, speed bumps and general disrepair of the roads are pretty bad now and will be. Hope Cyprus is a good trip for you.
Mate. I thought it was only New Zealand - specifically Northland where we live - that has roads so spectacularly dreadful you drive or ride with white knuckles. Just shocking right? We think this is why the Ford Ranger (damn them all to hell) has been the best-selling "car" in NZ for years!!
Perfect bike for this shitty weather ,great sound for it ,, which do you prefer ,,900 or 1200 ? so you prefer the 900 ,, ok I need to try the 1200 I think . great video as always and enjoy your trip .
Gorgeous bike except for 1 thing, that front mudguard. It really bugs me. It has the wrong curve. It looks like it was designed for a 17 inch wheel. Like they just used the one off the Street Twin to save a few quid.
It is odd. It is more of a suggestion than an actual mudguard. Particularly if the bike is taken through rough weather and poor roads. I would probably change it up to a more extended version if they do one.
Te felicito. Que bueno poder decir con tanta facilidad que se tienen estos juguetitos en el garaje de casa. Dios te bendiga y que sigas disfrutando tus motocicletas.
The only time I've ever really felt the heat was last year's DGR - London. The combination of high ambient temperatures, lightweight suit and very slow speeds meant the heat built up. The rest of the time you don't really feel it, although I did find myself stretching my leg neck over the exhaust the other day to warm it up a bit, then again, it was - 2°.
Very curious to know what you thought of the suspension?. It's quite short travel for a scrambler. I know my next bike is going to be a scrambler and I've narrowed my list down to three. This bike though I've yet to ride one. A Ducati desert sled I have ridden & loved but high & expensive maintenance scares me off. (A mate has one & he wants to sell it for that very reason). The last one is the new Fantic caballero 700 which should be available soon?. That's a gorgeous bike and the Yamaha cp2 engine is awesome to say the least. I live on a farm in Herefordshire a few miles from the Welsh border with thousands of miles of pothole riddled B&C roads. This triumph is the most beautiful of the three but I'm just not sure the suspension is up the roads & green lanes around here?.
I haven’t tried it on the green lines. But even if I had done it I wouldn’t have been able to tell much. I don’t have much off road experience. Yet. I loved Ducati height, but same expensive maintenance would make me question it. At the end of the day it’s a scrambler. Needs to be ridden all weathers, all roads. On the road I haven’t noticed any odds of suspension. When it’s too hard or too soft for me I feel it. And I say it.
@@tomboyabit I do worry about the suspension & it's my only hesitation except that before I decide I really want to at least see the new Fantic caballero 700 in the metal. I don't plan to do much green Laning, but I do want a bike capable of a bit at least. Maybe I'm just weird, but to my eyes the triumph scrambler 900 is just hands down the sexists bike out there. There's also something else about it. I reckon it would save me lots of money over time. You know as well or better than any how much money we spend customizing a bike with new exhausts etc. The triumph is just so gorgeous right out the factory what would you actually change?.
you should check out scrambler stories page if your worried about the suspension. he's ridden his from Florida to Alaska and all over the Arizonian desert. its no dirt bike but its suspension is just fine for the worst of roads. as far as changing anything from the factory about the looks, i did a tail tidy on mine
This will be my fifth season with this bike .I use it a lot on gravel and bumpy dirt roads but not single track ..I got better pegs for standing or posting in the rough .If you have an extra $2K for an Öhlins Suspension it would be great but on the whole it is a perfect back road roadster as is
She’s back with the most gorgeous accent! That is the sexiest scrambler!! Especially the exhaust !! it’s the “Rolex “ of scramblers . any bike in the Triumph family is cool😉 it’s a British thang!! How does that bike feel compared to the Bonneville in terms of handling? USA
