New images have been released showing the latest model to come out of the Triumph research and development centre in Leicestershire.
Photographs of the new Triumph Trident show the model in its final stage of testing, and were taken in and around the Triumph headquarters in Hinckley.
The bike will be in dealers next spring at a price the manufacturer said “represents great value”, with a “full reveal” to follow in the coming weeks.
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The new pictures come a few weeks after Triumph unveiled a prototype of the bike at the London Design Museum.
The business said it has been working on the design for the past four years, and it was now in the fine tuning stage.
Triumph – which announced 240 海角视频 job losses in June due to the impact of the global lockdown – said work on bike had been led by the team at its design facility in Leicestershire.
All of its bikes are designed and tested in Hinckley, although even before Covid-19 Triumph had announced plans to make Thailand its main centre of manufacturing.
Hinckley remains its global base though, making its prototype and bespoke models and becoming its centre of research and development.
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Conceived and developed by the Hinckley design team, the new bike has additional styling from Italian motorcycle designer Rodolfo Frascoli, who has worked on a number of Triumphs as well as designs for Motor Guzzi, Yamaha and Suzuki.
The Trident is being promoted as a new entry point into Triumph’s Triple roadster line-up.
The latest pictures were taken during its final road test phase.
Steve Sargent. Triumph chief product officer, said: “With its pure minimalist form, clean lines, Triumph design DNA and more than a hint of our Speed Triple’s muscular poise, this gives the first exciting glimpse at the full Trident story to come.
“Ultimately our aim was to bring a new take on character and style, alongside the accessible easy handling and quality Triumph is known for – at a price that’s really competitive.”
Triumph builds around 60,000 bikes a year, and is the largest British motorcycle manufacturer, employing around 1,800 personnel worldwide.
It has subsidiary operations in the 海角视频, North America, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Scandinavia, the Benelux countries, Brazil, India, China and Thailand as well as a network of independent distributors.
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It has manufacturing facilities in Thailand plus parts assembly facilities in Brazil and India.
The bike business was saved by the Bloor family of housebuilders in the 1980s and turnover grew to £529.5 million in the year to June, 2019, when it made 60,131 bikes.