Date for your Diary: Thunderbird 2025
Taking place from the 4th July to the 6th July, 2025, the Thunderbird Rally will be held at the Penkridge Sports and Recreation Centre, Pinfold Lane, Penkridge, Stafford ST19 5QP, UK. Tickets for the weekend are £25 and the first 125 tickets sold get a Rally badge so get in quick if you want to go.
Triumph Success at Donington Park
Ridden by Thomas Strudwick, a Triumph Daytona 660 got the top spot of the podium at last weekend. Thomas runs his own race team (TS Racing) and this was his first win of the season. It puts him in third place overall in the championship though with only two races left he doesn't have a chance of winning it.
Triumph's TF 250-X Fifth in MX2 Championship
Piloted by Mikkel Haarup the Monster Energy Triumph Racing team got a sixth place at the final round of the 2024 FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship in Spain. He was only beaten by three other makes - 2 Husqvarnas, a Gasgas, and a KTM. That's pretty impressive for its debut year and a good result.
New Speed Twin 1200 RS launched
It wasn't the best kept secret that after the demise of the Thruxton 1200 model range, Triumph were planning to replace it with an easier to manufacture model based on one of their existing models. So, at last, here we have the launch of the Speed Twin 1200 RS to plug that Thruxton gap - and doesn't it look smart.
New Speed T4 model for India
Debuting in India, the new Speed T4 is Triumph's latest model to use the TR engine. It comes as part of the new 2025 model year range with an updated Speed 400 model. The T4 is a budget specification model to capture another part of the low-capacity market, having proved their credentials with the existing 400cc models.
25th TMOC Rally in 2025
For the weekend 4th to 6th July 2025 TMOC (Triumph Motorcycle Owners Club Germany) invites you to its 25. International Triumph Rally for riders, owners and friends of English motorcycles. The event will take place at the usual Sommertreffen location near Hilders in the picturesque Rhoen mountains.
Triumph 5th in MXGP MX2
After respectable results in the MXGP rounds in the Netherlands and Switzerland, Mikkel Haarup is currently lying in 5th place in the MX2 World Championship on his Monster Energy Triumph Racing TF 250-X with Camden McLellan following on behind in 9th overall.
Triumphs in the Movies
Streaming now on Amazon Prime is the feature-length film 'One Fast Move' featuring a race-trim Daytona 765 against a backdrop of motorcycle club racing - available worldwide. There is also My Spy The Eternal City (also on Amazon Prime) which has a Bonneville Bobber for one of the action scenes.
TOMCC at NEC Classic Motor Show
The Meriden branch will once again be hosting a TOMCC stand showing a range of Triumph motorcycles at this year's NEC Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show. All members from all branches are invited to show their bike(s) at the show. TOMCC Members get a discount of £4 with the Club discount code.