in this video we're reviewing the Triumph Bob our black it's a 1200 cc
Baba motorcycle built in Britain and as you can see it's a beautiful Aggie bike
it's liquid called eight mouths 1,200 CC it's to 1200 H Tianjin
which stands for high torque and it's a very potent powerful motorcycle
this bike I'm sitting on will cost 11650 on the road in the UK as you see it and
that's a lot of motorbike for the money if you want it in this sort of slightly
gray color it's eleven thousand eight hundred pounds they call it iron stone
the engine produces 76 horsepower at 6100
rpm and it produces 106 Newton metres of torque at 4000 rpm
up front you've got forty seven millimeter forks with three and a half inches to travel and at the
rear you've got a monoshock with just over three inches of travel and the ride is quite firm but
that gives you a nice feel and you feel in touch with the road you've got the bar and mirrors which
I like it gives you a better rearward visibility and having them high up to mount it on here so
I love how this seat it's kind of floating in the air it is adjustable but obviously you need
a spanner to do that and the defender because it's so low to the tire it kind of gives a kind
of fender list look you know it's there but it's kind of slick down to the tires it sort of blends
I think everything about this might be remarks that really high quality which is a nice thing
it's a very good-looking bike got a nice fat front tire a beautiful tank and it's
very easy to grip with your knees it looks like an air-cooled engine but it's it's water cord
you've got the radiator on the front it's extremely beautifully designed you've got
some beautiful quality parts on here the rear monoshock the rear mud guards are lovely shape
and it's kind of hidden so you don't really see it so it's got that really good bobber
look you've got this huge number plates at the back which you have to have in Britain
but obviously you could make a smaller one and you've got a fairly minimalistic light cluster
here and indicators you got unusual positioning of the ignition on this bike when there's not key
in it I think it looks really cool but when you've got your key in it and it's dangling
down it kind of is a bit annoying so that's the only anything that I do like the look
I can't think of any other bike that looks this good as it comes from the factory
I wouldn't change anything today apart from the exhaust and that says something
you have a 9 liter fuel tank on this bike the 69 miles per gallon amazing and you also have
an average miles per gallon display on here so that's a very good thing for a bike that's
something very useful indeed the forks have a 25 point nth degree rake which is quite
steep it's a bit more like a sports bike so the handling is very agile and it turns very easily
if you compare this to a Harley Davidson iron for instance which is a sort of similar kind
of bike you could make it into a bobber it's got a 30-degree rate so this is much steeper
this bike weighs 230 7.5 kilos dry too with the weight of the fuel and the oil it's a little bit
more which is about average of this type of bike the wheelbase is 1510 millimeters which
is a little bit shorter than the harley-davidson Softail and a about 5 mils shorter than a Harley
Davidson iron to give you a comparison and a lot of that be down to the steepness of the
force but it feels quite a big spacious bike and it is in no ways in a small motorbike so I
am 6 foot 3 and it feels perfectly comfortable and I'd imagine I look ok on it I'd say this
bike would be very suitable for anyone from 5 foot 6 to 6 foot 3 really the seat height
is 27 inches give or take and I say give or take because it is adjustable you can undo
a couple of nuts here and bring it down and back or up and forward so you've got about
an inch and a half movement backwards and about an inch or so of height adjustment
because 6-speed gearbox chain-drive disc brakes ABS fuel injection electric starts
you've got two modes you've got rain and road for the traction control you've got
abs which you can turn on and off and the bike does everything it expected to
do and it's a very modern high spec motorbike for the money
on this part you've got a talk assist clutch which
makes the clutch feel lighter and it also makes the clutch narrower
if you go onto triops website this bike comes with loads of accessories so you can make the
bike exactly what you want it to be another good thing on this bike the service interval
is ten thousand months so the first service is after ten thousand miles so you probably
won't do that in a year depending on how much your ride of course but most people are going
to buy a Buckeye let's put it in the garage and ride it on a sunny day so you're never
getting even near ten thousand but that's pretty good now triumphs call this range
of bike brutal beauties and it is a beauty and it is kind of brutal because it's very powerful
as soon as you open the throttle you're going and it's a very fast bike to ride
so if you're thinking about all of this I've narrowed down to basically three options you've
got this and two others and I've written them down here because I can't remember all
the facts and figures off the top of my head you've got the Indian scout whopper twenty at
twelve thousand six hundred ninety nine this is eleven six fifty they're both comparable in looks
or you've got the Harley Street Bob at twelve thousand two hundred ninety five now the street
Bob is a little bit more talking a little bit more powerful but it's also heavier and
two hundred eighty six kilos and a little bit longer not by much and you've got a 30 degree
rate where this is twenty five point eight so this is a little bit more nimble so there's
your comparisons the Harley you would have to accessorize you'd have to buy a few more things
to make it look as good as this so this becomes a very good value for money bike in comparison
this bike rides very nicely it's very nimble it's very easy to turn after a few weeks you'd build
your confidence and you've been going through the bends like mad if you wanted to but equally
it's a nice comfortable ride so in the towns and the cities you could just ride this bike
and enjoy the ride and it's a real hit turner so wherever you stop people are going to talk
to you about it and it's a sort of pleasurable experience the handlebars are about the right
width they're not too wide they're not too narrow so if your lane splitting you're not gonna bash
into every mirror that you go past so it's sort of well thought out design for manoeuvring the term
lock to lock isn't very much so if you're moving around in a tight space then it takes a little bit
of a three or four five point turn the engine puts down its power very well it accelerates
so quickly and you open the throttle and it's a responsive bike and you will build up the speed
ever so fast the gear change is silky smooth the clutch is light and it's a very rapid motorbike
you've got the mid-to mounted controls on here which just right for the bike to be
honest I wouldn't say it needs forward controls it wouldn't feel so good the only thing is you
can scuff the exhaust pipe here with your heel so that's just one of those things it happens
with all that talk overtaking is effortless going up hills you don't need to change down gear just
twist the football and it will go well that's a look of the pipes these are the stock types and
they sound quite nice of course you can get loud the ones and if this was my bike that's what I do
practically speaking the rear fender covers most of the rear wheel so you're not going
to get splashed by the rear tire the thrust covers a small portion so if it's really wet
you are going to get some water coming down you probably get wet feet but that's not too
bad on the bobber style bike that's very good we'd like to know your thoughts on this bike
what do you think of it good or bad we love it it's beautiful it's stylish its artistic
it's good value for money it's fast it corners it's nimble it does everything
which bike would you go for would you go for the Indian scout barber 20 would you go
for this or would you go for the street clock and do you think there are other comparables
so who would ride a bike like this I would say people of my age are gonna love it all
the guys are gonna love it you just passed your test and you know young going you're only 20s
you're gonna love it it's good for the ladies if you're not as tall as me it's good because
you can lower the seat so it covers everybody so we'd like to know what you think about that
now being a younger rider this still appeals to me I think it's a fantastic bike and it's
something I'd certainly buy and of course it appeals to you as well who is an old rider
our verdict on this bike it's beautiful it's good family for
money it's fast it's nimble it does everything you'd want a motorbike to
do it's a head turner it sounds nice what more could you want
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