Triumph Moto2 contract - three more years
Triumph Motorcycles will continue to provide its "record-breaking 765 cc triple powerplants" as the exclusive engine supplier to the FIM Moto2 World Championship for another three seasons (2022-2024).
Since the start of the 2019 season, Triumph has provided all of the teams with race-tuned 765 cc triples, each of which is based on the "class-leading Street Triple RS engine with developments that allow it to breathe more freely, rev harder and deliver a peak power output of more than 140 PS for an increase of over +17% on the production engine.
"This 765 cc triple brought a much-welcomed boost in power to the category, transforming the performance and level of competition. Following Dorna's intent to bring the Moto2 series closer to MotoGP, the increase in power and torque, combined with a more advanced electronics package, has provided a more relevant training and development ground, whilst enhancing the overall racing in its own right".
In the last two years, Moto2 graduates such as Alex Marquez, Brad Binder and Jorge Martin have gone on to take podiums and victories in their first seasons in the premier MotoGP class. "These incredible results go to prove how Moto2 has become the natural springboard for MotoGP that Dorna envisaged".
Records have also been falling - as well as 14 different race winners since 2019, there have been lap records set at 34 events, including records which have been broken and re-broken year-on-year, and the first ever 300+ km/h top speed for a Moto2 machine. The record stands at 301.8 km/h at Phillip Island, Australia.
Tiger Sport 660
The market for affordable adventure sports middleweights is heating up and Triumph has unveiled a unique entry to the fray in the form of the Tiger Sport 660.
Coming as a follow-up to the Trident 660, and the second model to carry the company's smallest three-cylinder engine, the Tiger Sport 660 squares up against the ever-popular Kawasaki Versys 650 and Yamaha's Tracer 7 as a road-oriented sports tourer with an adventure bike riding position. Hitting dealers in February next year, the bike offers a different take to its parallel twin rivals with Triumph's signature three-cylinder engine giving it a clear performance edge.
With 81 PS (80 bhp) at 10,250 rpm, bolstered by 47 lb/ft of torque at 6250 with at least 90 percent of that twist on hand all the way from 3,600 rpm to 9,750 rpm, the Tiger Sport 660 outguns its closest rival, the Tracer 7, by around 7.5 bhp. Triumph will also be offering an A2 licence kit to restrict the bike to 47 hp, a job that's easily reversed once owners get their full licence.
