4/30/2023 0 Comments Street scrambler![]() ![]() The other major change to the new Street Scrambler is its chassis, which is all new and was designed for better off-road manners and more accessibility. Fortunately, the heat shield did its job! Standing up off-road is fairly comfortable, although the exhaust pipes forced my right leg out just a bit. It also features a new ride-by-wire system, with traction control and ABS that can both be disabled for off-road use. Triumph claims the new Scrambler makes a claimed 28 percent more power and torque in the “real-world” riding range of 2,750 to 4,750 rpm, although the peak figures of 55 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 59 lb-ft of torque at a low 2,850 rpm (the previous model reached its 51 lb-ft peak at nearly 5,000 rpm) don’t appear that different. Comparing it to its 865cc-powered Scrambler predecessor, the differences become even more pronounced. Thanks to its unique tune and throttle mapping, the Street Scrambler is snappier off the line than the Twin, and feels much more playful and fun. The high-mount pipes have a new, more modern brushed finish. Otherwise, however, this is an entirely different animal. It also shares the Twin’s 3.2-gallon fuel tank, brakes, LED taillight and other bits. The Street Scrambler is powered by the Street Twin’s all-new, 900cc, liquid-cooled “high torque” parallel twin, but with a snarly 270-degree firing interval and unique Scrambler tune. In fact, Triumph says that of the 68-percent increase in modern classic sales last year, the biggest seller was the Street Twin. The new Street Scrambler is based on the successful Street Twin, launched last year ( read our Road Test Review). That said, it’s always been my favorite model out of Triumph’s lineup of “modern classics.” So I was looking forward to giving the latest version, the 2017 Street Scrambler, a run at the global launch in Seville, Spain. The top-heavy Scrambler, while certainly capable of off-road shenanigans, really needed some significant modifications in order to be truly dirt-worthy. With a punchy new engine and more compact size, the new Street Scrambler excels in the twisties. Read our Rider Comparo of the 2015 Ducati Scrambler & 2015 Triumph Scrambler. Or, if what you really wanted was a knobby-shod, high-piped, pothole-eating, cool street bike, there has been-since 2006-Triumph’s Scrambler. If you wanted a bike that would transition from city streets to single track, there were plenty of DRs, XRs and the like to choose from. As the decades wore on and manufacturers drilled down and created specialized models for every use and customer-chopper, tourer, sport tourer, enduro, dual-sport, ADV-scramblers became more of a style than a truly dirt-worthy machine. ![]() Scramblers were born in the 1960s, and were essentially street bikes that had been modified for dirt racing and general off-road hooliganism. (Photos by Alessio Barbanti and Matteo Cavallini) After taking a year off in 2016, the Triumph Scrambler is back, in the form of the 2017 Street Scrambler. ![]()
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