2010 Triumph Thunderbird – Full Test!

The people who market motorcycles (and, by extension the journalists who write about them) get caught up in marketing categories and subcategories; niches to the nth degree. But for years now, Triumph has had a refreshing habit of ignoring the established categories and going their own way. Case in point: they had a relatively diminutive line of 800ish cc cruisers and standards on one hand and the biggest hot rod cruiser on the planet on the other, but nothing in-between. What is the meat-and-potatoes section for most manufacturers, anywhere from 1000 to 2000ccs, was missing for Triumph. For comparison, Star has 20 models in this range while the entire Victory lineup is at the upper end of this spectrum.

Photo Gallery: 2010 Triumph Thunderbird – Motorcycle Cruiser Magazine