Triumph Motorcycles has launched the Gold Line edition of its renowned Bonneville Bobber motorcycle for the Indian market. With a price tag of INR 12,75,000 (ex-showroom), the Bonneville Bobber Gold Line joins 5 other Gold Line models. To ensure its exclusivity amongst the masses, Triumph will produce the Bonneville Bobber Gold Line edition for just a year. Triumph’s renowned paint shop has used the bike as a platform to showcase its hand-painted gold lining skills.
Triumph’s paint shop team has also stated that hand-painting gold lines take years of expertise, patience, and extremely steady hands. Beginning the process by applying the two-tone colour scheme, Triumph ensures to flatten the meeting point of the two colours. The artist then continues the painting process by applying a hand-painted, continuous gold pinstripe with a specialized soft-bristled sword-liner brush. The paint shop team finishes the painting process by applying a final coat of lacquer to seal the gold pinstripe.
Triumph has utilized an attractive Carnival Red colour scheme on the fuel tank and mudguards along with a gold Triumph logo. Complimenting the paint scheme is an elegant ‘gold line’ logo with a Sapphire Black coloured twin stripe design. Additionally, the Bobber Gold Line features brushed foil knee pads with hand-painted gold lining and Sapphire Black side panels. Other design details include the unique Gold and Silver Bonneville Bobber logo with a hand-painted gold lining. Triumph also offers an accessory fit mudguard in a Carnival Red colour scheme for the Bonneville Bobber Gold Line edition.
Powering the new Bobber Gold Line is a 1200cc, liquid-cooled, parallel-twin motor that produces 78 PS and 106 Nm. Along with a 6-speed manual gearbox, the bike sports a brushed, stainless steel twin-skin exhaust system with brushed stainless silencers. Triumph has equipped the bike with tubular steel, twin cradle frame with 32-spoke, 16-inch alloy wheels on both ends.
For comfort and handling, the bike sports 47mm, front Showa cartridge forks, and a rear Monoshock RSU with linkage. For braking performance, the bike sports dual 310mm, front discs with 2-piston Brembo sliding axial callipers and ABS. At the rear, the bike sports a single 255mm disc with a single-piston Nissin axial calliper and ABS.
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