British motorcycle producer Triumph is highlighting the abilities of its paint store by making eight Bonneville fashions in its Fashionable Traditional line out there with gold-colored accents. Known as Gold Line Version, the bikes stand out with an array of chic hand-painted particulars.
Shining gentle on what its paint store is able to wasn’t the one driving power behind the undertaking. Triumph defined that its clients have been asking for brighter and extra custom-inspired liveries. Whereas the aftermarket can fill that hole, Triumph joined the rising record of corporations within the car and motorbike industries that give patrons (who are sometimes lovers, not merely shoppers) customization choices.
The record of Gold Line Version fashions contains the Bonneville T100, the Road Scrambler, the Bonneville Speedmaster, the Bonneville Bobber, the Bonneville T120, the Bonneville T120 Black, the Scrambler 1200 XC, and the Scrambler 1200 XE; they’re all pictured in our gallery. Every bike places a barely completely different spin on the Gold Line Version look. For instance, the Scrambler 1200 XC features a Carnival Crimson and Storm Grey gas tank with an Aluminum Silver stripe, brushed foil knee pads, and a Jet Black aspect panel. The Bonneville Speedmaster encompasses a Silver Ice gas tank with Black Sapphire twin stripes, the identical brushed foil knee pads, plus gold and silver “Bonneville Speedmaster” logos.
All have no less than one styling cue in widespread: hand-painted gold-colored pinstripes that spotlight the varied components, just like the gas tank and the aspect panels, and matching “Gold Line” logos. It is a delicate therapy; not one of the Gold Line Version fashions look overly blinged-out.
Triumph notes that the gold accents are hand-painted in-house utilizing a particular soft-bristled brush, and that they are usually utilized in a single stroke. It takes a few years of expertise and a really, very, very regular hand to tug it off. The paint usually utilized to automobiles and bikes is just too skinny for brush work, so Triumph’s painters use a mix of powdered color and a cellulose laquer to use the accents. When the end is dry, the painter provides his or her initials to the motorbike earlier than spraying one closing clear coat of lacquer to seal the end.
Manufacturing of the eight Gold Line Version fashions is not restricted, however they’re going to solely be out there for one yr. Deliveries are scheduled to start out in the US and Canada in December 2021, and pricing ranges from $11,450 for a Bonneville T100 to $16,500 for a Scrambler 1200 XE. For context, the regular-production T100 begins at $10,700 whereas the Scrambler 1200 XE carries a base worth of $15,700.
