Interesting and embarrassing story re the T120. I was in Missoula MT and realized I hadn't lubed the chain for 1500 miles
and had a 1500 mile ride home coming up. Stopped in at a local MC shop for some chain lube. The shop happened to be a Triumph dealer.
A very friendly fellow was out looking over the bikes on display. He came over quickly as I rode up . He wanted to know all about the fairing which he though was from some aftermarket company. I assured him that it was a stock ( but a bit hard to get) Triumph item.
He then said " The bike I really like is the T 120, it's identical to your bike except it has an upright seating position"
Well where do I start with that? Should have let it go, but didn't, of course. I said, no they are quite different bikes. The suspension on the Thrux R is Ohlins and USD Big Piston Showa, the T120 has conventional forks and Kayabusa suspension units front and rear. The Thruxton has a different frame and the R model has an alloy swing arm. The R has Brembo twin disc brakes the T120 has single Kayabusa and so on. The T120 is also about 50 pounds heavier than the R.
Then I started listing all of the engine internal differences, output differences, final drive ratio differences, electronic differences and finished with
" probably the only common parts on the two bikes would be the engine cases, although I've read that even those have different part numbers for the two bikes"
He looked a little shocked, mumbled something about the customers knowing more than the sales people, to which I replied
"Yes, it's always disappointing when that happens, but in this case I had months of pouring over the minute details of the bike while waiting for it to be built"
I wandered in and as he appeared to be the only person inside, I asked if he knew where the sales staff were.
"I'm the owner, I can try to help you" came the sheepish reply.
Oops!
and had a 1500 mile ride home coming up. Stopped in at a local MC shop for some chain lube. The shop happened to be a Triumph dealer.
A very friendly fellow was out looking over the bikes on display. He came over quickly as I rode up . He wanted to know all about the fairing which he though was from some aftermarket company. I assured him that it was a stock ( but a bit hard to get) Triumph item.
He then said " The bike I really like is the T 120, it's identical to your bike except it has an upright seating position"
Well where do I start with that? Should have let it go, but didn't, of course. I said, no they are quite different bikes. The suspension on the Thrux R is Ohlins and USD Big Piston Showa, the T120 has conventional forks and Kayabusa suspension units front and rear. The Thruxton has a different frame and the R model has an alloy swing arm. The R has Brembo twin disc brakes the T120 has single Kayabusa and so on. The T120 is also about 50 pounds heavier than the R.
Then I started listing all of the engine internal differences, output differences, final drive ratio differences, electronic differences and finished with
" probably the only common parts on the two bikes would be the engine cases, although I've read that even those have different part numbers for the two bikes"
He looked a little shocked, mumbled something about the customers knowing more than the sales people, to which I replied
"Yes, it's always disappointing when that happens, but in this case I had months of pouring over the minute details of the bike while waiting for it to be built"
I wandered in and as he appeared to be the only person inside, I asked if he knew where the sales staff were.
"I'm the owner, I can try to help you" came the sheepish reply.
Oops!