retaining the look of the 1960s American desert racing scene , but in a modern-classic way . It oozes attractive , traditional Triumph styling from every one of its metal pores and the signature twin high-mount mufflers and side numberplate give extra credibility to the desert racer look . While the Street Scrambler is not a powerful bike , it does has a lovely , smooth and flexible engine with giant Farmall tractor-like flywheel inertia . It will waft along at 120km / h without a care in the world . Rapid acceleration is not a strong point , but it still happily jiggles up to the speed limit , and will easily cruise in excess of that limit . You ’ d not know unless you looked at the speedo - it ’ s a stealthy speeder .
Continuing the stealth is a liquid-cooled 64hp engine that still looks like it ’ s air-cooled , with the radiator discreetly positioned down the front frame tubes . Of course , being a thoroughly modern Euro 5 compliant engine , the carbs are long gone , having been replaced with multipoint sequential fuel injection that is both fuel efficient , crisp in operation and it still retains the looks of old-school carbs .
( NOT ) JUST DESERTS On the road , the Triumph doesn ’ t feel particularly nimble with relatively slow steering and a nose heavy weight bias , it feels its full 223kg wet weight . Happily , after a little settling
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