idea. The chassis is something pretty special, it’ s unique and will have every man and his dog telling you it looks like“ this or that” but in reality it’ s Triumphs own baby. Alloy chassis are pretty common on Japanese brand bikes but not on a‘ Euro’ and, perhaps, this is a direction they should have taken a long time ago. The Triumph turns in beautifully, feels light( 104kg dry), is stable at high speed, and narrow where you need it to be, sometimes giving it a bit of a‘ mountain bike’ feel. Couple all of this with outstanding braking components, DID rims, Pirelli rubber and beautiful bodywork, and you have a very competitive, usable and darn good looking
motorcycle. After some time bonding with the TF250-X, we’ ve made a couple of small changes. A Mitas 754XT yellow stripe, which in my opinion is an outstanding tyre, a Guts seat cover, some fresh Ipone oil and Acerbis handguards, a heavier K-Tech rear spring and some darn sexy graphics from Bare Unique and Extreme Motorsports. To date I’ ve raced it once at The Endless Dirtbiking Two Man in Woodhill Forest and we didn’ t do too badly for my first race on the TF250-X; 2nd in class and 21st overall from 95 riders. I guess that goes to show a damn fine motocross bike can still make a damn fine offroad bike. BRENDAN ABLE
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