We’ve seen the Triumph Gold Line editions and now the British firm has announced a limited-edition range of hand-crafted motorcycled called the ‘Chrome Collection’.
Encompassing 10 separate models across the Rocket 3 and Modern Classics families, Triumph says the Chrome Collection “celebrates the craftsmanship and artistry that sits at the heart of Triumph’s DNA”.
The accompanying images reveal varying levels of chrome, accents, stripes, surrounds, seams stripes, infills, detailing and badging, complemented by dedicated and often colour-matched fly screens, mudguards, cowls, panels, heat shields, cowls and headlight bowls. We think we’ve covered all bases!
Orders are now being taken ahead of the collection’s arrival in Australia by early 2023, and here’s the real shot in the arm: for limited-edition models the pricing is mightily impressive, most retailing around $1250 more than the standard models. Only the two Rocket 3s – the R and GT – are marginally beyond that bracket, but we’re only talking a couple of hundred bucks.
And there are even chrome accessory kits to add even more gravitas!
The Chrome Collection is as follows:
Rocket 3 R Chrome Edition
- Chrome fuel tank with Jet Black accent
- Jet Black fly screen, headlight bowls, front mudguard, radiator cowls, side panels and rear bodywork
- $36,890 rideaway
Rocket 3 GT Chrome Edition
- Chrome fuel tank with Diablo Red accent
- Jet Black headlight bowls and fly screen, front mudguard, radiator cowls, side panels and rear bodywork
- $37,900 rideaway
Bonneville T120 Chrome Edition
- Chrome tank with Meriden Blue painted accents
- Jet Black mudguards, headlight bowl and side panels
- $22,350 rideaway
Bonneville Bobber Chrome Edition
- Chrome tank with a Jet Black painted overlay and Triumph triangle tank badging
- Jet Black mudguards and side panels
- $23,995 rideaway
Scrambler 1200 XE Chrome Edition
- Chrome fuel tank with Brooklands Green painted tank stripe
- Brushed aluminium mudguards and heatshield, with Jet Black headlight bowl and side panels
- $26,410 rideaway
Bonneville Speedmaster Chrome Edition
- Chrome tank with bold Diablo Red Surround
- Jet Black mudguards, side panels and headlight bowl
- $23,995 rideaway
Thruxton RS Chrome Edition
- Full chrome tank with a Jet Black painted seam
- Jet Black mudguards, side panels, seat cowl and headlight bowl
- $27,390 rideaway
Bonneville T100 Chrome Edition
- Cobalt Blue tank with Chrome Edition metal stripe, complementing the chrome badges and fuel filler cap, Jet Black mudguards and side panels
- $19,380 rideaway
Speed Twin 900 Chrome Edition
- Red Hopper scheme with Chrome Edition metal knee pad infills, Jet Black tank stripe and Triumph triangle tank badging with metal detailing
- Contrasting Jet Black mudguards and side panels with new red and silver logo graphics
- $17,320 rideaway
Scrambler 900 Chrome Edition
- Brooklands Green scheme with Jet Black tank stripe, Chrome Edition metal knee pad infills and Triumph triangle tank badging with chrome detailing
- Jet Black mudguards, side panels and frame cowl
- $19,690 rideaway
And talking about objects of beauty, we can’t go sign off without showing you this official video that Triumph produced soon after it released the original Rocket 3 (then known as the Rocket III) in the 2000s. We think it’s a cracker!
Mark ‘Mav’ Fattore has been hanging around the motorcycle scene longer than he can remember, but still struggles to contain his two-wheel exuberance. He also eats like a bull-at-a-gate, which is why he once swallowed the prong off a plastic fork stuffing down Chinese takeaway during a frenetic magazine deadline. The digital space is a safer haven, and he’ll turn his writing hand to anything.
