2026 Triumph Trident 800 Could Take The Middleweight Naked Throne

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The middleweight naked motorcycle conception is truthful basking correct now. The Suzuki GSX-8 platform is nan company's bestseller, nan Yamaha MT-07 is simply a champion of streets everywhere, and nan Honda CB750 Hornet whitethorn good beryllium nan champion caller motorcycle of 2025. But those bikes are each person 270-degree parallel-twin engines, a layout that's quickly becoming nan motorcycling balanced of a turbocharged two-liter four-cylinder — applicable and peppy enough, but not incredibly interesting. It seems it's up to Triumph, then, to springiness nan middleweight conception thing that really stands out: An 800 cc, 113 horsepower middleweight naked pinch a three-cylinder headlight and a classically stylish information headlight, each for nether $10,000. This is nan Triumph Trident 800, and it whitethorn conscionable return nan middleweight crown. 

Now, nan erudite among you mightiness announcement that Triumph already has a triple-powered middleweight: The Street Triple, which has agelong been a favourite of street-and-track riders. Triumph says nan Trident is meant for a much casual rider, personification who wants thing little hard-edged than nan Street Triple, but nan institution has made 1 different large move to differentiate nan two. For 2026, nan entry-level Street Triple 765 R leaves nan lineup, leaving only nan $12,995 Street Triple 765 RS base nan name. With $3,000 betwixt nan 2 bikes, they shouldn't cannibalize each other's income excessively much. 

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The Trident 800 shares nan Tiger Sport 800's 798 cc three-cylinder, which puts retired 113 horsepower astatine 10,750 RPM and 62 lb-ft of torque astatine 8,500 RPM connected nan measurement to its 11,500 RPM redline. That motor is fed by a 3.7 gallon substance vessel ,which Triumph claims should beryllium bully for 220 miles of range. The Triden't spot stands conscionable nether 32 inches disconnected nan ground, making it reasonably approachable for plentifulness of riders (remember that nan spot squats down nether your weight), and it's sprung connected unusually bully suspension for nan price: 41mm Showa forks pinch adjustable compression and rebound damping, and a Showa rear daze pinch preload and rebound clickers. That's each stopped by copy 12.2-inch discs up front, held by four-pot calipers pinch alloy braided lines, and a azygous 8.7 inch disc retired back. 

On nan tech side, nan Trident 800 carries nan requisite 3 riding modes for a motorcycle successful 2025 — road, sport, and rainfall — arsenic good arsenic lean-sensitive ABS and traction control. It's besides equipped pinch a quickshifter for twisty roads, and cruise power for agelong consecutive ones. In nan information 3.5-inch TFT dash, nan Trident offers Triumph's firm Bluetooth system.

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While nan Street Triple has agelong been derided for its love-it-or-hate-it bug-eyed looks, nan Trident hews much accepted — fitting, successful that its small relative nan Trident 660 does nan same. A rounded tank, a azygous information headlight, it's a motorcycle that will property well. Yet, location are still modern touches, for illustration nan tucked-in tail ray beneath nan pillion spot and nan almost SV650-looking cowl complete nan dash. The swingarm-mounted fender, too, is simply a neat touch. The tail is pre-tidied, though nan squids retired location will still find a measurement to equine their plates beneath nan tail light. 

Somewhat unusually for nan segment, nan Trident isn't wholly naked beneath nan fenders. The motorcycle has a color-matched cowl beneath nan exhaust, which helps to make nan emissions instrumentality blend successful a small better. It's not my favourite artistic touch, personally, but it's not precisely worthy going done nan problem of removing — though it would apt only beryllium a fewer bolts to ditch, if you're truthful inclined. 

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The middleweight naked conception isn't precisely sparse: Kawasaki has 67-horsepower Z650 for $7,699, Honda offers nan 83-horsepower CB750 Hornet for $7,999, Yamaha's 72-horsepower MT-07 comes successful astatine $8,599, BMW's 105-horsepower F900R sits astatine $8,995, Suzuki offers 83-horsepower GSX-8 bikes ranging from $9,249 to $11,149, KTM has nan 105-horsepower 790 Duke for $9,499, Aprilia's 105-horsepower Tuono 660 comes successful astatine $11,499, and Ducati tops them each pinch nan 120-horsepower Streetfighter V2 for an eyewatering $15,495. The Trident 800 tops astir each successful horsepower, but its value does put it astatine nan precocious extremity — $9,995 for 113 horsepower.

Perhaps nan astir nonstop competitor present is nan Yamaha MT-09, a chap triple-powered naked bike. The Yamaha is nan lighter of nan two, astatine 425 pounds bedewed to nan Tiumph's 437, and nan much powerful astatine 117 horsepower to nan Brit's 113. It's besides nan much expensive, astatine $10,799, and its looks are... let's conscionable opportunity less timeless. I expect nan Trident 800 to really triumph immoderate hearts erstwhile it hits dealers successful April, and possibly moreover group a caller barroom for nan middleweight naked segment.