Celebrating Triumph's official delivery of 765cc triple Moto2TM race engines, in preparation for the 2019 FIM Moto2TM World Championship.

Showcase activity

• Carmelo Ezpeleta (Dorna, CEO) and Steve Sargent (Chief Product Officer, Triumph) mark the official handover of the full complement of race engines
  for the 2019 Moto2TM season.
• Showcase event with 32 engines featured in their factory delivery crates, set-out in race grid positions on the start / finish straight at MotorLand Aragon circuit.

Delivering the final engine for the Moto2TM 2019 season onwards

• Triumph 765cc Moto2TM engine development phase now fully complete,
  following almost 2 years of development and rigorous testing
• Performance targets are fully delivered and the engine is now ready for racing
• Magneti Marelli ECU, Moto2TM chassis manufacturer and race team testing
  is now in its final stage.   

  
Official Triumph 765cc Moto2TM engine handover

The official Triumph engine handover marks the end of the full engine development and the beginning of the new era of Triumph Moto2 765cc powered motorcycles - which will be seen in action on track for the first time at the Moto2 team testing at Jerez de la Frontera from 23rd- 25th of November.

Following almost 2 years of intensive development and testing process, the project has been delivered by a dedicated team from Triumph, Dorna, Externpro, Magneti Marelli, and specialist rider input from several former Moto2 and British SuperSports competitors.

Carmelo Ezpeleta, Dorna CEO, commented:
"We're very proud to welcome Triumph to the MotoGP World Championship. It is a pleasure for us to race with such an iconic name as Moto2 engine supplier, writing an important chapter into each of our histories. We look forward to seeing the debut of Triumph on track and to bringing in this new era of competition together."

Steve Sargent, Triumph's Chief Product Officer said:

"We are incredibly pleased with the outcome, and with the passion and dedication of everyone involved. We are hugely grateful to Carmelo Ezpeleta and the entire team at Dorna and of course the teams and riders for the opportunity for Triumph to return to the top flight of racing. The excitement and positive response we have already seen from our customers, the army of Triumph fans worldwide and in the Moto2 paddock has shown us already how powerful this partnership will be for Triumph.

For me this is just the beginning as we will continue to support the engine programme and feed the key learnings into our motorcycle development, particularly in our class leading Street and Speed Triples.''

TRIUMPH 2019 756cc MOTO2TM ENGINE PARTNERSHIP  

With a three-year contract with Dorna - the commercial rights holder of MotoGPTM – Triumph are to supply a dedicated race tuned 765cc Triumph triple engine, based on the powerplant from the class leading 2017 Triumph Street Triple.

The new engine is a significant development of the race-winning Daytona 675R powerplant that has powered supersports wins at the Isle of Man TT, Daytona 200 and British Supersports Championships in 2014 and 2015.

Based on the highest specification 765cc powerplant from the Street Triple RS it has been developed and tuned for a major step up in power and torque for Moto2TM, with
the following modifications;

• Modified cylinder head with revised inlet and exhaust ports for optimised gas flow
• Titanium valves and stiffer valve springs for increased rpm
• Low Output race kit alternator for reduced inertia
• Taller 1st gear ratio
• Race developed slipper clutch which will be tuneable
• Specific race ECU; which will be developed with Magneti Marelli
• Revised engine covers for reduced width
• Different sump to allow for improved header run

In road set-up the new 765cc engine in the class-leading Street Triple RS delivers the highest ever level of performance for a Street Triple; delivering power of 123PS @ 11,700rpm and 77Nm Torque @ 10,800rpm.

Compared with the previous generation Street Triple engine there have been more
than 80 new parts, including an increase to the bore and stroke.

All-new engine components include;

• new crank
• new pistons
• new con-rods and balancer shaft
• Nikasil plated aluminium barrels
• Revised gearbox

The race specification Triumph 765cc Moto2TM engine has been developed further to allow the engine to breathe more freely and rev harder than the production bike; increasing overall performance. Other changes have been made specifically to adapt the engine for race use.  

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For further information contact Tom Robinson  on Tom.Robinson@Triumph.co.uk

Notes to Editors

About Triumph

First established in 1902, Triumph Motorcycles celebrated 110 years of motorcycle manufacture in 2012. For more than two decades, Triumph Motorcycles has been based in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and has produced iconic bikes that perfectly blend authentic design, character, charisma and performance.

• Building around 65,000 bikes per year, Triumph is the largest British motorcycle manufacturer and has around 620 dealers across the world.
• This focus, innovation and engineering passion has today created a broad range of bikes suited to all motorcycle riders, including the epic Speed Triple, the game changing all new Street Triple 765, the class defining Tiger 800, transcontinental Tiger 1200, iconic Triumph Bonneville family including the stunning Bonneville Bobber, legendary Thruxton, accessible Street Twin, Street Scramble and iconic Bonneville T120 and T100, plus an exciting and accessible A2 range of Triumph motorcycles
• Triumph currently employs around 2,000 personnel worldwide and has subsidiary operations in the UK, North America, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Sweden (Scandinavia), Benelux, Brazil, India and Thailand as well as a network of independent distributors. Triumph has manufacturing facilities in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and Thailand plus CKD facilities in Brazil and India.
• The Triumph Bonneville, famously named to celebrate Triumph's 1956 land speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA, was the original British superbike and a race-winner straight out of the crate. Chosen by famous motorcyclists of the past for its legendary handling, style, and character. It's that handling, character and style, married to modern rider-focused technology that makes the new Bonneville family THE authentic modern classic choice today.
• Triumph holds a unique place in the history of the International Six Day Trials as the motorcycle of choice for both the multiple winning British teams and famously Steve McQueen's US ride entry in 1964.