Triumph goes for gold

Eight new hand-painted Gold Line special edition classics for 2022

Ever been on the Triumph factory visit? Or one of the other Euro bike factories? They all make a bit of a show of their skilled painters. Generally, as well as a high-tech robotic spray-painting setup,  there will be a department of borderline-OCD guys and gals, who spend their working lives producing small works of art on bike fuel tanks and other bits of bodywork.

It’s an amazing sight to be fair: these folk perform miracles with a small pot of special cellulose paint (usually gold or white), and an olde-worlde paintbrush, together with one of those sticks with a padded suede ball on the end (called a mahlstick apparently), and always with fancy white gloves. Bold, sweeping lines curve round the complex shapes of a Bonneville fuel tank in one slick flourish.

No mess, no fuss, no mistakes – and then the artiste will sign their name on the bottom of the tank. Back to the main paint shop for a quick mist of protective lacquer and you have a gorgeous hand-finished fuel tank. And shame on any of you who are wondering why they don’t just pay £75k for another one of those painting robots from the spray booths to do it 24/7…

These hand-painted gold coach lines have been a big hit for Triumph on several of its limited edition modern classic bikes over the years (including the 2021 Steet Twin Gold Line), as well as on optional aftermarket parts. And for 2022, the Hinckley firm is celebrating with not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven (come on Al)  but EIGHT special edition machines.

They’re all limited to one year’s production, and are based on the latest 2021 spec Bonneville T100 and T120, Speedmaster and Bobber, plus the Street Scrambler, and both XE and XC Scrambler 1200 models. Lovely things, and well worth considering if you were in the market for one of these models for sure.

Here’s the basic special-edition specs and pricing; all models are available from December 2021. More info: www.triumphmotorcycles.co.uk

Bonneville T100 Gold Line Edition from £9,900.00

• Silver Ice fuel tank with Competition Green tank infill edged with hand-painted gold lining
  and elegant ‘gold line’ logo
• Silver Ice mudguards and side panels with Competition Green side panel stripes, unique new
  white and gold Bonneville T100 logo and hand-painted gold lining
• Accessory fit matching Silver Ice flyscreen available

Street Scrambler Gold Line Edition from £10,100.00

• Matt Pacific Blue tank with Graphite stripe, gold Triumph tank logos and elegant ‘gold line’ logo
• Hand-painted gold lining alongside the tank stripe and around the brushed foil knee pads
• Matt Jet Black front and rear mudguards and side panel with new gold Street Scrambler logo
• Accessory fit matching Matt Pacific Blue flyscreen and high-level mudguard available

Bonneville Speedmaster Gold Line Edition from £12,900.00

• Silver Ice fuel tank with Sapphire Black twin stripe design, and brushed foil knee pads, all edged with hand-painted gold lining and elegant ‘gold line’ logo
• Sapphire Black headlight bowl, mudguards and side panels with unique new gold and silver Bonneville Speedmaster logos and hand-painted gold lining
• Accessory fit matching Sapphire Black short front mudguard available

Bonneville Bobber Gold Line Edition from £12,900.00

• Carnival Red fuel tank and mudguards, with gold Triumph tank logos and elegant ‘gold line’ logo, Sapphire Black twin stripe design and brushed foil knee pads, edged with hand-painted gold lining
• Sapphire Black side panels with unique new gold and silver Bonneville Bobber logo and hand-painted gold lining
• Accessory fit matching Carnival Red short front mudguard available

Bonneville T120 Gold Line Edition from £11,800.00

• Silver Ice fuel tank with Competition Green tank infill edged with hand-painted gold lining
  and elegant ‘gold line’ logo
• Silver Ice mudguards and side panels with Competition Green side panel stripes, unique new
  white and gold Bonneville T120 logo and hand-painted gold lining
• Accessory fit matching Silver Ice flyscreen available

Bonneville T120 Black Gold Line Edition from £11,800.00

• Matt Sapphire Black fuel tank, front and rear mudguards, headlight bowl and side panels
• Matt Silver Ice fuel tank infill edged with hand-painted gold lining and elegant ‘gold line’ logo
• Matt Silver Ice side panel stripe graphics with unique new black and gold Bonneville T120 Black logos and hand-painted gold lining
• Accessory fit matching Matt Sapphire Black flyscreen available

Scrambler 1200 XC Gold Line Edition from £12,800.00

• Carnival Red and Storm Grey fuel tank with Aluminium Silver stripe, brushed foil knee pads, hand painted gold lining, and elegant ‘gold line’ logo
• Jet Black side panel and headlight bowl

Scrambler 1200 XE Gold Line Edition from £13,650

• Baja Orange and Silver Ice fuel tank with Pure White stripe, brushed foil knee pads, hand painted gold lining and elegant ‘gold line’ logo
• Jet Black side panel and headlight bowl