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Triumph has released an official reveal date of the Scrambler 1200, saying that the event will take place at ExCel London on October 24 between 7:00pm – 10.30pm according to MCN news. The venue includes events such as live music, celebrity appearances and a Triumph indoor racing on a custom indoor track. This event has been prefaced by 5 teaser videos of the bike, the latest describing the bike as focused on “full on scrambling”, “for genuine adventure” and boasting that this bike is the “real deal,” but do these claims look like they will hold true, and what do we currently know about the bike?

The first thing I notice about this bike isn’t the upside down reverse forks, or the headlight with the Triumph logo in it, it’s that BEEFY dual exhaust for it’s twin parallel engine. Not only are the general population advised to stay away from this monster, you can’t help but find yourself in awe at the sheer size of this absolute unit. After you take a 5 minute recovery from looking at this machine, you might have a chance to notice other parts of the motorcycle, such as those upside down forks and the headlight, featuring Triumph’s logo. Other features include serrated off-road pegs, a side stand the tucks nice and high that looks like it has a decently sized surface area at the bottom of it and a grab bar that’s nice and big like it should be and looks like it isn’t just for decoration.

But can it hold up to tasks such as street riding or “scrambling”? Yes it can, Triumph’s Scrambler is nothing to scoff at in terms of design and power. The Scrambler is by no means tiny with its 1200cc’s of engine displacement, 75 nM of torque and ~79 horsepower. In terms of design, the Scrambler could possibly have two options when you buy it, an off-road version and a street version. The reasoning behind this is the two different tire styles spotted one with cast wheels and conventional rubber for the road version and spoked wheels and knobby tyres for an offroad version. This is complete speculation though and could just be the changing of tires, but if it was true, it would add huge benefits to the bike line. OEM changes in areas such as suspension, tires and such would make the different communities very happy.

Current expectations for the bike that we can’t see from photos alone is not only the build quality that we’ve come to expect from Triumph, but also a bike that truly captures scrambling while being able to perform in environments outside of off-road. Triumph is known for having built quality on par with that of Japanese bikes while at the same time creating more stylish and modern designs and this is why I expect no less from this bike. The Scrambler looks to be very well prepared to show of to the market that it is catering to.

All photos from ZA Bikers can be found on their website