Another great review Capt., never feel pressured to post something because you feel you must, it's worth the wait for a quality presentation. Your family comes first, and we all know what a missus scorned can be like (shiver). I am a bit surprised that your de-Lambdaerisation (technical term there) hasn't dropped your fuel mileage a noticeable amount. Without the probe leaning the engine back your are sitting on Triumphs default 'power map' in the ECM all the time. The added smoothness is the engine not hesitating as it falls from the Lambda lean burn mode onto the power map settings when you wring the throttle out. All the best and enjoy your kids, they are great fun when young and you only get one shot at it, mine (two girls) have just hit teenage years and are way too sophisticated to be seen with dad anymore. Best of, Ray

Great honest review, i love watching your videos though my wife wonders what the heck is going on with your Laugh!!! Watching from Alberta Canada though originally from Yorkshire. Going for the last ride today as Winter is about to arrive... Keep up the great videos love watching England go by with yourself, MissendFlyer and Stuart Fillingham whom commented below. Ride safe!!!!

Great to see you back with a good review after over a year of riding this fantastic machine 👊😎👍

Thank you Captain, excellent as we expect from you. Done 6.600 km now since March ‘17. Good to hear that with some issues you still love the TTR. I just put on the handle bar riser ‘superbike kit’ from abm which helped with lingering wrist issues, but more than anything improved overall control tremendously! Congratulations on your newborn 2nd son!

Probably the best looking Thruxton I've seen till now! Sounds absolutely amazing as well

Congratulations on the new baby boy! Wishing good health to you and yours.

Great to see you posting again man :-), it is always a good day when the Captain takes us all for a ride. All the best to you and yours man, Thanks for sharing.

Nice review. I like how you tell us a little about the village as you are passing through

Your videos are the best period! I have loved Triumph from the early 70's and never blinked. My first car was a brand new 74 Spitfire 1500.

nice to see you back Sir and conratulations on the addition to your family ;-)

What a great review. Rode my new Thruxton R down south of Western Australia on the weekend in a variety of weather; rain, shine, road debris, etc and found it to be a very forgiving bike. We have some great roads and some not so great roads. The bumpier roads felt much better on the new Thruxton in comparison to my 2004 Thruxton (which I still love). I have taken notes on your upgrades and will pick them off my list. Much appreciated mate.

Great video thankyou. Love all that you’ve done to your Thruxton but especially the tank strap it looks awesome!

Excellent review, we can see you love your bike!

cool review captain 👍🏻👍🏻 I have my R for a month now and love it to bits , just had its 500 mile service and waiting for my Vance & Hines slip - ons (us) ,,, can't wait 😊 keep your reviews coming sir , BANG ON 👍🏻👍🏻

Another good review, look forward to the next one thanks. I fully get the family stuff, been there got the Tee shirt.

Great yearly review of thrusty cap. Good to see you back on two wheels. Also congratulations on your lates arrival. Hope all is going well 🏍.

I love your laugh..I just got my Thruxton R 3 days ago and still can't get the smile off my face mate :-)

Captain great job as usual. You don't owe us an explanation most know the family comes first.

Good to see you back kind sir,tally bally ho young man,enjoyed this video,happy riding

Happy to see another upload Captain! Also happy that you’re still pleased with your Thruxton R. You remind me of part James May and part Steve Matchett (an English F1 commentator here in the states). They are 2 of my favorites.

Good to see you still having fun with it from the day you got it.

Congratulations to yourself and good lady on the birth of your second child. Good to see you back on the tube.

Welcome back sir. Congratulations on your second son, mine are both in their 40s now but still as much fun/hassle as always. :-) Keep the videos coming. Tim

Glad you're getting on with Thrusty. I have been on the HD Roadster for about 6 months, needed a rear tire at 1K, since it went flat. Other than that, still pretty stock, and I ride it mostly in town. About 1.5K miles on it now, but work is only 10 miles from the house now, instead of 30. Hopefully, you'll get a chance to review the new Speedmaster when it comes out. Bike looks great from the pix I have seen. A bit smaller than the Tbird, but probably more than enough power, and the handling should be spot on, being based on the bobber. We'll have to wait and see, in early 2018. Glad to hear that all is well with the little ones. Family comes first.

its been a long time good to see ya back

Excellent! Happy you're back! But, I must say, you've just confirmed what I'd always suspected about these bikes. So much for Triumph's build quality, I guess. I've got a Suzuki V-Strom that's almost one year old, and it doesn't show it at all.

I have greatly missed your videos! I obviously became depressed by your absence as I sold my Tiger and Thruxton and bought a R1200GS!!!! Please keep the reviews coming. PS I have also retired from flying! Quite a few life changes. All the best.

He's back! Tally bally Harrah!!!! Bad news on those engine cases corroding, but I agree, the black look suits the bike, nice one sir!

Great review of a lovely bike! I agree with you - your warranty issue has resulted in you having a better looking bike - the blacked out look with the Tr embellishers just looks brilliant! Sounds fab too.

Captain- Despite your absence from regular posting of videos, your works still pop up at intervals on the KZfaq. So I will comment that I finally was able to take a test ride on the Thruxton 1200R due to a large motorcycle festival in my area. Also I rode the new Triumph Speed Twin. Both are lovely bikes indeed and I hope you were able to keep ownership of your Thruxton since this 1 year ownership review was published. I slightly preferred the Thruxton to the Speed Twin but they are quite close in their performance and in riding fun. What was very interesting to me was also comparing these machines to my own 2006 carbureted 865cc. Thruxton (which has a TOR exhaust and the rejetting/intake changes to go with it). The new bikes are definitely more powerful and have a lot of fancy features, yet I am not convinced of any real need to replace the old one; it is still a great bike too. So much for a long comment on an old video, hopefully you'll make more new ones! Bob

Hello Capt R, just thought I'd add a comment regarding the remark you had addressed to you on the stalling. I have just fitted the Arrow (lamda probeless and cat bypass) headers and Remus exhausts. Obviously with all that the tuning would be thrown out of kilter. Therefore I had a PCV fitted with multiple dyno runs to perfect the tune. On the dyno prior to having anything fitted it clearly showed how lean the engine runs on the factory map - this would account for the odd stall at low revs. My thruxton r now runs like a dream, everything being better than it was. Best part of all with the baffles removed it isn't that loud and sounds like Heaven! Nice review by the way! Big fan. M

Excellent review sir very fair and she looks lovely! Try GT85 on the engine in summer enough protection for use in summer months without breaking the bank!

Love my Thruxton 900. I do want the 1200 R now though ;) Great looking bike!

About bloody time you posted a new video 😉. We've missed you Cap! I don't agree that Triumph is the worse Robert, I think their attention to detail and general build quality is great. I do think for the price they should start fitting more things as standard i.e. heated grips and quick shifter, though some models are starting to get there now. I really must introduce my Speedy R to your neck of the woods and visit Ivinghoe Beacon. It's on the list.

Good job on this video. Your thruxton is looking sharp. I ordered the O2 sensor delete for my T120. I’m looking forward to seeing if it makes it a little quicker.

In addition to your addition, You have recently cost me in excess of 12K! Because of your posts in the 1 year of ownership, I am now a fully fledged Triumph owner and pick up my Tiger Sport on 16th of Oct. And, I've just bought a ticket for the Triumph factory tour in November.....I think I deserve some compensation! You are a bad influence Sir! ;-)

Huzzah, a long awaited video! Good to see you are still loving it. Looking forward to our next jaunt Sir. @29:48 I recognise that bridge hahah I still haven't got around to doing my 1 year ownership review, but now I'm "back" it's the first thing on my list of videos to do.

Good to see you back in the saddle Cap'n. If the rear suspender black internal caps rub and get scuffed by the springs then you can get them replaced under warranty. Worked for me at the wonderful Vauxhall dealership where they fitted the 'non rubby' 2017 units. Am tempted by the x pipe de cat, but fear fitting by the dealer may be excessively salty! What else, well, if next year's version came with a quickshifter and cornering ABS then I’d definitely trade in.

My son Jeff bought some sort of special Thruxton and he mostly leaves it in the garage and rides his Tiger. The Tiger is his second one. The Thruxton is his first and it has all Olins suspension. He says it is a work of art. Yours looks the business and is handsome with the cosmetic changes and changes with the guards to protect the machine in case of emergency. Good job on the review.

Great to see you again sir 😎😎

It's good to see you bloging

I’m a pilot too! Hopefully I’ll get a thruxton this year

Very smart, like the short sumptieness look sounds great! Congrats too the new little one as well, jacket never noticed! time to polish and lacquer your head-stock plenty off Selvo Autosol

Good to see another CR video, was beginning to worry. I'm sure that speedo should have been covered at some points!

Glad to see you back and I know about not getting out with little one or in your case 2 in the family! 😡

Excellent follow up review, nice to see you back on board captain no matter how long its been, quite understandable. l also prefer the look of the black engine cases with embellishments, wonder if Triumph will do anything to fix this issue?

Looks much better with the black casings and extra embellishments I think! :D Such a stunning bike. I still miss your ol' greeny meany machiny too.

Greatto have you back Good Sir! Well done on the husbandry stuff! Re. the discoloured header pipes...have you removed/plugged the secondary air injection (if there is one these bikes!)? That will create much more heat in the headers as residual fuel gets burned in there with the air injection operating. On the air cooled bikes, removing/plugging SAI stops pipe bluing completely, You cna return pipes to original appearance with several products like "BlueJob" (careful how you google for that one!!!) and using some cotton rag strips wrapped around and bowstringed back & forth...takes 30-40 min per side to get the blue off.

Hi Captain there is a fix now for the clocks ,my third set are spot on

I had much worse corrosion and warranty claims on the 3 BMWs I owned. Like with all bikes you have to clean and protect after every winter ride if you want to keep it like new.Condensation in the clocks is a design fault, hope Triumph sort that out. Good to see you back.

It's a beautiful bike for sure, especially with the added tinkerage. I'm a bit late to the party but congratulations on child no 2. All the best - B

Nice to hear your voice again, and can't wait for the colb...cobbla...calob.... tie up with TheMissendenFlyer. Maybe you could do a joint review on the new Speedmaster, now that's a bike I'd like to own.

Glad to see you finally made an honest girl out of one! ; ) Congrats on the anniversary plus!

Great video, Great bike....I'm envious! I must mention that your rear plate looks visually obstructed, surprised if the fuzz has not mentioned it to you.

In a long term review of the T120 he also mentioned the water in the clocks. I wonder if Triumph has fixed this problem on the new year models???

Had mine for exactly a year and 4.5K miles now and it still feels like a magic carpet (mine's red, so it will probably be faster than yours....) It's not perfect and we shouldn't have to put up with quality issues, but I'm not sure I can be bothered with all the grief of taking it back to the dealers. I like Stuart's analogy of the beautiful ex-girlfriend on his review of the T120 (although all my ex-girlfriends just had the bad breath and daft laugh). My key fob left marks on the top clamp too - I used Brasso, which worked a treat!

Phenomenal work! You’re entertaining af! Subbed!

Congratulations on the birth of your second son! Wonderful!

Howdy Capt. Next tyre change I recommend the Metzeller Roadtec 01's. My bike (same bike) feels much better than it did with the OE Pirrelli's. Welcome back & congrats on the sprog. Bonz.

OMG!!! Those Vance and Hines pipes have the perfect rumble!

I wonder if the stalling when throttling off is aggravated (caused by?) by the deletion of the lambda sensor.. Won't it be running in a limp home mode with no lambda data?

My TDM 900 stalled a lot when I put my after market pipes on , then I had to get a power commander and k&n hi flow air cleaner and dyno tune and now all good , but a lot of work to get it where it is now, after about three remaps new soft wear and put the baffles back in to get a better tune.

Those engine cases look much better against the silver tins. Now all you need is to get the swingarm and wheels powder coated ;) Mine's a little over a year now too. 12k miles of fun! I use an aluminum polish on my cases. So far no trouble. That white stuff is how aluminum oxidizes. It looks like a fungus, but if you could stand the looks, it will actually protect the aluminum underneath it like a coating. Me, I'd get the aluminum polish and a toothbrush after it. I'm going to look into that spray on stuff you recommended. Not sure we have it...as least by that name here in the US. Congrats on the new rugrat!

Great to see you back, congrats on the new addition! did you have to re-map the bike when you did the de cat and lambda removals?

BTW Love your quite unique vlogging style,keep ‘em coming! 👍

Your reviews get me excited! Will you be reviewing the new 2018 Speedmaster when a demo is available!?

Thanks Captain for the interesting video. A few comments from a fellow Thruxton R ownerI have suffered the same corrosion to the engine cases and to a lesser extent the fake monoblocs. I picked up my bike in June 2016 and like you I was not informed by my dealer about their vulnerability. The old Beezers and triumphs had unprotected engine cases but I believe a different aluminium alloy was used. They could be left a couple of years in all weathers and buff up with metal polish with no pitting. Triumph are obviously using a soft alloy. I don't intend haranguing my dealer or getting the cases enameled - some careful 1200 grade wet and dry used wet and vigorous buffing with Aotosol gets rid of the minor surface pitting. Rimwax on casings for summer ok and afc for winter required but what a pain! I wonder if the reason why Triumph use this grade of aluminium alloy for these casings is because they are formed by die casting rather than sand casting which was used by the British motorcycle industry generallyI have not had any probs with water vapour in the clocks. I have however experienced this problem on other bikes using Smiths Chrono's and MZ clocks. Remedy was to take clocks off and put them in the airing cupboard, When clear wipe top and bottom of bezel with RTV silicon sealant and wipe off excess with meths. Works every time and lastsYou are probably aware Triumph put out a recall for the remapping to solve any stalling from tick over under full fist throttle useThe mods you have employed were interesting. Tail tidy, engine tuning and the bling of no interest to me but that's a personal thing. It occurs to me however some protection plates/ bobbins good idea so will be implementing these. My only prob I have experienced with the Thruxton was taking it on a run without checking the tyre pressures. Needed cycle clips after a fast corner - all my fault. I notice however tyres do deflate rather quickly so if left for a week I check pressures. Call me lazy but I have had few bikes with tubeless tyres and none that deflate so quicklyThis is a great bike. I don't class it as a sports bike so improving its performance is not on my agenda. I think of the Thruxton as a modern Triton but with none of the probs. Thanks again for an excellent review

Awesome review!! Im realy into this bike and hope to buy this next summer. And you get me some realy usefull info there. Best regards from me in Sweden, sorry for my poor English then

Funny quick story about the 1200's. I bought my 900 Thruxton 3 months before Triumph released info of the new 1200's. None the less I love my 900, and your 1200 is absolutely stunning! Cheers man!

Good to have you back Captain. Very objective review. Shame on Triumph for their attitude towards the engine case finish. If something is going to corrode at the first sign of bad weather, surely it's not fit for purpose. Congratulations on son number 2. Are you starting to assemble your own squadron??

Nice vid I like the engines caps I think it's like the old British bikes have these engine caps I always love to polish these caps They look great Maybe because I am 66 and in my younger years my Bonnie and commando had the same caps I have my thruxi now 5 months and I.love it it is for me the best bike. Thanks for your nice vids and greet you from Holland

Hello! Looking into purchasing one of these bikes and want to be aware of the pitfalls. One of the reviews I watched mentioned a lot of heat in the crotch area... have you noticed this?

Does anyone know if Triumph fixed the chrome and speedometer issues with newer models 2017/2018?

Thanks for that captain. I'm new to your particular brand of video but, g'day from Oz! Couple of things, firstly I think Auto Suggestion a better term rather than Psychosomatic in these instances which would suggest your mind had caused a real change whereas with auto suggestion you are hoping for the change so you see it even if it's not real. Secondly down here we use metric so we'd divide your figures by 2.828 to get km/l but they sound fairly decent. My Thunderbird 900 triple would struggle to do 50mpg but then it doesn't run fuel injection! I'll be over your way next July so I'll keep an eye out for you, TMF and that funny sounding Yorkshireman.

Nice bike. I have the standard version and I love it. I was under the impression the exhaust has a dual wall. Maybe not? That discoloration is not present on my bike. I am an American who longs to ride my bike in the English countryside. Beautiful. Enjoy!

Hey Cap, just watched this video again and my opinion is.. do it for what makes you happy. It's your machine. Ride on bro.

All these parts you upgraded for this specific bike is there a way you can give us the part number for each area protected thanks.

What are fork drop buttons for? The RG buttons as well? Protection from what?

Hey! What about maintenance/issue/problems you have had with the bike? Is it something with fiability?

Do you know if tune ecu can be plugged into the Thruxton? I read the they have dual throttle bodies on each piston.

Like the black engine cases! Living in a dry climate, the cases on my T120 are still looking bright. The small Union flag on the front mudguard looks great. Where can one be purchased? Thanks!

YEAH THIS WAS INFORMATIVE WILL DO THE MIRRORS & CRASH BARS, I DO LIKE TO HIT THE BREAKS HARD BUT I'VE ALWAYS HAD SPORT BIKES SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE STALLING MAYBE I CLUTCH & REV AS I'M SMACK'N THE BREMBOS?

What are you using for chain lube? I currently have a belt but, am looking at the new Speedmaster, which unfortunately has a chain.

About time too Captain!

Great long-term review! I am curious if you did any kind of reflash of the ECU with the change in the air cleaner, exhaust and DeCat exercise? Also, your seat looks like it is the stock seat, and I've wondered if you find it comfortable for a longer ride? I've watched other videos where they have complained about seat comfort. You are not the first to complain about condensation in the instruments, and I must say I don't understand Triumph's thinking on those unprotected side cases. These are not cheap motorcycles. How much would it have cost them to clear coat the damn things! Thanks for the terrific update, and ride safe!

How much engine vibration is there? Does it hate being flogged at high RPM? How does it feel at 60mph? Is the gearing too short? Does it have a proper high gear ratio in 6th gear? Is it counterbalanced? Do the vibes cause buzzing?

Firstly..good to see ya back.. Secondly....unless you are going to polish and maintain the bike especially with the exposed ally...then powdercoat black is the eay to go....looks better on the thruxton anyhow.. Never used Acf50 or anything else but am toying with it on the bandit streetfighter as this primarily will be used throughout the winter... You are also up against the fact that you keep yours under a cover i believe...condensation bags...even the expensive ones... Still the Thrux.....is still hotting the mark and thats wots most important.. Keep it safe fella...

Careful with that stick Captain. My lady is a lecturer in the UEL ! She's a beauty and no mistake. The bike I mean! I have to say the black cases look better than the brushed aluminium. They should make them out of duralumin ! That would stop the rot. I'll do one of these in about a month ;-). Has it been a year already ? Great review. And good to see you. PS - If you've got a second son you're not doing it right ;-)

I still say a fly screen looks good, not abusive, and deflects a decent amount of wind up over your head. But you're not running the R anymore. Happy New Year Capt.

I noticed and then not knowing much about this handsome bike can a hot/cold engine reader be installed being most bikes have them when you buy the bike this way you can in advance tell if the temperature of the engine is normal.

Thank you sir, now I want one even more :')

Hello buddy, long time no see, how ya diddlin? pleased to hear your still in love with the thrustie, love the look of the black crank case etc, so much better, I tend to go through a back tyre per year had 3 back tyre to 1 front in four years but the back tyres getting low again, apparently it wears down because I pull away aggressively all the time, I beg to differ, lol, RSM8.

Does the leather strap hold moisture at all? I take delivery soon and am not too sure about having that fitted wrt to potential rust issues. Agreed on the fairing, looks a bit long with it. Great video :-)

the changes you made all look very well. love it. cant believe you have the sticker on the fender up front off center....shame on you hahahahahah nice vid thanks for posting it

Hi capt What's the green light constantly lit up on right dial?

Why did you remove the lambda sensors and did you just decide to do that off your own back or did someone tell you it was a good idea and why?

How have you set your suspension after one year? I have softened the front a little and the rear is pretty stock...would love to hear your thoughts!

Nice thorough update .

How do you get your audio of the bike engine sound? I usually have wind drowning out the engine. Cool video!

Nice review sir, shame about the engine cases. Looking forward to your review of the new Speedmaster, I think it'll be an all round better bike than the bobber as long as they price it right...