
After their somewhat tumultuous but impressive debut in American SuperMotocross, the British brand Triumph has doubled down for their second season.
WORDS: Blake Wharton
PHOTOS: ALIGN MEDIA
It isn’t very often that we see a new OEM enter the global motocross and supercross market, especially one that began making bikes back in 1902. Yet that’s exactly what the British manufacturer Triumph did in the 2024 season when they launched their freshly minted TF 250-X, and the bike immediately proved competitive on both the AMA and FIM circuits. The project was kickstarted back in 2019 when Triumph began their due diligence in the various markets, and then building out what was effectively a multi-year plan to get on the starting gate with solid bikes and riders. Needless to say, they went through some growing pains. Now, at the dawn of what is effectively the second season of Triumph Factory Racing, we wanted to get a gage on the sport’s newest OEM—what went right, what went wrong, and what they have planned for the future.
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