Triumph confirms new Street Triple, Tiger 900 and 1200 for 2027
Triumph has teased a trio of new 2027 Tiger and Street Triple models, alongside the new A2-friendly Bonneville T40s.
While Triumph has already given us the specs and details of its new Bonneville T40s, it’s the three bikes waiting in the wings that will be of greater interest to most riders.
We don’t have the full specifications or technical details yet, but we can clearly see a new Street Triple 798, Tiger 900 and Tiger 1200, all waiting for their official presentation.
The details remain tightly guarded for now, although the thankfully high-resolution images give us plenty to pore over and a few clues about what’s coming.
2027 Street Triple gets aggressive makeover and new 798 engine
The big news for performance riders is the incoming Street Triple, which has ditched the familiar 765 decals and branding in favour of a ‘798’ badge on its flanks.
Triumph confirmed earlier this year that Moto2 will switch to a new, larger-capacity and more powerful engine for 2027, with the new Street Triple expected to be the first production machine to use the Moto2-derived unit.
In Moto2 trim, the larger engine brings a six per cent increase in peak power over the current unit, taking the race bike from around 142bhp to approximately 150bhp.
The current road-going Street Triple RS makes 128bhp. While it would be unrealistic to expect the production bike to match the Moto2 engine’s output, a healthy increase in peak power and torque should be on the cards for 2027.
The engine isn’t the only major change, either. The Street Triple gets a ground-up restyle, with a more muscular and aggressive look. New DRLs echo the shape of the outgoing bike’s headlights, now framing a single LED headlight.
From what we can tell, this is an almost completely new bike, with the frame, swingarm and bodywork bearing little or no resemblance to the current Street Triple.
We can also make out the distinctive octagonal shape at the top of the fork, which is associated with Showa’s Separate Function Forks – Big Piston (SFF-BP). There’s also a tell-tale glimmer of a gold-anodised reservoir on the rear shock.
That could point towards the RS gaining an Öhlins unit, similar to the STX40 fitted to the current model.
The outgoing RS features adjustable compression and rebound damping, plus preload adjustment, with 115mm of front wheel travel. Whether the new bike retains that specification remains to be seen.
Two new top-spec Tigers for 2027
Triumph is also updating both the Tiger 900 and Tiger 1200, with images of the two bikes giving us our first look at what’s coming.
As with the Street Triple, the final specifications remain under wraps, but there is one particularly interesting detail sitting front and centre on both bikes.
Both appear to feature some form of radar assistance, with a sensor clearly visible at the front of the Tiger 900 and 1200.
Exactly what it will control isn’t clear, but a forward-facing radar sensor would strongly suggest adaptive cruise control is coming to both bikes.
The Tiger 1200 doesn’t currently have radar-assisted cruise control, although the latest top-spec Explorer models did gain rear-facing radar for Blind Spot Assist and Lane Change Assist.
If adaptive cruise control is added, the Tiger 1200 will be brought closer to rivals that already offer radar assistance as standard. Adding the technology to the Tiger 900 would be a more significant move.
There aren’t many bikes in the sub-1,000cc adventure and sport-touring class with radar assistance, with the Yamaha Tracer 9 GT+ being the obvious exception.
That’s a much sportier, road-focused machine than the Tiger 900 Rally Pro shown here, potentially making the updated Triumph something of an outlier when it comes to rider assistance and equipment in the true adventure touring sector.
For now, then, there’s more speculation than hard fact, but we shouldn’t have to wait long for the full picture. With EICMA 2026 just around the corner, we’re expecting Triumph to lift the covers properly and reveal the details of the new Street Triple 798, Tiger 900 and Tiger 1200.
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Simon (AKA Toad) has been working within the motorcycle industry for more than twelve years, and a member of the motorcyclist family since birth. Growing up around British-built single and twins, it was inevitable that a life on two wheels was on the cards, from a very early age!
