Thruxton. The Thruxton is born of the café racer culture that dominated motorcycling in the 1960s. Back then, ritish twins, sually Bonneville engines, ere used to form the basis of home built bikes. Used to race from one café to another, hey featured extensive modifications such as dropped bars, ingle seats and upswept exhausts. To this day, eâve kept many of these styling cues for the modern Thruxton. Named after the high speed British circuit where Triumph enjoyed great success in production racing, t follows in the tire tracks of the legendary 1960's Thruxton T120R. And just like those café racers of the 60's, he modern Thruxton is Bonneville based but nowadays, ur engineers have made sure it rides like a modern Triumph twin. So itâs dependable enough for everyday use, asy and fun to ride yet still evokes the classic café racer look.