News that Triumph had updated its Modern Classics series for 2022 came much earlier this year, so we were taken a bit by surprise when the Brits announced another 2022 release consisting of eight limited-edition bikes, all from that lineup. Dubbed the Bonneville Gold Line Editions, each bike is hand-finished with a striking new Gold Line Edition paint scheme, and are available for one year only. The “new” models are the Bonneville Bobber Gold Line, the Speedmaster Gold Line, the Bonneville T120 Gold Line, the T120 Black Gold Line, the Street Scrambler Gold Line, the T100 Gold Line, and the Scrambler XE and XC Gold Line.
Each bike sports an undeniably classy look—and a marked improvement over the stock colors—but there are no mechanical or aesthetic changes to these latest 2022 editions. All these new Bonnevilles receive the same revisions covered in the earlier release, which includes lighter weight, improved braking, and updates to meet Euro 5 emissions. The Gold Line Editions exist solely to showcase the hand-painting skills of Triumph’s paint shop, which paints each one by hand, adding the signature gold striping as an exclamation point.
They’re expected in dealerships by December 2021, but meanwhile you can scroll through for a closer look at each model.