As an owner of scrambler400x , bike is awesome on highway and off road too…not meant for hard off roading but great on light trials. Under this segment this is the best option . 👍🏻
That’s great feedback and good to hear you’re enjoying it! I think you’re right - it’s not a lightweight enduro because that’s not its purpose - most people just want to be able to take it on light trails and camping trips etc!
I've watched a lot of video's on this bike and your right today I must put My money down and stop playing with my heart ❤ .... every time I see this bike it just says something every time ...... I truly like everything I see and hear about this work of art.........
Thats what I felt when I saw the bike last year, and 2 weeks ago i received mine and its being 2 weeks of pure joy, also last weekend was able to join the Distinguished Gentelmans Ride here in Mexico and brother I did feel so Distinguished on top of this beauty.
I'm 20M and from India. This is my first bike, and I'm picking it up in a day or two. I can't wait! Here, the bike cost around ₹254,596 + ₹50,000 for insurance and registration. (That's about 4600 AUD + 900 AUD).
Great review! I have ordered one. And I have driven motorcycles since 1978. I have also a BMW k1200LT and this Triumph bike will give me all that I miss on mine BMW. And I love singel sylinders. In the 70 and 80’s we had a lot off them. Keep the good work going ❤
Being riding for 3 years and i got my scram400x 2 weeks ago, and im loving it, excellent for commute and such a joy on the trails!! I dont see myself wanting anothere bike for at leas a couple of years!! If you want a all around bike that looks awesome, don't look any further!!
Thank you - really great review. Want to start riding again and had the usual suspects on my list ... all around 1000 and 1200 cc but I´m pretty sure I´m gonna upgrade the fun with downgrading the power with this beauty. 90 hp and 110 Nm is a lot to handle and what the 400X provides is certainly enough for most people.
I’m hitting 2000km tomorrow and my 400x keeps getting better -post break in it seems to have more power now 130-140km on the highway no worries it’s like a heavy dual sport aka the dr650 feel to me torquey but more modern engine capable of touring with -I toured on my DR650 and will on my 400x-- I’ll upgrade the front sprocket one tooth to see how that is and I’ve got my rear and side rack coming next week with a proper skid plate and engine guards- no complaints except for ,my immobilized went off once I think that needs to get figured out or deleted --it’s shockingly well thought out great at nothing bike that’s good at everything--off-roading on gravel roads is great highways are great and it scoots around town nice and 27km\L with me cracking the throttle hard--like you say just go ride it --last comment been riding nearly 50 years this has all the power I need but it’s light but not squirrelly I’m crosswinds on the highway light like a KTM500-buy it and ride how ever you like you dont need to do anything to it to go have fun as an expert or a beginner -it’s the essence of scramblers perhaps -a bike most people can afford and have a blast on riding where ever and it looks amazing doing it
Great video bro ❤, Loved the review from a fellow scrambler rider, I booked this bike last week only and have watched every single review, the way u explained every part made me even more excited, cant wait to get this one(manifesting triumph makes spoke wheels for this one in the future 😅)
I finally had a chance to test one out at a demo event, and my god - what a solid, affordable , FUN bike!! I have a speed twin 900 and T120 Black. I thought about scamblerizing my T120, but after the test ride on this thing … nah, I’ll be trading the T120 in. The weight difference for off-roading is what won me over in the end.
Great review! Looks like it's around 180kg wet weight so 50kg lighter than the 1200. This would make it much easier to manage if you do adventure off road a bit and much easier to pick up. Chuck some knobby tyres on this and it could be a lot of fun.
You’ve hit on a good point there! I think the lower seating position and slightly better weight distribution down lower might help centre of gravity too 🤷🏻♂️
For what it's worth, I bought a Speed 400, and my only regret is not waiting another month to get the Scrambler, lol. Both are completely valid for a first bike (like mine) or a fun bike, like my salesman, lmao. The only thing I've noticed about BOTH is the gearing IS very short. A 15 tooth ktm 390 front sprocket is direct replacement. A 16t could present physical problems without rerouting stuff.
Would you mind chatting a bit more about the 110 km feeling, brand new rider here. I want to grow with the bike here and not have to worry about hopping on the highway here and there
Felt good to me, the tyres are wide enough that I felt comfortable at higher speeds and we had a fair bit of gusty wind blowing us around too - some smaller bikes suffer from a very twitchy / unbalanced feeling at higher speeds but I thought the 400x was pretty good - not quite as good as my 1200 but still very manageable.
This is a bloody good review thanks mate 👏🏻👏🏻🤙🏼 I bought one and have just found your video. Your thoughts are exactly as I have found with ownership of this cracking cheap as bike. NZ rider and $9500 on the road, what the hell can you get for that that’s as good as this ??
I have a Triumph scrambler 1200XE 2024, do you know if there is any “maintenance and service manual” for this motorcycle? Because the Owners manual doesn’t say anything about the maintenance of the bike. Thank you!
Man I am so torn between the 400x and speed 400 for a first bike. I really love the look of the 400x more but i do mostly city riding and i saw some guys take the speed 400 through its paces off road just fine
I can’t speak for my own experience because I never officially got the bike up to that speed because it’s not legal in Australia 🤫 but someone I know told me it felt fine up to about 140/150kmh
That's what I'm wanting to know as well. I definitely think the 400x looks better, it's cheaper to buy, it comes stock with all of the cool ( cosmetic ) accessories skid plate, handguards etc. But the Honda has about a 2" lower seat height ( 31" ) which is important to me for comfort at 5'8" short. It has a long proven reliable, bulletproof engine with very long service intervals. The Trans is geared more usable as well as the engine producing focused low end/midrange power; as opposed to the 400x focus on top end power. The SCL500 already has tons of available aftermarket accessories available too. In Kentucky where I live there aren't even any 400x bikes available to even checkout in person, the local triumph dealer does carry the 400 speed in-stock tho ( which I don't want ). Both the orange and the green SCL are available at multiple dealers near me...I do believe I'm going to go with the SCL500. The 400x is truly a damn good looking bike in videos and pics tho! The nearest ones to me I could have delivered even are minimum of 400 miles away... + a healthy shipping fee! Also the Honda only weighs about 20 pounds more, but also has about 8 more horse power with a smoother riding twin cylinder. Anyway, there's my 2 cents on it lol 😂
@@michaelwhitehouse5659 thanks bro! The triumph certainly looks better, but the Honda reliability would be hard to pass up on. I have both near me fortunately. I just wish the Honda had better colors.
Hello, my grammar is not very good, I am writing because I do not completely understand. Do you like the gas handle reaction of this motorcycle? Also, do you think these dimensions will satisfy someone who uses the ktm duke200 series?
Gday! Great question - I think you’re asking if I liked the handling - my answer is yes. As for the KTM duke 200 - It’s hard for me to guess if it’ll satisfy you because I don’t know what type of riding you’re doing! If you’re mostly on road, but want to do some offroad then yes I think you should try one!
Buy one and you will find out. Mine was about 8 months old when I traded it on a GS 1250. It was not bad in the gravel roads but so detuned as would get to 120 kms per hour ok but then they start running out of breath. Never got past 155 on level road flat out. Thet put very small inlet ports that give good torque at low end but a danger to shipping if on a trip and what to pass a car etc on highway.
@@lifeofascramblerNot really. At 70 mph you are already pushing it. If it's your own bike that u plan to keep, the 400x is happiest at 60mph. Sweet spot is 50-55 mph
Very nice review, thanx a lot! As a German driver, I ought to be speed-oriented. And my 22 year old Tiger 955i is still ok for that in todays traffic, if needs be. To be honest, most of the time I am going around with about 65 mph, rarely much more except on the Autobahn. On the later, about 140 km/h is a good speed to ride along. So, the 400 x, which I have ordered, is perfectly suited for my profile even here in „speedy“ Germany. It is not really a speedy bike. But going along the beautiful small country roads in northern and Central Europe is exactly the speed range of the 400x. Anyway, save riding on whatever bike wherever, J.
I can't understand with your bigger market how you can end up worse off, as you have greater buying power as you sell in greater volumes. Also you may find like the royal enfield/ benelli that the wholesaler is in Australia (Urban Imports), so even more reason why you guys should get a better deal I would have thought.@@lifeofascrambler
Yeah good point, I think it's actually trade taxes that are put on imported vehicles in Aus. You'll find that cars are cheaper too in NZ when you compare RRP@@frankpinion4937
Good question I think personally I felt like the 401 didn’t pull as hard as the 400x down low and it also tapered off a bit on the top end. Do yourself a favour and test ride both before you make a decision!
@sanjaysharma-jf8fv not at all. There are many bikes that run 21" wheels and are still very good on the road. Being a 400cc baked bike you are not going to have any difficulty in flocking the bike around to your hearts content. The royal Enfield suffers from fram geometry that makes it feel heavy and cumbersome, not the tires fault.
As an owner of scrambler400x , bike is awesome on highway and off road too…not meant for hard off roading but great on light trials. Under this segment this is the best option . 👍🏻
That’s great feedback and good to hear you’re enjoying it! I think you’re right - it’s not a lightweight enduro because that’s not its purpose - most people just want to be able to take it on light trails and camping trips etc!
I agree with you brother. I love my scrambler ❤
I'm takin it offroad , because yeah i'm that good .
Can u go 80 on the freeway comfortably?
Agreed too. Great for forest fire roads and a great city urban bike. Handles superbly and a nice punchy engine in the city.
Best review yet!
Cheers from Montana USA
I've watched a lot of video's on this bike and your right today I must put My money down and stop playing with my heart ❤ .... every time I see this bike it just says something every time ...... I truly like everything I see and hear about this work of art.........
That’s great to hear! I hope you enjoy and hope to see you riding one!
Thats what I felt when I saw the bike last year, and 2 weeks ago i received mine and its being 2 weeks of pure joy, also last weekend was able to join the Distinguished Gentelmans Ride here in Mexico and brother I did feel so Distinguished on top of this beauty.
I'm 20M and from India. This is my first bike, and I'm picking it up in a day or two. I can't wait!
Here, the bike cost around ₹254,596 + ₹50,000 for insurance and registration. (That's about 4600 AUD + 900 AUD).
Great review! I have ordered one. And I have driven motorcycles since 1978. I have also a BMW k1200LT and this Triumph bike will give me all that I miss on mine BMW. And I love singel sylinders. In the 70 and 80’s we had a lot off them. Keep the good work going ❤
That’s awesome! Keen to hear how it goes! Have you ridden the 400x yet!?
Being riding for 3 years and i got my scram400x 2 weeks ago, and im loving it, excellent for commute and such a joy on the trails!! I dont see myself wanting anothere bike for at leas a couple of years!!
If you want a all around bike that looks awesome, don't look any further!!
Thank you - really great review. Want to start riding again and had the usual suspects on my list ... all around 1000 and 1200 cc but I´m pretty sure I´m gonna upgrade the fun with downgrading the power with this beauty. 90 hp and 110 Nm is a lot to handle and what the 400X provides is certainly enough for most people.
Honestly I think you’re right! I look forward to hearing how you go!
I’m hitting 2000km tomorrow and my 400x keeps getting better -post break in it seems to have more power now 130-140km on the highway no worries it’s like a heavy dual sport aka the dr650 feel to me torquey but more modern engine capable of touring with -I toured on my DR650 and will on my 400x-- I’ll upgrade the front sprocket one tooth to see how that is and I’ve got my rear and side rack coming next week with a proper skid plate and engine guards- no complaints except for ,my immobilized went off once I think that needs to get figured out or deleted --it’s shockingly well thought out great at nothing bike that’s good at everything--off-roading on gravel roads is great highways are great and it scoots around town nice and 27km\L with me cracking the throttle hard--like you say just go ride it --last comment been riding nearly 50 years this has all the power I need but it’s light but not squirrelly I’m crosswinds on the highway light like a KTM500-buy it and ride how ever you like you dont need to do anything to it to go have fun as an expert or a beginner -it’s the essence of scramblers perhaps -a bike most people can afford and have a blast on riding where ever and it looks amazing doing it
How good the sprocket upgrade turn out to be? Im planning to do the sams
Just make some videos dammit
Great video bro ❤, Loved the review from a fellow scrambler rider, I booked this bike last week only and have watched every single review, the way u explained every part made me even more excited, cant wait to get this one(manifesting triumph makes spoke wheels for this one in the future 😅)
I finally had a chance to test one out at a demo event, and my god - what a solid, affordable , FUN bike!!
I have a speed twin 900 and T120 Black. I thought about scamblerizing my T120, but after the test ride on this thing … nah, I’ll be trading the T120 in. The weight difference for off-roading is what won me over in the end.
Can you review the Triumph scrambler 900 next ? Thinking of buying either the 400x or the 900
I’d love to! I’ll see if I can get one soon 😎
Great review! Looks like it's around 180kg wet weight so 50kg lighter than the 1200. This would make it much easier to manage if you do adventure off road a bit and much easier to pick up. Chuck some knobby tyres on this and it could be a lot of fun.
You’ve hit on a good point there! I think the lower seating position and slightly better weight distribution down lower might help centre of gravity too 🤷🏻♂️
Great review and well balanced comprehensive information 👍
Thanks!
For what it's worth, I bought a Speed 400, and my only regret is not waiting another month to get the Scrambler, lol. Both are completely valid for a first bike (like mine) or a fun bike, like my salesman, lmao.
The only thing I've noticed about BOTH is the gearing IS very short. A 15 tooth ktm 390 front sprocket is direct replacement. A 16t could present physical problems without rerouting stuff.
Excellent review, now I need to book a test ride. Thanks a lot…mate! 😉
Thanks! I would HIGHLY recommend that!
Cheers mate Great review all the way from Scunthorpe England
Would this scrambler be comfy on a long hwy tour? Like a few hundred kms sitting on 115 for example
Being a pride owner of scrambler 400X I will say I am enjoying full of riding with this 🏍️❤scramblers
Awesome how long have you had yours?! Do you ride off road?! I’m keen to hear how it’s going
I just completed 8000KM on the Scrambler 400x. Did a fair amount of off-roading. I think it's more than what you bargained for.
Awesome how was it!?
I want one for a run about and gravel bike.
Would you mind chatting a bit more about the 110 km feeling, brand new rider here. I want to grow with the bike here and not have to worry about hopping on the highway here and there
Felt good to me, the tyres are wide enough that I felt comfortable at higher speeds and we had a fair bit of gusty wind blowing us around too - some smaller bikes suffer from a very twitchy / unbalanced feeling at higher speeds but I thought the 400x was pretty good - not quite as good as my 1200 but still very manageable.
@@lifeofascrambler thank you for your reply
Thanks for another great video.
Thanks!
This is a bloody good review thanks mate 👏🏻👏🏻🤙🏼
I bought one and have just found your video. Your thoughts are exactly as I have found with ownership of this cracking cheap as bike. NZ rider and $9500 on the road, what the hell can you get for that that’s as good as this ??
I have a Triumph scrambler 1200XE 2024, do you know if there is any “maintenance and service manual” for this motorcycle? Because the Owners manual doesn’t say anything about the maintenance of the bike. Thank you!
There is a maintenance manual - you can google it or find it in the Scrambler 1200 Facebook group!
@@lifeofascrambler thank you! Ill try to find it there 👊🏼👊🏼
Man I am so torn between the 400x and speed 400 for a first bike. I really love the look of the 400x more but i do mostly city riding and i saw some guys take the speed 400 through its paces off road just fine
Thanks for the vídeo!
How does the engine run at a cruising speed of 130 km/h?
I can’t speak for my own experience because I never officially got the bike up to that speed because it’s not legal in Australia 🤫 but someone I know told me it felt fine up to about 140/150kmh
What are your thoughts on how this compares to the Honda SCL500?
That's what I'm wanting to know as well. I definitely think the 400x looks better, it's cheaper to buy, it comes stock with all of the cool ( cosmetic ) accessories skid plate, handguards etc. But the Honda has about a 2" lower seat height ( 31" ) which is important to me for comfort at 5'8" short. It has a long proven reliable, bulletproof engine with very long service intervals. The Trans is geared more usable as well as the engine producing focused low end/midrange power; as opposed to the 400x focus on top end power. The SCL500 already has tons of available aftermarket accessories available too. In Kentucky where I live there aren't even any 400x bikes available to even checkout in person, the local triumph dealer does carry the 400 speed in-stock tho ( which I don't want ). Both the orange and the green SCL are available at multiple dealers near me...I do believe I'm going to go with the SCL500. The 400x is truly a damn good looking bike in videos and pics tho! The nearest ones to me I could have delivered even are minimum of 400 miles away... + a healthy shipping fee! Also the Honda only weighs about 20 pounds more, but also has about 8 more horse power with a smoother riding twin cylinder. Anyway, there's my 2 cents on it lol 😂
@@michaelwhitehouse5659 thanks bro! The triumph certainly looks better, but the Honda reliability would be hard to pass up on. I have both near me fortunately. I just wish the Honda had better colors.
well made !! good job
Thank you! Hope you enjoyed it 🤗
Spend more cash in 1200 Xe for all Road trips include medium offroad.. or spend less on 400x? Compare 2 bikes plsss
Great concept, let me pitch it to triumph and see where it goes! 😅🤗
Love my one
Awesome how long have you had it!?
@@lifeofascrambler about a month
Hello, my grammar is not very good, I am writing because I do not completely understand.
Do you like the gas handle reaction of this motorcycle? Also, do you think these dimensions will satisfy someone who uses the ktm duke200 series?
Gday! Great question - I think you’re asking if I liked the handling - my answer is yes. As for the KTM duke 200 - It’s hard for me to guess if it’ll satisfy you because I don’t know what type of riding you’re doing! If you’re mostly on road, but want to do some offroad then yes I think you should try one!
Sure the Scrambler400x will be a great choice
What jacket and pants are you using for this video?
Akin Stealth jeans (Kevlar + armour) and a Triumph ‘Beck’ waxed jacket
I had the 900 street scrambler before but this is a better bike. Pulls better from 120 km upward to.
I was kind of thinking the same thing to be honest but I havent had a chance to try them side by side so I didn’t want to say that just yet 😅
what how is a 400 single better than a 900 in performance
Buy one and you will find out. Mine was about 8 months old when I traded it on a GS 1250. It was not bad in the gravel roads but so detuned as would get to 120 kms per hour ok but then they start running out of breath. Never got past 155 on level road flat out. Thet put very small inlet ports that give good torque at low end but a danger to shipping if on a trip and what to pass a car etc on highway.
Can you cruise at 80mph all day? My scrambler 1200 can.
Supposedly it can.
I know a guy who might have had it up to 150kmh (93mph) and it started to get buzzy but it felt ok at 123/80ish on the highway!
@@lifeofascramblerNot really. At 70 mph you are already pushing it. If it's your own bike that u plan to keep, the 400x is happiest at 60mph. Sweet spot is 50-55 mph
Very nice review, thanx a lot!
As a German driver, I ought to be speed-oriented. And my 22 year old Tiger 955i is still ok for that in todays traffic, if needs be. To be honest, most of the time I am going around with about 65 mph, rarely much more except on the Autobahn.
On the later, about 140 km/h is a good speed to ride along.
So, the 400 x, which I have ordered, is perfectly suited for my profile even here in „speedy“ Germany. It is not really a speedy bike. But going along the beautiful small country roads in northern and Central Europe is exactly the speed range of the 400x.
Anyway, save riding on whatever bike wherever,
J.
@@sanjaysharma-jf8fv lol my 250 can do better than that..
only $8,990 in NZ.
Damn, that’s a great deal! must be those tariffs in Australia driving up the price!
I can't understand with your bigger market how you can end up worse off, as you have greater buying power as you sell in greater volumes. Also you may find like the royal enfield/ benelli that the wholesaler is in Australia (Urban Imports), so even more reason why you guys should get a better deal I would have thought.@@lifeofascrambler
Yeah good point, I think it's actually trade taxes that are put on imported vehicles in Aus. You'll find that cars are cheaper too in NZ when you compare RRP@@frankpinion4937
Husky 401 is Better?
Good question I think personally I felt like the 401 didn’t pull as hard as the 400x down low and it also tapered off a bit on the top end. Do yourself a favour and test ride both before you make a decision!
@@lifeofascrambler Which one did you enjoy more while riding it?
"Pulls long and hard" , yeah I'm single too and can attest to that .
the 1200 is more for blokes with big egos when the 400 is more than you need
Indian manufacturing. Not thanks.
Wish they made a 21" with spoke wheels 😢
Interesting point and I would love to see that - how much work would it be to mod a 21” wheel you reckon!?
But that would mean sacrificing easy handling & flickability, espl while cornering.
The 21 is only good off-road. The Himalayan 452 has them
@sanjaysharma-jf8fv not at all. There are many bikes that run 21" wheels and are still very good on the road. Being a 400cc baked bike you are not going to have any difficulty in flocking the bike around to your hearts content. The royal Enfield suffers from fram geometry that makes it feel heavy and cumbersome, not the tires fault.
always the same stupid argument of the learners bike.....
Sorry I’m not following can you elaborate and I might be able to help!?