Triumph Moto2 engine handover at Aragón GP
Celebrating Triumph’s official delivery of 765cc triple Moto2TM race engines, in preparation for the 2019 FIM Moto2TM World Championship, Carmelo Ezpeleta (Dorna, CEO) and Steve Sargent (Chief Product Officer, Triumph) marked the official handover of the full complement of race engines for the 2019 Moto2TM season.
The official Triumph engine handover marks the end of the full engine development and the beginning of the new era of Triumph Moto2 765cc powered motorcycles – which will be seen in action on track for the first time at the Moto2 team testing at Jerez de la Frontera from 23rd- 25th of November.
Following almost two years of intensive development and testing process, the project has been delivered by a dedicated team from Triumph, Dorna, Externpro, Magneti Marelli, and specialist rider input from several former Moto2 and British SuperSports competitors.
Carmelo Ezpeleta, Dorna CEO, commented, “We’re very proud to welcome Triumph to the MotoGP World Championship. It is a pleasure for us to race with such an iconic name as Moto2 engine supplier, writing an important chapter into each of our histories. We look forward to seeing the debut of Triumph on track and to bringing in this new era of competition together.”
Steve Sargent, Triumph’s Chief Product Officer adding, “We are incredibly pleased with the outcome, and with the passion and dedication of everyone involved. We are hugely grateful to Carmelo Ezpeleta and the entire team at Dorna and of course the teams and riders for the opportunity for Triumph to return to the top flight of racing. The excitement and positive response we have already seen from our customers, the army of Triumph fans worldwide and in the Moto2 paddock has shown us already how powerful this partnership will be for Triumph. For me this is just the beginning as we will continue to support the engine programme and feed the key learnings into our motorcycle development, particularly in our class leading Street and Speed Triples.”
The Triumph 765 Moto2 prototype
2019 765cc Moto2 Engine Partnership
With a three-year contract with Dorna – the commercial rights holder of MotoGP – Triumph are supplying a dedicated race tuned 765cc Triumph triple engine, based on the powerplant from the class leading 2017 Triumph Street Triple.
The new engine is a significant development of the race-winning Daytona 675R powerplant that has powered supersports wins at the Isle of Man TT, Daytona 200 and British Supersports Championships in 2014 and 2015.
Based on the highest specification 765cc powerplant from the Street Triple RS it has been developed and tuned for a major step up in power and torque for Moto2TM, with the following modifications; modified cylinder head with revised inlet and exhaust ports for optimised gas flow, titanium valves and stiffer valve springs for increased rpm, low Output race kit alternator for reduced inertia, taller 1st gear ratio, race developed slipper clutch which will be tuneable, specific race ECU which will be developed with Magneti Marelli, revised engine covers for reduced width, different sump to allow for improved header run.
Triumph Moto2 765cc powerplant
In road set-up the new 765cc engine in the Street Triple RS delivers the highest ever level of performance for a Street Triple, power of 123hp at 11700rpm and 77Nm of torque at 10800rpm. Compared with the previous generation Street Triple engine there have been more
than 80 new parts, including an increase to the bore and stroke.
All-new engine components include; new crank, new pistons, new con-rods and balancer shaft, Nikasil plated aluminium barrels, revised gearbox.
The race specification Triumph 765cc Moto2 engine has been developed further to allow the engine to breathe more freely and rev harder than the production bike; increasing overall performance. Other changes have been made specifically to adapt the engine for race use.
