21 May 2025

Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride 2025, India: Record breaking participation of Triumph Modern Classics

• 2,000 Triumph motorcycle owners participated in the 12th edition of The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride 2025 across 40+ cities in India.
• Supported by Triumph Motorcycles, the ride brought together Classic and Modern Classic riders to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer research and men’s mental health.
• 2025 marks the 12th consecutive year of Triumph Motorcycles’ global partnership with The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride.

Pune, 21st May 2025 – Triumph Motorcycles, with over 120 years of motorcycling heritage, successfully concluded the 12th edition of The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride (DGR) in India. For the 12th year running, Triumph led this global movement, uniting over 3200 riders across India where 2000 were owners of Triumph Motorcycles. Keeping consistency with the unique aspect of the ride – the riders came out in impressive numbers, dressed dapper on their Modern Classic and Classic motorcycles, riding for a cause.

As part of the DGR’s “Side by Side, Worldwide” campaign, Triumph dealers around the world hosted and participated in rides to help raise awareness and funds for men’s mental health and prostate cancer research, ensuring even more motorcyclists were able to take part.

Since its inception, the initiative has raised over $59.94 million USD worldwide since 2012, till 2024 while we expect the 2025’s contribution. The event is a powerful reminder of what communities can achieve when they rally around important, often overlooked, causes. DGR 2025 exemplifies how collective action can bring vital attention to men’s health.

Top fundraisers rewarded by Triumph

Each year Triumph donates 4 prize motorcycles from the modern classic range, and this year is no exception. In DGR 2025, the Top 3 Fundraisers and Gentlefolk Prize Winner will each receive a brand new modern classic Triumph motorcycle. The Triumph Modern Classic motorcycle family represents the quintessence of The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride spirit: elegant, iconic, characterful, and built for the ride.

12 Years of Triumph in India

In 2025, Triumph Motorcycles marks 12 years in India, with a growing network, expanding portfolio, and a strong community—the Triumph Tribe. With the success of the Speed 400, Speed T4 and Scrambler 400 X, and the recent launch of the Speed Twin 1200, Triumph continues to meet the evolving aspirations of Indian riders. The brand’s growth in dealerships and loyal customer base has firmly established its position as a leading premium motorcycle brand in India.

Speaking about the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride, Manik Nangia, President, Pro-Biking Business Unit, said, "The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride 2025 has redefined purpose-led motorcycling. From the streets of Mumbai to the avenues of Bengaluru, Triumph riders stood out—not just in style, but in spirit. This year marked a shift: record participation of over 2000 Triumph owners, stronger community ties, and a louder voice for men’s health. Our partnership with DGR goes beyond motorcycles—it reflects a shared legacy of elegance, strength, and meaningful rebellion. With the Speed 400 and Scrambler 400 X energizing a new wave of riders, Triumph is proud to fuel a movement that’s global, enduring, and impactful."

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ABOUT TRIUMPH

First established in 1902, Triumph Motorcycles celebrated 120 years of motorcycle manufacture in 2022. For more than three decades, Triumph Motorcycles has been based in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and has produced iconic bikes that perfectly blend authentic design, character, charisma, and performance.

A GLOBAL BRITISH SUCCESS STORY

Record global sales of 134,635 motorcycles were delivered in 2024, through a network of 950 dealers in 68 countries, confirming Triumph Motorcycles’ position as the largest British motorcycle manufacturer.

Triumph currently employs around 3,000 personnel worldwide and has subsidiary operations in the UK, North America, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Sweden (Scandinavia), Benelux, Brazil, China, and Thailand as well as a network of independent distributors. Triumph has manufacturing facilities in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and Thailand plus CKD facilities in Brazil and India.

A WORLD-CLASS RANGE

With a laser-sharp focus on what riders across the world are looking for, a passion to deliver the perfect ride for every customer, and attention to detail that delivers the highest quality motorcycles, Triumph offers a growing range of category-leading motorcycles spanning Modern Classics, Roadsters and Adventure bikes. From the accessible Speed 400cc TR series to the Rocket 3 with its powerful 2500cc engine, every model exemplifies Triumph’s iconic style, quality and performance.

Delivering a fun, agile and confidence-inspiring ride for riders of all ages and experience levels, the Speed 400 and Scrambler 400 X launched in 2023 with a brand-new single engine platform (TR Series), representing incredible value for money and bringing Triumph to a whole new generation of riders.

The Modern Classics feature Triumph’s legendary Bonneville twin engine. Famously named to celebrate Triumph’s 1956 land speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA, the Bonneville was the original British superbike and a race-winner straight out of the crate, chosen by famous motorcyclists of the past for its handling, style, and character. Now, the Bonneville family has evolved, with rider-focused technology and cool custom style. The range includes the Bonneville Bobber, Speedmaster, Thruxton RS, Speed Twin 900, Speed Twin 1200, Scrambler 900, Scrambler 1200 and the iconic Bonneville T120 and T100.

The Roadsters start with the agile and popular Trident 660 and sporty Daytona 660 then the Street Triple 765, and finally the Speed Triple 1200 RS. For adventure riders, Triumph has a complete line-up of epic Tigers, starting with the Tiger Sport 660 and Tiger Sport 800, moving up to the Tiger 900 range, and finally to the Tiger 1200 range.

In 2023 Triumph officially claimed the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS^TM title for ‘The greatest distance travelled on a motorcycle in 24 hours (individual)’. Riding a factory-specification Tiger 1200 GT Explorer on the High-Speed Ring at the Nardò Technical Center in Italy, 5x Enduro World Champion and Triumph Global Ambassador Iván Cervantes travelled more than 4012km in a 24-hour period, beating the previous record of 3406km by a huge margin of more than 600km.

TRIUMPH RACING

Triumph has a glorious racing history, competing in and winning races in almost every class and field of motorcycle sporting achievement. From winning the second ever Isle of Man TT in 1908, through to 1960s road and track success in Europe and America, right up to contemporary racing achievements with the Triumph triple powered 2014 and 2015 SuperSport titles and World SuperSport racing, Isle of Man SuperSport TT wins in 2014 and 2019, courtesy of Gary Johnson and Peter Hickman, plus an average speed of over 130mph 2023 by Peter Hickman on his Triumph STR765, and a thrilling last-lap victory at the legendary Daytona 200 by Brandon Paasch on the Street Triple 765 in 2022.

Triumph’s racing legend continues as the exclusive engine supplier to the FIM Moto2™ World Championship since the start of the 2019 season. Triumph Motorcycles provides all the teams with race-tuned 765cc triples, each of which is based on the class-leading Street Triple RS powerplant. Redefining the class, Triumph broke record after record in the inaugural year, including the first ever +300km/h Moto2™ top speed. Reflecting these great successes, the wonderful feedback, and partnerships that Triumph have had with the riders and their teams, and the incredible response from Triumph fans across the world, Triumph and Dorna, decided to extend the relationship in 2021 and again in 2023, signing a new contract for another five years of racing: 2025 – 2029.

Triumph is working with PTR Triumph Factory Racing to participate in the 2025 World Supersport Championship. Tom Booth-Amos will be joined by Oli Bayliss, racing on the Street Triple 765. Macadam Triumph Factory Racing continues with British Supersport riders Luke Stapleford (2024 vice-champion) and Max Wadsworth. In the National Sportbike Championship, the team has a four rider lineup on the Daytona 660; Brodie Gawith, Jayden Martin, Katie Hand and Lewis Smart.

In 2023, Triumph announced its intention to compete in the 2024 MXGP/MX2 and SuperMotocross World Championships, and after a successful first season, now lines up for SuperMotocross in 2025 with a four-rider team. Jalek Swoll, Austin Forkner, Jordon Smith, Stilez Robertson will race for the British manufacturer, who will compete on both coasts of Supercross and the full Pro Motocross series with the TF 250-X. In the FIM MX2 World Championship Camden McLellan will compete for a second year aboard Triumph machinery, while Guillem Farres joins the team. Mikkel Haarup remains as a test rider (due to age restrictions in the MX2 category).

In September 2024 Triumph revealed Motorsport legend and former world champion Paul Edmondson has officially been appointed Team Manager of Triumph Racing’s enduro programme, which will see the brand represented at the highest levels of enduro competition worldwide. In February 2025, Jonny Walker took 2nd place overall in the SuperEnduro World Championship on his TF 250.

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