2025 Triumph Scrambler 900

The Triumph Scrambler 900 is yer basic scrambler. Why “basic”? You see, when Triumph introduced the Scrambler 1200 line in 2019, it leaned into off-road performance in a big way—and in a good way. Long-travel suspension, 21-inch front wheels, and top-shelf IMU-managed electronics gave it off-road oriented performance on par with modern middleweight ADVs. A real modern desert sled, in other words. The Triumph Scrambler 900, on the other hand, is more akin to what Triumph Scramblers have been since Hinckley first reinvented the breed in 2006: “Essentially,” Peter Egan says in his first ride review of the ‘06 model, “the Scrambler makes a perfectly adequate fire-road bike, but a fairly mediocre dirtbike, which is what any rational person might have expected.”

The latest Scrambler 900 is much the same: primarily a streetbike with high pipes and a classic 1960s aesthetic. Triumph’s middleweight 900cc engine produces a claimed 64 hp at 7250 rpm and 59 lb.-ft. of peak torque at 3250 rpm. The Scrambler’s 4.7-inch suspension travel, nearly identical to the Speed Twin 900′s, is perfectly rational for a streetbike, and nowhere near as extreme as the 6.7-inch and 9.8-inch travel of the Scrambler 1200 X and 1200XE, respectively. The 900 uses ride-by-wire and three ride modes to adjust throttle mapping, traction control, and ABS. Ride modes are not managed by an IMU. For its intended use, its feature list seems just about right. If basic is what you’d call it, it’s only so because, in this case, “basic” means fundamental and essential. Better yet: “all-purpose,” as Egan would have it.

The 2025 Scrambler 900 starts at $11,495. The Icon Edition, which displays Triumph’s 1907 logo, adds $750 to the base price. A one-year-only orange and black Stealth Edition paint adds $750 to the base price as well.