BREAKING: Triumph Speed T4 And 2025 Triumph Speed 400 Launched

Quick News Highlights:

- The Triumph Speed T4 has been launched at Rs 2,17,000

- The T4 is a budget version of the Speed 400, which offers reduced perfromance from the same engine

- The standard Speed 400 has been updated as well with new colours and a few features, getting a new price tag of Rs 2,40,000

Triumph Motorcycles has expanded its 400cc lineup with the launch of the new Speed T4. The T4 is essentially a more budget version of the Speed 400, but is built on the same platform.  

What’s different compared to the Speed 400?

Even though the Speed T4 is based on the Speed 400, it is a separate model altogether. It shares the same platform and engine but has changes to the graphics, hardware and dimensions. The T4 gets the same retro looks with the round LED headlight, rounded tank design and the sleek tail section. Compared to the 400, the new bike gets a “400” graphic on the sides of the fuel tank, “Speed T4” name on the side panel, tail section painted in the same colour as the bike’s colour scheme, blacked-out engine components and exhaust, and red and white strips on the alloy wheels. 

The biggest difference is to the performance figures though. The T4 has the same 398.15cc liquid-cooled single-cylinder motor as the Speed 400, but here it makes 31PS at 7000rpm and 36Nm at 5000rpm, which is 9PS and 1.5Nm less, respectively, than the Speed 400. Also, the T4 doesn't get the inverted fork from the Speed 400. Instead, it's running with a conventional telescopic fork, and the Vredestein radial tyres from the 2025 Speed 400 have been swapped  with 110-section front and 140-section rear bias-ply tyres from MRF. This rear tyres is a little skinnier than the one on the standard Speed 400 (which gets a 150-section rear tyre). The front wheel travel his longer on the T4 compared to the Speed 400.

Barring these changes, the Triumph Speed T4 is almost identical to the standard Speed 400.

What Is Its Price? Who Are Its Rivals?

The Triumph Speed T4 has been launched at Rs 2,17,000 (ex-showroom). It is available in three colour options: Metallic White, Phantom Black and Cocktail Red Wine. The Speed 400 has also been updated with new colour options: Racing Yellow/Pearl Metallic White, Phantom Black/Pewter Grey, Pearl Metallic White/Pewter Grey and Racing Red/Pearl Metallic White. It now costs Rs 2,40,000 (ex-showroom), which makes the Speed T4 Rs 23,000 cheaper than the 2025 Speed 400.

The T4 rivals the likes of the Honda CB350RS, Jawa 42 FJ, and the Hero Mavrick 440. 

What's new in the 2025 Speed 400?

Apart from launching the Speed TR, Triumph also lauched the 2025 version of the standard Speed 400. This bike remains mechanically unchanged compared to the outgoing model, but it does get fatter section Vredestein tyres - 110/80 R17 at the front and 150/70 R17 at the rear (compared to the outgoing model's 110/70 R17 and 150/60 R17 Apollo tyres). Features wise, things remain unchanged apart from the addition of adjustable brake and clutch levers, and what Triumph claims to be a more comfortable seat. The most noticeable change is the addition of two new colourways - Pearl Metallic White and Racing Yellow, the latter of which looks stunning. The price of the new 2025 Triumph Speed 400 is Rs 2.40 lakh (ex-showroom), making it about Rs 6,000 more expensive than the outgoing model. 

Triumph Speed T4 Highlights:

- Powered by the same 398.15cc, liquid-cooled, single-cylinder engine as the Speed 400

- Output: 31PS at 7000rpm and 36Nm at 5000rpm (9PS and 1.5Nm less than the Speed 400)

- 6-speed gearbox with slip-and-assist clutch

- 43mm telescopic fork with 140mm wheel travel (10mm travel more than the Speed 400)

- Gas-charged monoshock with 120mm wheel travel 

- 300mm front disc brake and a 230mm rear disc brake setup with dual-channel ABS as standard

- 110-section MRF Zapper-FX2 front tyre with 17-inch wheel

- 140-section MRF Zapper-FX2 rear tyre with 17-inch wheel (Speed 400 gets a 150-section tyre at the rear)

- Seat height: 806mm (3mm more than the Speed 400) 

- Wheelbase: 1406mm (20mm longer than the Speed 400)

- Kerb weight: 180kg (1kg heavier than the Speed 400)

- Fuel tank capacity: 13 litres

- Analogue speedometer with an LCD screen showing tachometer, odometer, trip meter and other regular readouts

Zig Says

The addition of the Speed T4 to the manufacturer’s 400cc lineup has added variety to it and has also made the entry point of owning a Triumph much lower. With the Speed 400’s launch last year, Triumph blew the sub-450cc retro roadster segment wide open with its jaw dropping pricing. The bike is much admired because of its excellent build quality and attention to details which makes it look as premium as the bigger capacity Triumphs. But for someone who is stepping up to the 400cc bikes, 40PS of power could be a bit too much. So, the T4 offers them a good package of a more manageable 31PS of power and the same build quality as the Speed 400 at a lower price point.