As soon as we saw the Triumph Scrambler 400X released last year, two things were obvious. First, at its excellent intro price, Triumph would sell these by the container-load. Second, the aftermarket was going to gear up for this machine, big-time. And now both those things are very much coming true.
Rally Raid has just announced it’s getting ready to kit out the mini-scrambler with hard parts that will make it a better off-roader. Specifically, it’s offering a lowered “Level 1” suspension that’s intended to make the bike easier to ride for short-legged motorcyclists. The shock has an adjustable lower mounting eyelet that allows the rider to reduce rear ride height in a range of 20-50 mm. The shock also has improved, adjustable damping, more oil capacity (resisting shock fade) and a preload adjustment collar at the base of the shock for easy access. Buyers can opt for a range of spring rates, to match their loaded weight (rider plus luggage).
Rally Raid also offers a Level 2 shock for the Scrambler 400X, which retains stock seat height. Rally Raid says the standard Scrambler 400X already has plenty of suspension travel, so the Level 2 shock instead focuses on improved (and adjustable) damping, as well as an easy-to-reach preload adjustment collar at bottom of the shock, and your choice of spring rate.
Rally Raid also offers a new 150 mm Fork Kit that gives spring preload adjustment, your choice of spring rates, and a higher front end that balances out the bike’s stock nose-heavy stance:
Our comprehensive longer-travel fork kit completely replaces the internal components with our own design 22mm diameter open cartridges (one in each leg), offering +10mm spring preload adjustment and individual rebound and compression damping adjustment in the replacement fork caps.
Our Scrambler Fork kit is available with a choice of two spring rates (standard and heavy duty), comes complete with our special fork cap tool and a bottle our recommended weight fork oil, and is designed for DIY fit at home.
Rally Raid also offers new Excel tubeless spoked rims (19-inch front, 17-inch rear). Here’s their description from the ADVrider forum Vendors thread:
Here at Rally Raid Products we pioneered retrofitting cast-wheel bikes with our own in-house designed and machined hubs laced with stainless steel spokes (which resist corrosion) to high-quality [Excel] tubeless rims, which are then professionally vulcanised by BARTubeless to offer fully guaranteed and warrantied tubeless spoked wheels, which are a direct replacement fit for the OEM cast wheels, including accepting all the original brake disc, ABS and drive sprocket hardware making the swap both easy and more affordable.
Rally Raid also offers luggage options for the Scrambler 400X, and instrument mounts. Check out their thread for full details, and an explanation of why they’re offering what they’re offering, and why they shied away from some other farkle options. And below, you can see Nathan Millward’s YouTube video showing off the kit:
