Triumph Bobber is the first model to get a second ‘TFC’ series

TFC – or ‘Triumph Factory Custom’ – is the branding given to the British company’s most high-end limited-edition machines and the latest machine to get the treatment is actually a returning model in the form of the Bobber TFC.

The Bobber was among the earliest bikes to be given a TFC makeover back in 2019, with a limited run of 750 machines globally that sold out rapidly. Now there’s a second chance as the new 2025 Bobber TFC shares many of the same ideas as the original, but throws in a few new ones as well.

As with other TFC models, it’s a strict limited run machine, again with 750 examples to be distributed around the globe, and drips with high-end components and exclusive touches.

While the standard Triumph Bonneville Bobber migrated to a 16-inch front wheel in 2021, a part that was previously reserved for the Bobber Black, the TFC returns to the spindly 19-inch front wheel that featured on the original version of the bike, giving a more traditional profile. That’s emphasised even more by the use of low, clip-on bars instead of the higher, wider design of the stock Bobber.

There’s a distinct black-and-gold theme running through the new TFC, with hand-applied gold stripes on the tank and side panels, each with a marbled finish to the centre section and thin coachlines to mark the edges. Each tank is also signed on the underside by the person that hand-painted it, emphasising the bike’s exclusivity. While standard Bobbers come from the company’s factories in Thailand, TFC-branded limited-edition machines are traditionally built in the company’s UK facility and there’s no reason to believe the Bobber TFC will be any different.

Gold bottoms and black tops to the upside-down Öhlins NIX 30 forks continue the theme, as does the exhaust, where the downpipes have a tinge of colour that contrasts with the black Akrapovič silencers, each tipped with a carbon fibre end cap. A black frame and black wheel rims add to the effect, and while the side panels appear to be black, they’re actually gloss lacquered carbon fibre, as are the stays for the front mudguard.

Those upside-down forks, and the Öhlins rear shock that matches them, are among the elements that set the TFC aside, mechanically, from the standard Bobber. Others include the Brembo M50 radial four-pot brakes, replacing axial two-piston stoppers on the stock bike, and a TFC-specific engine map that adds a Sport mode alongside the existing Road and Rain settings.

Peak power is unchanged at 57.5kW, arriving at 6000rpm (100rpm lower than the standard model), and while there’s no change to the maximum torque of 106Nm, it also appears lower in the rev range at 3750rpm instead of 4000rpm.

From the rider’s seat, a billet aluminium top yoke sets the bike aside from the stock Bobber, carrying the TFC badge and a numbered plaque to show the bike’s position in the limited edition run.

It’s not cheap, of course, coming in at $32,290 AUD, but the suspension, exhaust and brake upgrades alone would largely account for the difference between that cost and the $23,590 AUD of the base Bonneville Bobber.