The movie Nerve (2016) is a techno-thriller starring Dave Franco and Emma Roberts. The plot revolves around a truth-or-dare reality game, wherein “players” accept dares from “watchers,” earning money for their antics. Not surprisingly, such a game has both comic and dark consequences — both of which are portrayed in the film.
In the movie, Dave Franco’s character, Ian, rides a motorcycle — at one point, he accepts a dare to ride blindfolded through NYC at 60 mph with Emma Roberts’s character, Vee, steering with her body. Below is the scene.
Nerve Motorcycle Scene
The Motorcycle in Nerve
Franco’s motorcycle in Nerve is a 2015 Triumph Bonneville outfitted with blue neon underlights and a couple of Scrambler accents, including a mesh headlight guard and knobby tires. However, the low exhaust and mag wheels indicate the bike is not a Triumph Scrambler — a fact verified by various online sources. The Scrambler, on the other hand, has a high-mount exhaust and spoke wheels.
Triumph Bonneville
The Triumph Bonneville is often classified as a modern retro — a contemporary machine with old-school flair. The 2015 Bonneville offered an air-cooled, 865cc, 68-hp parallel twin with a 5-speed transmission, twin rear shocks, and 7-spoke cast aluminum mag wheels. The bike has been lauded by professional moto-journalists and amateur riders alike. Says The National:
“The current Bonneville will leave classic owners cold, with its decent brakes, electronic ignition and the ability to keep its oil on the inside. It even has an on-board trip computer, cleverly hidden in the main gauge. But one of the biggest advantages of the Bonneville is that it was designed in an era when handlebars were wide and people sat upright on the bike. Triumph has stuck to that design – and that makes it perfect for a new rider or someone returning to bikes after a long break. It’s as easy to ride as a 125cc training bike, but without the terrible looks and total lack of power.”
In a world of high-power Transformer lookalikes, the Triumph’s combination of nostalgic styling, modern engineering, and practical ergonomics is hard to beat.
Triumph Custom Motorcycles
Below is a selection of custom Triumph builds we’ve featured from around the world.
The Cheney Triumph Tiger Cub: The Next Chapter - 50 Years of Racing: Same Bike, Same Rider… We first introduced this remarkable machine back in 2021, sharing the history of one of the most unique classic motocross bikes ever built, the Cheney Cantilever Triumph […]
FCR Original: Triumph 900 “Bespoke #1” Roadster - The Triumph Speed Twin 900 and T100 Bonneville share the same 900cc engine, which may look like an old air-cooled twin but actually features fuel injection, liquid cooling, and other modern conveniences. It’s a handsome […]
The Tiger: 1973 Triumph TR5T Desert Sled - Trophy Trail Desert Sled from France… Triumph produced the original TR5 Trophy from 1949 to 1958, a 500cc Speed Twin-based machine named in honor of the manufacturer’s team trophy that Triumph brought home (along with […]
Aluminum Wonder: Triumph Thruxton 1200 RS Café Racer - Aluminum-Clad Thruxton RS from 2020 Motorcycles… The Triumph Thruxton 1200 RS is the company’s top-tier neo-retro café racer, blending classic 60s styling with modern superbike-spec components such as Öhlins suspension and Brembo brakes. The 103-hp […]
Triumph Scrambler 400 XC “Escape” - The Triumph Scrambler 400 XC is the company’s new, more dirt-focused 398cc scrambler. The TR series short-stroke liquid-cooled single, which makes about 40 bhp and powers the Speed and Scrambler 400, has received strongly positive […]
Hot Rod Bonnie: Brat-Style Triumph T100 Special Edition - Hot Rod-inspired Bonneville Brat from Brittany’s RV Workshop Motorcycles… In 2008, Triumph introduced fuel injection to the 865cc parallel-twin of their neo-classic mainstay, the Bonneville. The T100 was the up-spec version of the standard Bonnie, […]
Coming in 2026: Triumph Thruxton 400 Café Racer - Modern Café Racer, Scaled Down… With the recent discontinuation of the beloved Thruxton 1200, many riders assumed Triumph’s long-running café racer lineage had reached its conclusion — we among them. However, Triumph just announced that […]
Alps Edition: Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE - Plug-n-Play: Scrambler 1200 Custom “MotoKit” from Crooked Motorcycles… In terms of modern production scramblers, nothing really matches the Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE. While most bikes of this genre are little more than stylistic exercises, the […]
Patina A-Plenty: 1970 Triumph Trophy T25W Desert Sled - Triumph Trophy 250 Desert Sled from Scott Verrall… The Triumph Trophy T25W (W for ‘Woodsman’) — aka the Trophy 250 — was a lightweight single-cylinder scrambler born from the company’s tight relationship with BSA. The […]
Born in the Dirt, Built for the Street: Triumph Tracker 400 - Triumph announces the Tracker 400, coming in 2026… Here at BikeBound, we’re big fans of flat and street trackers, so it piqued our interest this week when Triumph announced a new addition to their 2027 […]
Desert Sled 55: 1963 Triumph Speed Twin - Built for for £4K: Dan Steward’s Triumph 5TA Desert Sled… Ed Turner — Triumph’s legendary designer and director — launched the original Speed Twin 5T at the 1937 National Motorcycle Show. The 500 parallel-twin […]
The Green Pig: “Yax Muuk” Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE - BikeBound Photographer Roberto Garagarza’s Scrambler 1200 XE… For 2019, Triumph unveiled the Scrambler 1200, which soon proved itself to be much more than a scrambler in name alone. For once, a factory had designed and […]
Triumph T120 “Tambora” Bonneville - Batakastem Workshop’s British Bike Build… Triumph launched the original T120 Bonneville in 1959 as “The Best Motorcycle in the World.” The “T120” portion of the name stemmed from the bike’s projected top speed of 120 […]
Born Free: 1961 Triumph Pre-Unit Duplex Digger “Stretch” - Duplex Digger: Karl Ardo’s Pre-Unit Triumph Chopper… In 1960, the twin-carb Bonneville 650 received a new “Duplex” frame whose twin front downtubes corrected the “Whip Iron” wobble of the original bike. Today, the 1960-62 Triumph […]
Monster Triple: Triumph Speed Triple 955i - Rover-inspired “Monster Triple” from Cus’Tom Motorcycle… When Triumph made their Hinckley factory comeback in the early 1990s, they opted for a modular production plan that allowed them to manufacture a wide range of models […]
Street Racer: Triumph Street Triple 675 - In 2007, Triumph took the 675cc liquid-cooled triple-cylinder supersport engine from the Daytona 675 and put it in a streetfighter-style naked machine modeled after the mighty Speed Triple 1050. The three-cylinder engine crossed the grunt […]
Soul of a Sprinter: Triumph Trident 660 RS Café Racer - From FCR Original: Triple-Cylinder Triumph Café Racer… Introduced in 2020, the Triumph Trident 660 is a middleweight naked bike / roadster with an 80-bhp triple born from the Daytona 675 supersport engine. The engine […]
Street Triple on Steroids: Triumph Trophy 1200 Streetfighter - Vic Shield’s Trophy 4 Streetfighter, built 28 years ago! The modern rebirth of the Triumph brand is a storied one. In 1988, a new factory was built on a 10-acre site in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and […]
In Dust We Trust: “Triumph Legend” T100 - FCR Original x BRETT: A Triumph Legend That Embodies British Spirit… The Triumph T100 is the linchpin of the Bonneville series, with a liquid-cooled 900cc parallel twin producing 64 horsepower and 59 pound-feet of […]
Ex-Bobber, Reborn: Triumph T140 Bonneville Special - Vic Shield’s T140 Bobber… In the early 1970s, Triumph replaced the storied 650cc T120 Bonneville with the larger capacity T140. The bike was originally 724cc but quickly bored to 744cc, and retained the oil-in-frame / […]
Gentleman’s Hooligan: Triumph Speed Triple Restomod - Mk5: The fifth and final Speed Triple T509 from Munich’s Tom Gessner… Last fall, we featured a pair of Triumph T509 Speed Triples from our friend Tom Gessner of Munich, Germany. Introduced in 1997, […]
La Taiguer: Triumph Tiger Scrambler - Triumph Tiger 955i Scrambler from FullMoto… In 2001, Triumph introduced the Tiger 955i, an adventure-style bike powered by the great engine of the early Hinckley Triumph years, the liquid-cooled 955cc triple. The three-cylinder engine, which […]
Lisbon Bonnie: Thruxton-Powered Triumph T120 Bonneville - Thruxton Power: Bonneville T120 Custom Roadster from Unik Edition… The Triumph T120 Bonneville sits at the top of the Bonnie range, a retro roadster that combines the style and character of the old air-cooled Bonnies […]
ISDT Tribute: Triumph T120 Bonneville Scrambler - The Triumph Bonneville T120 is probably the most well-rounded Bonnie of the lot, a 1200cc roadster that combines classic style and character with modern tech like liquid cooling, ABS, traction control, heated grips, and more. […]
Gold Edition: Triumph Scrambler 1200 XE - Dark and Minimalist Scrambler from Brazil’s Atlantic Custom Studio… A lot of custom builders grew up riding and racing bikes from a young age. However, it’s interesting how many actually weren’t allowed to own a […]
