Well, I'm thinking of getting a motorcycle for my birthday. Then I realized it might actually be cooler if I got Clara Oswald's bike.
Can anybody tell me what brand/model it is?
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Looks suspiciously like a Truimph – slebetman Oct 27 '14 at 6:05
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7Doctor Who is produced by the BBC, so please do remember that other brands of motorcycle are available. – Paul D. Waite Oct 27 '14 at 9:40
A Triumph Bonneville Scrambler.
You can make out the “Triumph” badge in the picture you’ve included, and a couple of sites have pinned down the exact model. I'm not a motorcycle expert, but I can look at the picture you've shown, and the pictures they have, and see that it's probably the same model:
From “The ten best and five worst Doctor Who bike connections” on motorcyclenews.com:
This year’s Christmas special The Snowmen (BBC 1, Christmas Day) features the Time Lord riding a bike, namely a Triumph Bonneville Scrambler, with new companion Jenna-Louise Coleman
From “Doctor Who and Motorbikes” on Flying Monkey Gear:
If you are “Whovian” and up to date with the series, you may have taken notice to the top photos showing the current and Eleventh Doctor with a young female passenger atop a late model Triumph Bonneville Scrambler.
From “Suspend your disbelief: Doctor Who” on Ride Apart:
As evidenced by the rubber knee pads and flat seat, these images from the set appear to show a Triumph Scrambler, the dirt-capable version of the Bonneville.
The first and second link identify a number of other bikes which have appeared in the show over the years.
answered Oct 27 '14 at 6:07
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1“This year’s Christmas special The Snowmen (BBC 1, Christmas Day) features the Time Lord riding a bike” — I’m assuming this was a wrong guess on their part, as I’m pretty sure the bike appeared in The Bells of St. John (the first episode of season 7 part 2), and not the Victorian-set The Snowmen. – Paul D. Waite Oct 27 '14 at 9:42
Found it (I think): the Triumph Scrambler. Specifically that distinctive exhaust:
http://www.triumphmotorcycles.com/bikes/scrambler/2014/scrambler
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4Yeah, but my comment to the question was even earlier :) Still, what matters is not the first answer but the better answer and I believe alexwlchan has the better answer :D – slebetman Oct 27 '14 at 7:34
