Resurrecting this one so as not to start another... for those possibly interested.

I just spent the weekend on a ride with the national distributor for Triumph (same source as before) and he gave me the following info:

The bike's launch has been pushed back a further six months as they are redesigning it from scratch. Apparently it looked too conservative and much like a bloated America.
They are aiming for a more radical design.
It seems that several US dealers got a peek at it (or pictures of it) and were disaappointed.
As they are looking forward to it being their "bread and butter" model (especially going head-on with HD), they needed something that would create an instant "wow" response.

Although I have heard rumours of the displacement being 1700cc, he still maintains it will be circa 1600cc.

Note: If that spy-pic we saw looked anything like the design they had, then for Triumph's sake I am glad they dumped it.

Bedouin. Blessed are those eyes that have seen more roads than any man! (Homer).