So, been waiting 6 weeks for my bike and finally get it here last friday... jump on... take off with a massive grin.
First stop at lights, idle.... 2k RPM. ****.
Bike has no tuneboy, I have very little mechanical skills, the only Triumph dealer around here i've heard are dodgy. Options? Am i...
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Hi there. Just stumbled on the website. Looks like a great forum. I justed finished the paperwork on the bike yesterday (a brand new 08 Touring)that I got for a steal (the folks at Gulf Coast Motorcycle are great, especially Jim) and I'm collecting the it either tonight or tomorrow. I've...
Street Triple 1 : London 0 London is a congested network of road works, cycle lanes, tight, un-filterable traffic lights, one-way systems and road rage, all vigilantly policed by a swarm of unblinking CCTV cameras. The perfect place to test...
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Like most, I watched Ewan and Thingey’s ‘Long Way Round’. And like many I’ve harboured fantasies of traversing the globe on an adventure bike, picking up enough tales of diseases and delicacies along the way to blow the kids inheritance...
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A global unveiling
ATLANTA (Nov. 2, 2010) Triumph today held the global unveiling of its eagerly awaited Tiger 800 and Tiger 800XC adventure touring models at the internationally renowned EICMA show in Milan, Italy. The unveilings follow the global introductions of the new Thunderbird Storm...
The new 2011 Speed Triple was launched at Cologne. The model features all new headlights as well as a wealth of new parts, but it's the headlights that have got everyone talking. Have Triumph made a mistake or simply updated a...
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Hey guys. So an individual ran me off the road on my 06 Rocket a few weeks back. The insurance company said it will probably be totaled. Slightly good news for me since parts are on back order from triumph for 3 months. Anyway, found an 05 black rocket on craigslist for 6600. Has 16,000...
Triumph's all new 2011 Speed Triple is set to be the most exciting yet, with more power, less weight and more nimble feel mimicking the 675cc Street Triple. Triumph officially pull the wraps off the new model today at the...
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Triumph has officially pulled the wraps off the 2011 Speed Triple at the Intermot show in Cologne today and MCN was there to film it. The bike is set to be the most exciting yet, with more power, less weight...
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The 2011 Speed Triple is set to be the most exciting yet, with more power, less weight and a more nimble feel, mimicking the 675cc Street Triple. Triumph was due to officially pull the wraps off the new model yesterday...
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For those of you who live in the LaPalma California area, Progressive Suspension Products is looking for rockets. Specifically 2010 Roadsters and 2007-2010 Touring to experiment on and install suspension components. According to the web page, you get to keep everything they add for FREE...
No sooner had I fitted a protective radiator cover to my Street Triple than my housemate backed his car into it. Forcefully. Lifting it from the mud and back onto its sidestand, surveying the bike in the Monday drizzle, there...
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In this week's issue of MCN, on sale September 29, we reveal a new, top secret 'practical sports bike'. We reveal the new 2011 Triumph Speed Triple and BMW K1600GTL after images of both bikes were leaked. Also in this week's...
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One of the British Army’s most senior officers has been given a Triumph Sprint GT to help him raise money for a military charity. Brigadier Richard Dennis (pictured on a Bonneville) will be riding from one infantry headquarters to another...
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Arrived Wednesday, checked into the Fenwick on the strip. Did a small amount of scouting the place before most arrive Thursday, and was already approached by a group who swear they saw me somewhere else today (think they saw the bike). So somewhere out there is another black R3 with bags, W/S...