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TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE RS

‘Original Hooligan’? The first Triumph Speed Triple released back in 1994 is the hooligan I’m talking about. It was an instant favourite with stunters and basically, mad poms that would ride… just like a hooligan! Rolling through twenty-four years since that first Speed Triple release the things worth noting were the move to twin round headlights in 1997, which lasted until 2011 and really caused a stir among the Speedy purists when Triumph changed to the new styled headlights. I can remember people saying, “Oh, they won’t sell another Speed Triple unless it’s got round headlights”… and the huffing and puffing went on. But, you know what the Speed Triple has only got better with each year that’s

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