TRIPLE TREAT
In an age of quite frankly wonderfully-ludicrous 160bhp-plus super nakeds such as the Tuono V4 1100 or BMW S1000R, sometimes it is nice to get on a bike with flat bars that is just damn good fun to ride. And doesn’t force a small bit of wee to escape every time you nail the throttle…
Step forward the Triumph Speed Triple 1050, or more precisely the updated 2011 generation. In this major overhaul to the best naked British creation since Jordan before she got all comically plastic, Triumph absolutely nailed the balance between sporty and fun, delivering a Speed Triple that while a bit porkier than its rivals, was simply brilliant fun to ride. And wheelied like an absolute demon too!
Triumph knew they needed to up the ante on their Speed Triple, but by the same token they realised they couldn’t ruin its traditionally
