TRIUMPH 765RS: MOTO2 FOR HIRE

There’s no such thing as the Pied Piper of motorcycling, but that didn’t stop me from being drawn unapologetically to the Triumph 765RS in Cadwell’s upper holding area. It was emitting a palpable boom, rhythmically rising and falling in revs all by itself. Now, I know what you’re thinking, and coming from Lincolnshire I will admit that strange things do happen around these parts, but on this occasion it was not a case of witchcraft; the bike’s HM M3 dash was auto-warming the Trumpet ready for an unholy assault on the triple’s collective of valves. The practice was mesmerising, encapsulating the rock-star Moto2 persona of this equivalently powered Street Triple 765RS-based machine, that was being loaned to me for the day by Smallboy Trackbikes. My excitement was on another level as its owner and all-round good guy Matt Waldron talked me through the spec. It had started life like every other Street before being stripped of its road gear, straight