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    Triple treat!

    Jun 15, 2020 4 minutes
    W0RDS: BERTIE SIMMONDS, CLIFF WILLIAMS
    PICS:
    GARY D CHAPMAN, MORTONS ARCHIVE

    First, an apology... the 2000/2001 Triumph Speed Triple you see in the opening shot alongside its late 2019 offspring is a dull-looking bike in black, but the reality is far from it as historically she can come in some seriously funky colours.

    After all, how does Nuclear Red, Roulette Green and Lucifer 0range sound? Ok, Nuclear Red looks pink and Roulette Green is more of a Neon Bogey Crush, but if you ignore Triumph's poncey, pretentious palette these bikes are cracking machines to buy and ride, and the models from around

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