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Mark Gaylard’s Triumph speed triple

Covid has gifted me time to ‘show you mine’. It’s a Mk.1 Speed Triple, bought in 2001. She’s had 20 years of tweaks, butchery and mods, but hopefully still not getting too far from the bike’s roots.

It was stock when purchased on a mad moment (get a loan, thanks to my good lady’s prompt in Jan 2001!), I really wanted one since the model hit the shops in 1994. I drove from Kent to Aylesbury shortly

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