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2009 Triumph Bonneville SE | Road Test Review

Just the other day I was lamenting how so many motorcycle companies seem to be playing the bigger/faster/more powerful game, introducing bikes that are...

2009 Triumph Daytona 675 – Road Test Review

Middleweight sportbike development has been a fiercely competitive game of one-upmanship among the Japanese Big Four. Dictated in part by the rules of supersport...

2008 Kawasaki Z1000, Triumph Speed Triple and Yamaha FZ1 – Comparison Review

In my past life I was a scientist-specifically, a demographer who studied trends in human mortality (depressing, I know). Although my number-crunching days are...

2008 Triumph Speed Triple – Road Test Review

At the tender age of six, I went on my first motorcycle camping trip. Dad took my big brother and me on a 200-mile...

2008 Triumph Rocket III Touring | Road Test Review

You Triumph guys think you're so clever. So it's just a touring bike, eh? Like a Road King or Star Silverado? Yeah, right. Sorry,...

2008 Triumph Street Triple – Road Test Review

Clicking through the gears, I'm flanked by the Italian countryside. After a thorough rain shower the night before, the roads are clean, albeit a...

Retrospective: Triumph 5TA Speed Twin 500cc: 1959-1966

This Speed Twin may have been the last of the “gentleman’s rides,” a motorcycle designed for a customer who really no longer existed. It...

2007 Triumph Tiger 1050 – Road Test Review

A trip to Spain could hardly be called a bad thing, especially when the mission is to ride a new motorcycle model like the...

Triumph T100 Rebuild: Updating a Modern Classic

story and photography by Jerry Smith By now, anyone under the age of 30 is sick to death of dinosaurs like me getting all nostalgic...

2006 Triumph Bonneville T100 Cross Country Motorcycle Tour

story and photography by Clement Salvadori “How come you’re in Post?” he asks. Sensible question, as Post is not really on the main road to...

2005 Triumph Tiger | Road Test Review

When a rider contemplates getting a new bike, the very first consideration is usually which type of bike it should be. Should it be...

2005 Triumph Bonneville T100 – Road Test Review

Considering how much time and energy Americans expend acquiring the latest gadgets and gizmos, we also go to an enormous amount of effort trying...

2003 Model Year Bike Reviews

(This article was published in the December 2002 issue of Rider magazine.) By Mark Tuttle Jr. Hope you’re hungry! There’s a veritable feast of new motorcycle...

2002 Triumph Sprint ST 955i – Road Test Review

Approach the new Triumph Sprint ST 955i, take it for a blast through the hills, and it will serve as a mirror for your...

2001 Model Year Bike Reviews

The article The Stars of 2001 was published in the December 2000 issue of Rider magazine.) by Mark Tuttle Jr. Ready? Cue Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the...

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