Triumph Speed Triple 955i

I am finding the Tenere a little hard work in town. She is so tall and does not pack the kind of punch needed to boost me in and out of cars and stop on the spot. The Tenere has a double Brembo brake system on the front which offers superb stopping distances, but, being a dirt orientated machine, there is a long distance that the front forks must travel in the event of a sudden stop. I need a bike that has similar stopping ability, with rigid forks and a high power to weight ratio that will hit the 30mph marker from a standstill in a blink of an eye. That will be the Triumph then.

I rode the 165 miles from Hamburg to were my Triumph is being stored today. As the same as everytime I am reunited with my Triumph Speed Triple, I stood still, looking lustfully and said the same words I always do, 'Damn, your fine', before putting the key in to the ignition. The guilt suddenly hit me when i realised how little use the Triumph has had since Christmas, the battery was dead. So I am now charging the battery and aim to be off tomorrow, around lunch time. Destination unknown, but i do know that it will not be so far, with myself being 194cm and the Triumph being a naked Sports bike with enough leg room for a Pygmie to be content, my legs will soon be unhappy from bending in the squatting hamster position.

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