Originally published in Slipstream, June 2021 After eight years, my 40,000-mile Triumph Street Triple R has gone to a new home. The pandemic didn’t help, but even before the world ground to a halt the annual mileage on my featherweight naked bike was frankly pitiful. In theory, the Triumph fit perfectly into my three-bike garage…
Has it really been six years? My RoadTrip report reckons so; it was the 5th of October 2013 when I signed the paperwork and rode away on my brand new Triumph Street Triple R. more than 40,000 miles later the very same motorcycle still sits in my garage, and though the odometer ticks up far…
Five months since my time with the Bandit was cruelly cut short, and four months since a new 2013 Triumph Street Triple R took its place in my garage. My RoadTrip map tells the whole story – the bike has barely been more than 50 miles in any direction, but I’ve still managed to put…
Boy Meets Bike 