2011 Triumph Sprint GT Road Test
Rider Magazine
August 6, 2010
photography by Graeme Brown and Tim Keeton [This 2011 Triumph Sprint GT Road Test was originally published in the August 2010 issue of Rider magazine] The Highlands of Scotland, land of woolen plaid kilts, smoky single-malt whisky and William Wallace—the painted-face warrior played by Mel Gibson in... Read more »
2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster Road Test
Rider Magazine
August 6, 2010
story and photography by Mark Tuttle [This 2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster Road Test was originally published in the August 2010 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 Triumph Rocket III Roadster Remember the scene in Blazing Saddles when the hulking, dim-witted thug Mongo (football star Alex Karras) rides into... Read more »
2010 Triumph Scrambler Road Test
Rider Magazine
May 26, 2010
photography by Rich Cox [This 2010 Triumph Scrambler Road Test was originally published in the July 2010 issue of Rider magazine] With a dual-sport, high-pipe style made famous by the likes of Steve McQueen, this TR6-influenced bike exudes cool. Since re-emerging from the ashes of Meriden, John Bloor’s... Read more »
2010 Triumph Thunderbird Road Test
Rider Contributor
October 9, 2009
photography by Kevin Wing [This 2010 Triumph Thunderbird Road Test was originally published in the November 2009 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 Triumph Thunderbird Road Test Despite competing head-to-head with much larger makers for a slice of the American motorcycle market, Triumph has always gone its... Read more »
2009 Triumph 50th Anniversary Bonneville Road Test
Clement Salvadori
September 15, 2009
photography by the author and Jason Critchell [This 2009 Triumph 50th Anniversary Bonneville Road Test was published in the 09/2008 issue of Rider magazine] Anniversaries (from the Latin anno, or year) are celebrated in different ways. The first, second, 25th, 50th, whichever, harkens back to an event,... Read more »
2009 Triumph Bonneville SE Road Test
Bill Stermer
June 22, 2009
photography by Riles & Nelson [This 2009 Triumph Bonneville SE Road Test was originally published in the August 2009 issue of Rider magazine] 2009 Triumph Bonneville SE Just the other day I was lamenting how so many motorcycle companies seem to be playing the bigger/faster/more powerful game, introducing... Read more »
2009 Triumph Daytona 675 Road Test
Greg Drevenstedt
March 17, 2009
[This 2009 Triumph Daytona 675 Road Test was originally published in the May 2009 issue of Rider magazine] 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 racing, orthodoxy has converged... Read more »
2008 Triumph Speed Triple Road Test
Greg Drevenstedt
July 9, 2008
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 ride from Nashville to the Smoky Mountains. I was perched between Dad’s legs, hugging the tank, and Paul sat on the back. Kids nod off on long trips, so Dad used his belt to lash Paul... Read more »
2008 Triumph Rocket III Touring Road Test
Rider Magazine
June 30, 2008
[this review of the 2008 Triumph Rocket III Touring was originally published in the April 2008 issue of Rider] 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, but there’s just no hiding that humongous... Read more »
2008 Triumph Street Triple Road Test
Troy Siahaan
March 7, 2008
[This 2008 Triumph Street Triple Road Test was originally published in the November 2007 issue of Rider magazine] 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 little slick in the shady portions.... Read more »
