2015

Long term update: Triumph triple-header

25 November 2015 by MCN News

‘Here Come the Girls!’ Charlie Lester, MCN contributor and 2011 Street Triple R owner, admitted at a fuel stop that she had been singing the song (think Boots’ telly adverts) to herself for the last...

Long term update: British icons

23 October 2015 by Alison Silcox

I don’t own an anorak, have never used binoculars and haven’t collected tail numbers. These facts aside, I seem to have been caught up in the excitement surrounding XH558, the last flying Vulcan...

Long term update: Getting to know the neighbours

15 October 2015 by Alison Silcox

What a beautiful building and fabulous view. I’m sat in the grounds of a windmill, set high on Mont De Watten – and I’m only 50 miles into my little French adventure. I’d been planning a solo trip to...

Long term update: Triumphant island return

31 July 2015 by Alison Silcox

What a dramatic place to sit and have a cuppa. Sat on the cliffs at Niarbyl Bay on the Isle of Man, I can see why it’s been used as the backdrop for films and telly shows. For a few days I’ve been...

MCN Fleet: With the Street Triple - ‘Track’s a great place to learn’

24 June 2015 by Alison Silcox

I had planned for my first time on track with the Triumph Street Triple Rx to be at Folembray in France later in the year but when the opportunity arose to visit Cadwell Park I couldn’t resist. I’m...

Long term update: We're off on an adventure

03 June 2015 by Alison Silcox

I’ll admit it, I’m a control freak who just loves lists, planning and knowing exactly what I’m doing and when I’m doing it. But I love the fact that bikes make me do impetuous things every now and...

Long term update: Dash disco

17 May 2015 by Alison Silcox

As someone who grew up when Sony Walkmans were the most technologically advanced piece of kit you could wish for, I’m a bit of a technophobe – so the dash on my Triumph Street Triple Rx is very...

Long term update: Street Triple's bunny business

17 April 2015 by Alison Silcox

For a moment I can’t work out why the guy at the next petrol pump is staring at me. Then I remember that I’m dressed as a giant rabbit! I suppose I do look rather odd. It’s my first proper trip out on...