Expert guide to... middleweight naked Triumphs

Published: 04 August 2023

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In late 2007 a bike arrived that changed the whole middleweight naked bike class for good – Triumph’s outstanding Street Triple.

Borrowing heavily from their amazing inline triple Daytona 675 supersport bike, Triumph created a unique, lightweight naked against a sea of de-tuned 600cc inline-four rivals.

The Street Triple went on to become the firm’s best-selling bike for years and to this day remains extremely popular.

Owing to this, there are some alluring bargains out there in the used market…

Jon Urry

MCN contributor, original 916 & R1-owner, human Labrador, thoroughly nice bloke. Working for over 20 years in the motorcycle industry, Jon not only has an encyclopaedic knowledge of bikes, but has also interviewed many key players in the motorcycle industry, including designers, factory bosses and legendary racers. Still a passionate motorcyclist with child-like enthusiasm for two-wheels, Jon has a collection of both modern and classic bikes that he maintains himself and he writes a weekly column in MCN (newspaper) about used bikes and the state of the motorcycle market.