Faster and more capable than the Trident 660, but calmer and more accommodating than a Street Triple – the Trident 800 could be Triumph’s most rounded naked bike yet.
The MV Agusta Superveloce 800 concept was the machine that set the bar of how neo-classic motorcycles should look; A production machine is now confirmed.
It’s one of the few ‘sensible’ cult bikes in the world and a machine with remarkably few flaws. The Honda VFR800 in fuel-injected or VTEC guise is a class act – but no motorcycle is entirely without issues...
"..you had to play until the last lap, so you had to have the sensitivity, the intuition, to make the right move—and the brilliance to invent something.."