Drive Impression: Triumph Speedmaster

Retro-cool.

The Triumph Speedmaster, best described as a rather menacing-looking retro-cruiser, is a handsome bike.

It draws compliments even from people you wouldn’t think of as bike enthusiasts. Outstanding use is made of the Triumph heritage, with the badge boldly displayed on both sides of the big fuel tank, on the footpegs, on the sides of the engine, on the large and old-style speedometer.

The detailed attention to nostalgia is summed up in the fact that, although the Speedmaster is equipped with modern fuel injection for its 865cc twin-cylinder engine, the equipment is concealed inside imitation carburettors.

The beautiful twin exhausts run long and low to the end of the bike.