An alternate title for this video was going to be; "The All Year Motorcyclist and His Part In My Divorce!" as there was no way the wife was going to let me add another bike to the collection! :) If you're in the market for a new motorcycle, then you should definitely consider the Triumph Speed Twin. This is my first ride on the bike as I start the running in process and where better to visit on a first ride than Harvington Hall as the sun is setting.

So why did I go for the Speed Twin? After our return from the Switzerland Tour, I cleaned and polished my Yamaha Tracer 9 GT put it the garage and proceeded to rotate my rides out on my other bikes. I really love the Tracer and touring on it was a joy but I've found myself only using it for the longer annual tours and between the end of last years Scotland Tour and Switzerland, I could count on one hand how many times I'd taken it out. With this in mind I decided I needed to replace it with a another bike that I would ride more often and be the bike I'd take on tours. I really loved my Triumph Thruxton R and Bobber Black, although my confidence in reliability of the brand did take a knock when the Bobber Black broke down! Although Triumph rectified the defective part free of charge, they did try to charge for labour this was the time when I reduced my collection from 3 to 1 bike, the Tracer 9. I included the Thruxton R in this downsizing exercise as the riding position was causing my wrists some gip.

Watching The All Year Motorcyclist @TAYM review of the Speed Twin brought back the joy of riding my Bobber and Thruxton R and the buttery smooth and responsive T120 engine, I decided that this was going to be my next bike and it was going to be Orange! Thanks to Gary (Completely Motorcycles) a trade in deal was done and I said goodbye to my Tracer and hello to my gleaming new Speed twin in Baja Orange that I'm contemplating naming Donald in homage to the Orange man himself, President Donald J Trump :)

And so the adventures begin with this new addition to the family and following the 2 rides out i've now done on the bike (at the time of writing this description), I have definitely made the right decision!

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