Triumph

Ever since I was a little kid I've always wanted a motorcycle. I think every kid wants one at some point. I'm at that point where moving to a major city is looking ever closer and losing the car for public transport is going to be part of that move. But if you've got a motorcycle you don't need to be entirely dependent on the subway, buses, etc. Ah, sweet freedom...

So it's time to pick one up and get that license. What kind is the question? I've always liked the older sportster types; you'd never catch me owning a crotchrocket. If you know me you know that I also have an affinity for most things British. Never had a strong desire to live there but they always have all the cool stuff: cars, motorcycles, clothes, music... Triumph and Norton bikes have always been what I imagined myself ending up with.

When I was in junior high school like many boys I was addicted to martial arts movies. I watched them all, no matter how awful they were. And none were more awful than the Jean-Claude Van Damme movies, but I watched them all. In one particular Van Damme movie that came out around that time, "Nowhere to Run", he finds an old Triumph in a barn and fixes it up. I was sold, that was what a motorcycle was supposed to look like. That was the motorcycle for me. I wanted to go in old barns searching for such a treasure and fix it myself; after which I would run around and fight off my imaginary attackers I'm sure.

If you can make it halfway through this unbearably exciting trailer you are rewarded with a few quick glimpses of said motorcycle.


The Triumph Tiger. A simple and yet exciting bike. Perhaps this could be the one.