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Despite its low state of tune, the Triumph is a big engine, and has gobfuls of torque, so to me it goes like a scalded cat. More than enough grunt to embarrass the 4 cylinder boys with their gutless revvy motors at the lights. Top speed is enough, but of course aerodynamics are woeful, so the faster you go, the slower it gains speed. I took it for its MoT today (passed with flying colours of course) and it was such a delight to get back on the thing again, even if only for a slow blat round town. The only really fast bike I have ridden was a Triumph Sprint ST 1050, and at low speeds it was docile as a moped, but due to the fairings and the triple there was simply no let up in its power delivery. There was no speed or gear at which opening the throttle wouldn't produce staggering levels of acceleration, with a minimum of fuss. A marvellous rocketship of a bike really, but not my cup of tea. I like retro looks, drama, noise and a bit of menace.
The approach with the garage at the moment is to simply hope it goes away if we ignore it, and on receipt of any demand we shall send them footage of a half empty bike basement, pointing out the abundance of room. Long term I don't know what the plan is. We may rent a garage and share it, if we can find one near enough for cheap enough.
I have even thought about buying a garage. I saw one for £20,000 in Islington, with a car stacker in it. Not sure if it would be a sensible move, investment-wise.