New and Updated Triples

I love me some three-cylinder engine for the street. Four-cylinder engines are very top-end biased, leaving the rider wanting in the low-mid range so useful for so much of civilian riding, and two-cylinder engines are usually low-end biased leaving the rider without the fun of wringing it out coming out of a turn onto a…

The constant struggle between old and new

Everyday I toil over what my next bike should be. When I say “everyday” I mean “everyday”! It’s a bit annoying how consumed I get optimizing my life in some future state of my life when I can afford to buy a new thing, in this case a motorcycle. I call this behavior premature optimization,…

ECUnleashed has delivered as promised

A little over a week ago I quickly sent the ECU of my 2006 Yamaha FZ1 out to California to a little company called ECUnleashed. For those of you who like to read the ending first … as a quick review of ECUnleashed I offer you this: Website = ok/poor Service = good enough Product…

Triumph Holiday Advertisement

I love this ad. I don’t normally care for ads or how they look, but this one catches my eye every time and I love it. Yes, I am sure I’m biased because this is my current favorite bike but I think it is otherwise very well composed and provocative. [singlepic id=32 w=318 h=267 float=left]

Renting a Triumph Daytona 675

One week from today I will be astride a 2010 Triumph Daytona 675 riding in and out of the canyons north east of Los Angeles. How awesome is that?! We will be visiting my brother in Eagle Rock and my step-father and I will be taking a day to go on some potentially mind blowing…

My 675 experience

Since Friday June 3rd, 2011 my love for the 675cc three cylinder engine from Triumph has been solid and unwavering. It has the perfect compromise between the two cylinder grunt and the four cylinder whiz. It also has the perfect balance of weight and power. After reading the reviews I figured this was the perfect engine configuration…