I have one of these

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It's a cracker, easily the best bike I've ever owned.

Nott, most of the manufacturing is done in the far east and much electrics shared with the Jap bikes. Only the final assembly is done in the UK. Had zero issues with mine in the nearly 4 years I've owned it. There were rumours of engine issues in the early days after a journo blew one up on a track-day, but someone from the magazine involved posted on one of the forums that they admitted it had been run on track with almost no oil in it.

I am a big fan of bikes such as the original Trident and Bonneville and keep looking at Bonnies in particular with a certain degree of lust, but to compare those with these is chalk and cheese really. However in all honesty I think what Triumph have achieved in the face of intense competition is something to be proud of

The noise the 3 pot motor is awesome BTW
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It is a good looking bike, and has been around for quite a while now. Early reported issues with oil consumption proved largely unfounded in the end.

Still not a litre bike.

Good alternative to the regular 600 suspects though.

 

Mustard mit, I quite like the fake Bonnies, too. Quite convincing at a first glance...

 

Without a doubt, that said I test rode the Speed Triple and thought that if there were something like it but smaller and more nimble (and less license threatening) it would be perfect. A few days later I read about the Street in MCN and the rest, as they say, is history.

You'd be quite surprised how much more grunt the 675cc motor has compared to the 600s, at least the ones I test rode at the time. The R6 was particularly gutless unless wound up to the max.