2005 Triumph Thruxton 900 Used

The past is a glorious place to visit, or a brief time at least. But the past can also teach us much and one lesson has stood the passage of time - that the raw essence of motorcycling transcends all technology. And all that's really needed, or many, re an engine, wo wheels and a pair of handlebars.

No more, o less.

A fact the Thruxton 900 proved so elegantly. Drawing on the Spartan cafe racing machines of the sixties and taking its name from the near-mythic racing Triumphs from the same era, ts 865cc, ir-cooled, win-cylinder engine looks and feels like a motorcycle engine should - real. Wrapping the motor is a precisely crafted chassis that inspires confidence, hanks to fine-tuned suspension and delivers total control, hanks to quick steering and powerful brakes.

The Thruxton 900's silhouette sends nape hairs instantly on end; the steeply angled clip-on handlebars, ear-set foot pegs and evocative seat hump connect the past with the present. And looks so right.

And like the saying goes, anded down through the ages; if it looks right, t is right.