Road Test: Triumph Speed Four Motorcycle

In talented hands, any new Japanese 600 super-sport is faster around a racetrack. Everybody else who's willing to admit they're actually not Aaron Yates will have more fun on the Speed Four.

Despite all the common mechanical DNA, it's also a lot more fun than a TT600, and much better at being a Triumph. What it's not, at $7499, is particularly inexpensive. If naked British chic is your deal, the good news is a Speed Four costs $3000 less than a Speed Triple.