Could this be the holy grail of modern motorcycling? The one bike that you can do everything on? Tour sedately across continents with a pillion; ride twisty roads with verve; zoom around race circuit curves with your knee skimming the road?

Triumph has pulled a storming bike out of the bag with its 675cc Street Triple. It looks like a downsized version of the attitude-filled 1050cc Speed Triple but is better described as a Daytona 675 sports bike that has dispensed with the fairing and other plastic.