The 400 motor looks just like the larger 1200 minus one exhaust. It's a good-looking thing. The engine is good for 98 mph with my fat arse on board, although some of the more whippet testers on the Spanish launch swear they saw 105 mph.

Triumph did a press release yesterday detailing them and they are coming to the US.

Overall, the Speed 400 is a thoroughbred Triumph bike in every aspect. However, in terms of visual quotient, the Speed 400 could benefit from a slightly larger size as it appears slightly smaller for a 400cc two-wheeler. Now, that's not necessarily a flaw, but appearance sells.

And Triumph's first single in over five decades is not simply a rebadged Bajaj, but an entirely new design developed from the ground up by Triumph in Leicestershire. The engine is a thoroughly modern single cylinder unit, liquid cooled, with four-valves and delivering just under 40bhp.