Triumph is pumping out hit after hit at the moment, building bikes that people want to buy. If we had to pick a machine from the ?modern classics? stable, it?d be a toss up between the Thruxton and the Street Twin.
Much as we love the trad café styling of the Thruxton, this sharp little tracker from Jason Paul Michaels is forcing us to take a closer look at the 900cc roadster. Jason and his crew have built what they believe is the perfect race bike from stock, with a shed-load of rad mods.

?When the Street Twin came out, with its low center of gravity, power delivery specs and wheelbase, I knew it was going to make a great flat-track bike,? Jason says.
?For hooligan racing, where you?re typically on smaller tracks, horsepower doesn?t always win. The Street Twin is light and flickable and has just the right amount of power to get through the gears and back down between the straights and corners.?
For Jason, whose Standard Motorcycle Co is one of the leading lights in the custom industry, the catalyst for getting out on the track came in the form of award-winning bike builder Roland Sands.
?I always wanted to race and just never found the opportunity until Roland introduced me to flat track. I was hooked. Something about sliding out of control while managing to maintain it was beyond thrilling to me,? says the self-confessed ?Triumph guy.?

?When I got on the flat track and started racing, a sense of clarity came over me. While I was on that track, the only thing I th...