BIKE TEST
Scrambler 1200 XE brings out your inner Steve McQueen
The Triumph adventure bike combines retro-cool with real off-road ability
09 May 2019 - 05:06
Late actor Steve McQueen was the silver screen’s king of cool in the 1960s and 1970s. Apart from taking part in one of the most iconic car-chase scenes in Hollywood history (a hair-raising dice through the streets of San Francisco in the movie Bullitt), McQueen was also real-life cool by being an avid car and motorcycle racer. One of his favourite bike brands was Triumph, and the British firm capitalised on the star’s cred by launching a Steve McQueen-edition motorcycle a few years back.
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