Triumph has once again come out on top in an annual survey managed by Motorrad, Germany's biggest motorcycling magazine. The 82,351 readers in 13 European countries were asked for scoring and comments on over 200 different aspects of motorcycling.

Triumph topped the most prized category of all - customer satisfaction - with 78% of buyers of new Triumph motorcycles declaring themselves 'very satisfied' with their Triumph, and 71% of those who purchased used Triumphs giving the same response.

Triumph Sprint ST

And it gets better for Triumph, as the Sprint ST was chosen as the touring bike of choice, while the Daytona 675 and Rocket III Classic also scored well. In fact, the Daytona 675 made the top 10 list in the sports bike category, behind a number of exotic litre class superbikes.

The mighty 2.3 litre Rocket III Classic was voted as the riding public's second favourite cruiser, with the new Thunderbird also making the top 10 - despite not even being in production yet!

We at Moto123.com are planning to ride and to report on these machines over the summer.