Landed here on Sunday, picked up a new 2011 Triumph Sprint GT Monday, and tried to catch enough good weather to ride around on the new model that replaces the Sprint ST on the touring side, and get a few pictures – not very successfully I must add.

In front of the Triumph store on l’Avenue de la Grande Armée, 50m from l’Arc de Triomphe, and alongside stores for all the other scooter and bike brands sold in France. Kind of a permanent Bike Show! (Photo: Bernard Suquet/Moto123.com)

Tomorrow (Friday) morning, I am off to Magny-Cours for the last round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship. Our cameraman Jérôme Scaglia and myself will visit with BMW, Aprilia and Triumph teams, to bring you some video about the bikes and the people who race at that level.

Watch this space for updates and images over the week end.

In the mean time, let me check the sweets menu here for a second…