Not sure about MCN claim to have a world exclusive ride, Julian Amos has just written an aricle in the December issue of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure (out Nov 5th).
He's done a 6000 mile tour round Europe and loves it.
The only downside I could see was the sidestand broke.
BTW, it also includes a little list of the new Triumphs for next year (colours etc).
January edition has a write-up on the new Speed Triple