--- title: Prince William Poses on a Motorcycle in Photo description: This week the Duke of Cambridge popped by Triumph Motorcycles to take a photo atop one of the classic rides. canonical: https://time.com/5168343/prince-william-motorcycle/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-21T16:36:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:47.537Z og:title: Prince William Is Looking for Adventure on a Motorcycle Now og:description: He took a test drive because future king can have fun og:url: https://time.com/5168343/prince-william-motorcycle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b41d7157d33c57c/698928677cdbacb68ad5c0a5/gettyimages-921372452.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4500 og:image:height: 2531 og:image:alt: BRITAIN-ROYALS-TRANSPORT-MOTORCYCLES-TRIUMPH og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince William Is Looking for Adventure on a Motorcycle Now twitter:description: He took a test drive because future king can have fun twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b41d7157d33c57c/698928677cdbacb68ad5c0a5/gettyimages-921372452.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince William Is Looking for Adventure on a Motorcycle Because Future Kings Can Have Fun Too  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 21, 2018 4:36 PM UTC  Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, rides a motorcycle during a visit to Triumph Motorcycles in Hinckley in central England on February 20, 2018\. During the visit the Duke toured the Triumph factory and walked the assembly line, meeting with technicians and apprentices, and officially opened the Triumph Motorcycles Factory Visitor Experience, which showcases a collection of Triumphs historic and modern achievements in motorcycle design, engineering, and racing. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Ian Vogler (Photo credit should read IAN VOGLER/AFP/Getty Images) Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, rides a motorcycle during a visit to Triumph Motorcycles in Hinckley in central England on February 20, 2018\. During the visit the Duke toured the Triumph factory and walked the assembly line, meeting with technicians and apprentices, and officially opened the Triumph Motorcycles Factory Visitor Experience, which showcases a collection of Triumphs historic and modern achievements in motorcycle design, engineering, and racing. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Ian Vogler (Photo credit should read IAN VOGLER/AFP/Getty Images)IAN VOGLER—AFP/Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 21, 2018 4:36 PM UTC Prince William may be a married man and [a father of two](http://time.com/5047559/george-charlotte-weddings/) (soon [to be three](http://time.com/4926861/prince-william-kate-middleton-pregnant/)), but that doesn’t mean he can’t dabble in the wild side. The motorcycle-riding side, that is. On Tuesday, the [Duke of Cambridge](http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-tips/celebrity-travel/kate-middleton-prince-william-hockey) dropped by Triumph Motorcycles and the HORIBA MIRA Technology Park in Hinckley, England. Technically, the royal visit was intended to be a chance for the future king to “learn more about world-class British vehicle manufacture and research in the East Midlands,” according to the Kensington Palace Instagram caption that documented his experience. Specifically, he was at Triumph [to inaugurate](https://auto.ndtv.com/news/prince-william-to-inaugurate-triumphs-factory-visitor-experience-1814939) the Factory Visitor Experience. But we all know why the Prince really was there: to check out the rides, of course. He was snapped posing with one of Triumph’s classic bikes. William is no stranger to motorbikes, owning his own Ducati and a Triumph Daytona over the years, atop which he had been occasionally [photographed](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/5755071/Prince-William-arrives-at-polo-on-Ducati-motorcycle.html) on his way to the polo grounds. Because as people always say, what’s a chance a stop at the Triumph shop without a chance to take a test ride? (Don’t worry, he wore a helmet for the spin.) The day also provided him a chance to drive an Aston Martin DB11 on a test track at the Technology Park — and to ride in a specially-designed driverless vehicle developed by HORIBA MIRA, according [to the company’s site](https://www.horiba-mira.com/news-and-events/2018/february/the-duke-of-cambridge-visits-mira-technology-park). Future kings can have fun, too, you know. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/965931370978607109) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/965955847330451458) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5168343/prince-william-motorcycle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5168343/prince-william-motorcycle/"},"headline":"Prince William Is Looking for Adventure on a Motorcycle Because Future Kings Can Have Fun Too","datePublished":"2018-02-21T16:36:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:47.537Z","description":"This week the Duke of Cambridge popped by Triumph Motorcycles to take a photo atop one of the classic rides.","url":"https://time.com/5168343/prince-william-motorcycle/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b41d7157d33c57c/698928677cdbacb68ad5c0a5/gettyimages-921372452.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b41d7157d33c57c/698928677cdbacb68ad5c0a5/gettyimages-921372452.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-ROYALS-TRANSPORT-MOTORCYCLES-TRIUMPH","caption":"BRITAIN-ROYALS-TRANSPORT-MOTORCYCLES-TRIUMPH","creditText":"IAN VOGLER—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5168343/prince-william-motorcycle/","name":"Prince William Is Looking for Adventure on a Motorcycle Because Future Kings Can Have Fun Too"}}]}] ```