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Prince William Is Currently Looking for Adventure on a Motorcycle Now_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 21, 2018 4:36 PM UTC Prince William Is Currently Looking for Adventure on a Motorcycle Now  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) ## Transcript [00:44] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] ```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":"2026-10-12T08:59:40.420Z","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":"https://time.com/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"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Prince William Is Currently Looking for Adventure on a Motorcycle Now","description":"Prince William Is Currently Looking for Adventure on a Motorcycle Now","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xNYfKmwA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-02-21T16:07:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xNYfKmwA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5168343/prince-william-motorcycle/","duration":"PT47S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5168343/prince-william-motorcycle/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```