Triumph Speed Triple
 

The local Triumph dealer had it's demo truck in town on Friday. The government was nice enough to give me the day off so I cruised down with my buddy to take a look at the fleet. He currently rides a 675 and wanted to demo the Thruxton. Which was a cool looking bike.


I've always wanted to ride a Speed Triple. They are interesting looking bikes, I even considered buying one before I got the Buell.

The Triple I rode had Arrow pipes on it. Sounded sweet. That nice triple tone, but not really that loud. Once underway we did a 15 minute ride. A few miles of hiway and a few miles of back roads.

The Speed Triple felt good. Very comfortable, which further cements the fact that my next bike will be more upright. Easy clutch pull and smooth shifting. Much shorter throw in the gear box than my Buell. The bike pulled cleanly from about 3000 rpm on up. Neutral handling too. Very easy to put the bike where you wanted it to go. The dash was also nice. Easy to read the analog tach and digital speedo at a glance. No gear indicator. Which brings the bikes I've rode with a gear indicator to a grand total of ZERO. The mirrors suck. Way too small and the wind blast at hiway speeds wasn't bad.

Overall I liked it. It was a very smooth bike with plenty of power, good handling, and rock solid radial mount Brembo's. However, I much prefer the sound of my twin to the triple.

Pic of the actual demo bike I rode attached.

how did your friend like the thruxton? Id love to scoop one of those for my daily

He liked it alot. Probly gonna buy one this winter.

nice,

gotta check to see if the local dealers here are doing the same.

Niiiiice. I will SO own one of those (or a Street Triple) one day. Serious object of lust.

I had zero interesting in riding the Street. But they had the regular version and the R there.

The R is what I want. I'm torn as to which way I'll go when the time comes... I've wanted a Speed for ages, then the Street R came along... *swoon*

Boo Street. You want the Speed. After riding your R1 you'll laugh at the Street.

Truth.

I know Triumph was kind of forced into the Street Triple after the success of the 675 but I see no need for it.

If you are going to get a hooligan bike for the street, go with the torque monster.

i believe a speed trip R is coming. Was just reading reports the other day that they may be roadtesting the replacement for the aging 1050, heres hoping theres a new daytona litre and a serious wsbk effort coming with it