| | | | Road Test : 2008 Triumph Street Triple-Street me in the gut! |  Written: 06/08/2007 : 10:46. Read 53052 times (157/day). | | The integrality of this filed article is for Premium Members. | Triumph has simply followed the successful recipe from the latest Speed Triple, Daytona 675 and Tiger 1050 and created another “must have” product. The Street Triple hits me in the gut in the same places as a much bigger capacity motorcycle.
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Time stands still, I can feel the three small cylinders working together to create some sort of a crescendo way too early! How can 675cc feel like so much more, I ask myself riding both first, second and third gear into the limiter.
One of the cleverest things the modern Triumph factory did was to strip a Daytona sportsbike to create the Speed Triple. If there is one Triumph that has managed to capture people’s imaginations during the last 10 years it is the Speed Triple. So in the styling department Triumph has made the new Street Triple look as similar as possible to the great Speed Triple 1050.
Tell tales are the Daytona 675 swinging arm and lower spec front brakes. But that’s all the difference you’ll notice from a distance. The double round headlights are there, the double high stubby exhaust is there and the minimalist look is complete.
To decide on the Street Triple to be Triumph’s next big thing was an easy decision for Triumph gaining a lot of glory and sales after launching the Daytona 675. The basis for a great naked was always there in the Daytona 675. The engine produced more torque than the bland and characterless in-line fours at the same time as it went just as fast around a racetrack.
The Street Triple feels very light when I first sit on it and push it forwards and backwards with the engine humming on idle. The seat (800mm) and feel is of a taller bike than the 07 Honda Hornet 600, but the Street Triple feels just as light and nimble.
The acceleration is instant and there’s no boring wait for 10K readings on the tachometer. There seems to be drive all over the power band, but from 6.000rpm the fun really begins and the front lifts at 8 both in first and second. Not big wheelies, just a small and very satisfying power wheelie. If you want to play with the big boys the Street Triple can wheelie all day long easily by doing on-offs or using the clutch in second. It’s just a natural thing for such a motorcycle. I would have been disappointed if it didn’t.
The major two things that impress me straight away are the 675cc triple engine and the handling. First I n ...
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 gbjohno (13-05-2008): I road the street triple at a recent RAT ride & even with my wife on the back it was excellent,I got off & wished I was 30 years younger,
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