Engine 1050cc in-line triple. Weight: 214kg wet. Power: 135hp. Price: £9,599 (Street Triple R: £10,999) First ride: 2012 Triumph Speed Triple review. Triumph Speed Triple R review. Review your Triumph Speed Triple. Review your Triumph Speed Triple R. Ducati Monster 1200
TheTriumph Speed Triple gets the R treatment with a host of upgrades including Ohlins suspension, Brembo monoblocs and carbon fiber bits. But are these upgrades worth the $4000 premium?
TheSpeed Triple retains the same basic 1050cc three-cylinder engine from last year, but with a few little tweaks that allow the bike to breathe a little easier. A revised airbox now has a 10% greater filter area, while revised fuel-injection software is claimed to improve fuel economy by 6%.
Mytest ride and review of a 2012 Triumph 675 Street Triple R. Couldn't film the whole ride but did get some footage.
LozBlain and Noel McKeegan very quickly lose the ability to deliver an unbiased review of Triumph's top-shelf naked roadster. Music: "Shapeshifter" by Clear
uBQHph4. Whenit comes to upping the performance of a vehicle – whether two wheels or four – simply adding the letter R to the name has seemingly become standard practice these days. It's gotten a bit predictable, actually, and even Triumph has jumped on the bandwagon with the Street Triple and Daytona
Forthe 2012 model year, the Street Triple R enjoys a stylish makeover with a host of detail changes, bold new colours and graphics, stylish brushed metal finishes and aggressive new headlights shared with the bigger Speed Triple. Distinguishing the Street Triple R are three stunning colour schemes: Diablo Red, Crystal White and a striking
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TheCB650R is obviously an upgrade, it's the same engine but it seems to have been tuned quite a bit differently, but I imagine as with Honda it's the more docile of the two. The 675 Triple is bit quicker than the cc's might lead you to believe. It's a middleweight, at under 700 cc's, but I believe the R version is looking like 106 bhp.
Addingthe R onto the Speed Triple ratchets the price up $1700 over the S to $14,900, but gets you lovely Öhlins suspension – a gold-encrusted full-adjust 43mm NIX30 fork in front and a TTX36 twin-tube monoshock at the rear. What little bodywork there is is carbon fiber on the R, complemented by a red subframe, red-striped wheels, and red
2012 triumph speed triple r review