Man, you are too square.
Originally Posted by Lula
Well I am absolutely loving my roulette green Street TripleYes, looks like you have some explaining to do, girl.
If ya did swap the Daytona for the Striple, we want to know how they compare. Stop riding and start typing.
Heels On Wheels
Well in my books the Street Triple is definately the better bike compared to the Daytona because it is so much more comfortable to ride, still as light but lower to the ground and the power is mid-range which makes commuting easy but still heaps of fun on the open road. Sounds just as good as the Daytona. I can ride this bike for days, just did over 2,000kms in less than 2 weeks!
I'm in love
Heels On Wheels: http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/Li...5&N=4294965070
Pasta farts
Stop looking for excuses and just go buy one!
Man, you are too square.
It's no. 1 on the short-list at the moment. Test ride Sat or Mon.
Man, you are too square.
So I test rode it. It's great.
The good
It's comfortable. I reckon I could do a good few K's in a day on that without getting too stiff. I'm 6'2'' (190cm in new money) so for me finding a bike with a decent riding position is important.
It handles well. It went where I pointed it, and was (for my fairly minimal skill level) confidence-inspiring in the corners. I wasn't exactly throwing it into corners, but it made me think that I definitely could throw it around good and hard with a bit more practice. Not quite as nimble as my gsf400, but a much better riding position, and therefore easier to actually shift bodyweight, etc. So swings and roundabouts.
The engine works. It makes power more or less all over the rev range where you need it. And it bloody sounds like a bike should - a nice throaty growl when I pinned it a couple of times to get past cagers. The gearbox seems to be well laid out - downshifting for 'give ways' was far, far easier than my current bike.
The bad
Not much, really. We already know about the budget suspension. But given that this model appears to be selling by the bucketload, it can't be too long before there's a few decent aftermarket options available. Brakes seemed a little soft. The one's on my current bike seem to bite a bit harder a bit quicker. Maybe an adjustment thing. Dunno really.
Apart from what other people have already flagged up, here's what I didn't like:
1) The fuelling/throttle response seemed just a little bit snatchy at low-ish 'cruising behind grandma waiting to overtake/i'm in the wrong gear' type revs - around 4K. Not snatchy enough to be upsetting, but certainly noticable and enough to be annoying.
2) There's quite a lot of vibration in the bars. Seems like the bar-end damping isn't quite sorted.
3) Coming to a dead stop in, say, 4th gear means that you have to fart about to get it back down into 1st before you can set off. You can't just stamp it down through the box. You have to change down - 4th to 3rd, let the clutch out a bit so the gear engages. 3rd to 2nd, let the clutch out a bit so the gear engages. 2nd to neutral, let the......are you getting to idea?
Don't know if that's usual on modern bikes, but on my good old 400, when you're stopped you can just click down through the box to 1st without fannying about with letting the clutch in and out. And in. And out. And......
So would I buy one? Yep. It's a great 'intermediate' bike. I'm not after a litre bike that will fire me into the nearest wall the moment I lose concentration. Or even an in-line 600 sports machine.
I want something I can ride without being crippled, that I can take on the track every few months and have a blast, that I can possibly tour on for a week or so every year, and which has a reasonably bigger chunk of 'go' than my 400. Also, something a bit 'different' to the Japanese intermediate machines, and reasonably priced. This bike fits the bill nicely for me.
Some people might quibble about the price aspect, but brand-new its in the same price bracket as a 2nd-hand Speed Triple, a 2nd-hand XB12R, a 2nd-hand Superduke, a 2nd-hand Monster, a 2nd-hand Daytona.........
All of which I've considered. Actually owning a bike that has a warrenty is to me a very attactive proposition.
Now to find the money.....
Heels On Wheels
Glad to hear it wasn't all bad El Dopa.
Have heard what the avilablity is like on getting one of these Street Triples?
I heard that there isn't many of them around until the next shipment in June (all of which are going to be black or white models), one dealer I spoke to said he sold his demo to save people the frustration of not being able to get their hands on one earlier
Heels On Wheels: http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/Li...5&N=4294965070
One hell of a ride.
The only thing I found 'wrong' with the suspension is that it is harsh. The damping fades after a real good workout and the ride stiffens up.
But that's kind of in keeping with the 'spiwit and dewing-doo' of the motorcycle anyway.
Yeah I got rough edges - but watch this - >insert stunt here.<
The stumpy exhaust sounds fantastic.
Man, you are too square.
Nah, it was 90% good, 10% bad. But the word count in my post doesn't really reflect that. And the 'bad' wasn't anything I couldn't comfortably live with.Glad to hear it wasn't all bad El Dopa.
Have heard what the avilablity is like on getting one of these Street Triples?
I heard that there isn't many of them around until the next shipment in June (all of which are going to be black or white models), one dealer I spoke to said he sold his demo to save people the frustration of not being able to get their hands on one earlier
I was told June for the next shipment, which is a pain in the arse. The demo at Holeshot on the shore isn't for sale (I asked). The only model AMPS appeared to have in stock was white (ugh).
Pasta farts
1) You're going to find this quite a bit shifting from a carbed bike to a FI bike. Didn't find the Triumph to be unusual in this regard. The suzuki's i've ridden have been by far the worst. Ride a few more, you'll feel it.
2) Dont recall it standing out on my test ride (ugh, bad memory). Bigger bar ends?
3) Gearbox needs more K's to get smoother. This stuff sorts itself out after a few thousand k's (sometimes takes a while). Again it's a new bike thing really.
Agree 100% with warranty, which is why I bought my speed four new!
Now for my gripe. I'm a bit disappointed with Triumph. It appears that the fly screen was not meant to be on the stock standard off the floor bike, but available as an accessory. An $800 accessory to be exact.
Why, Triumph, has it been sold all over the world with it, but it gets to NZ and we have to pay extra for it?
My issue, is a bike that's listed at $15k on the floor, is going to be closer to $20k once I make it the bike I really want. Flyscreen, bellypan, hugger, Ohlins front and rear.
I can go pick up a brand new Daytona 675 for $17600 (even with a triumph muffler from AMPS).
What gives? This has thrown a spanner in the works for something that I was already stretching for (including the suspension).
As an aside, i've just had the Daytona 675 for the evening and I love it. Needs a decent seat but...
One hell of a ride.
Meh - it's what you take off a triple that makes them - not what you bolt on.
Spartan bare arse minimalism. Farkles are for v-stroms.
Large Falcon Collider
I've not ridden a bike before/after with Ohlins, but if you have to change that much why stretch for the Striple? For $20k can't you get a Speed Triple? (Spriple?)
"If life gives you a shit sandwich..." someone please complete this expression
One hell of a ride.
The single best improvement I've ever made to a motorcycle.
Deus ex ukulele
I've heard of "hotting up" a bike, but that may be taking things a bit far...
Adding an Ohlins rear shock certainly transformed my FJR in a significantly positive manner.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
One hell of a ride.
Taa
'Take the L' dontchaknow.
I should have said,
Taken in isolation - the 18 hundy on a shock has had the most significant impact of any doohickey, technically speaking.
Pasta farts
Well, this is the thing. I want a middleweight. It's the engine character of the 675 that I love. The light weight, the styling (I prefer over the Speed triple). The pillion perch is a bit better too.
It's an irritation.
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