Speed Triple wins

[sinned]

The decision has been made and the new bike is in the garage with 245kms on the odometer.

After contemplating for a few weeks what bike and more importantly what type of bike would I replace the SV1000S with I have bought a Triumph Speed Triple 1050 in black. I had been thinking of a sports tourer, something with a fairing, and toyed with the idea of a Blackbird and for 5 seconds the Hayabusa. I observed with interest the decision made by BuckBuck#1 to go naked with the Hornet and his logic for this type of bike.

When I analyzed the riding I do it was obvious that I have no need for a tourer as I am a fair weather rider and will do few rides involving overnight away from home. My weekend day rides involve hills, corners, a few blasts and coffee stops. I also wanted a bike that could stooge around town - something I had difficulty doing on the SV. The ideal bike for me seemed to be a hooligan bike. After reading all the reviews Google could serve up, riding very few and then considering price the Speed Triple was my winner.

So I bought it and will love it - she is my new mistress.

More posting on the bike here: http://diary-of-a-born-again-biker.blogspot.com/

[dogsnbikes]

thats awesome enjoy the ride

[Puddlejumper]

Nice choice. I really love the look of these bikes.
Best of luck with your riding.

[Deano]

It sure looked the part alright. Did you suss out the grease film ?

[dino3310]

nice one dennisr,great choice i've seen and read a few reviews on the triple and it diffinately is a hooligan bike,fuck i wish i had one,
awesome ride you gonna have soooooo much fun on her.

[sinned]

It sure looked the part alright. Did you suss out the grease film ?

A bit of kerosene cleaned it up. Must have been packaging coating to protect the oil cooler. When the bike heated up this crap oozed out and got blown along the motor. Actually there is packaging grease all over the bike including on the bolts holding the front disks and this has spun out onto the disks.

[MD]

Never mind, you came so close to making the right choice- the red F800S sitting a few bikes along in the showroom! Just kidding. I've often been tempted to go the Speed Triple way myself

I think I saw you once, maybe twice today. I was doing some mentoring in the J/vill- Titahi Bay area in the morning then I went over the hill early afternoon.

Enjoy the new ride.

[biggles1]

Well,well you're a Born Again Hell's Angel!!! Nice bike Den will look forward to seeing it,by the way the Firestorm has a new stablemate,at my place,a VFR800.

[zadok]

Nice 1. Welcome to Triumph Triple ownership.

http://www.triumphrat.net/

[tri boy]

Bloody Hoon! Don't you know that having fun is about to me made illegal?
Good choice. May I suggest oil cooler/ radiator guards.

[pritch]

Nice bike.

I see the latest BIKE magazine here has very complimentary things to say about the Street Triple, the new 675 equivalent of the Speed Triple. The 675 is very very similiar in appearance and even after allowing for their Brit bike bias it looks to be a cool bike.

[sinned]

May I suggest oil cooler/ radiator guards.

I have installed a basic grill to both from mesh I obtained from Super Cheap Autos to fit to the SV. If something better is available I might buy that.

[MyGSXF:Me]

Bloody nice bike ya got there fulla!!!! A mate of mine up here has got one.. I have a when I see it!!

Jen

[Scouse]

Fuckin good choice ther dude here is a photo of mine the arrow can makes a real nice growl

[BarryG]

Good one! I know you're going to love it more the more miles you put on it.
Check out http://www.thespeedtriple.com/Forums/index.php
buncha hooligans (and some wannabe hooligans) but a fair bit of useful stuff.

Cheers
Barry