Today was a good day.... I picked up a new bike, this one is comfortable......
I got a '19 built Triumph Street Triple R. This is the version with the TFT screen, but no quickshifter and being as 19 build was also discounted a bit more than what the later 2020 built bikes were that had a quick shifter, but the old LCD analogue dash.
As mentioned else where I traded the Daytona in to get this. It cost a bit more than what I really wanted to pay, but after some haggling we came a to an agreement where i was happy and i didn't have to put up with triumph weird beards or the usual idiots on scumtree or bookface marketplace or pay the privilege of getting lowballed through bikesale.com and I could buy the bike insetad of sweating on it still being available after the Daytona sold.
This was the only R with the TFT screen that I could find, and i wasn't paying an extra $3.5K to get the RS to get the fancy screen.
When available I will have the Triumph Connectivity module activated, which will give me bluetooth stuff for phone, but most importantly for me on dash navigation from Google maps.
And I will probably get the optional quickshifter fitted at the first service, because lazy and it works up and down the box, so will also make blippy noises on downshifts and I don't have to use the clutch, except when stopping, or have to use the throttle under brakes when going down gears.
So here it is, in silver and a total of 0.1km on the clock when i picked it up....
I got a little lost on the way home from the dealership, but it was a glorious ride......
First impressions......
It's fun.... and comfortable, and why didn't I do this before.....
Even though I am taking it easy as per the run in procedure, it seems to have plenty of torque down low, and is a much more relaxed ride than the Daytona was.
It seems easier to ride than the Daytona, most likely because you are in a more upright position rather than the almost forced tuck all the time on the Daytona. My back, wrists and neck are very happy about this. I feel more at home on the Striple than i did on the Daytona on the run home, it may also be because I wasn't up it in the rev range and using higher gears it didn't feel as "hard core sports bike". It feels easy to throw around and at corners, handles well and stops well. It will only get better as I spend more time on it and put the mileage on it to use more of the rev range.
With the standard exhaust it isn't anywhere near as loud, which the neighbours will appreciate I'm sure, but I will probably end up with a slip on in the next few months to give it a bit more noise.
Tomorrow will probably go for another shortish ride ad then Monday or Tuesday go for an early ride over Mt Mee and out through Woodford, Kilcoy and back over Glorious and Nebo to home.
First mods are to remove the pillion peg brackets, which will clean up the sub-frame and the side of the bike, a bit of a pain of a job as the battery has to come out. The second mod will be a tail tidy. The standard plate holder isn't as bad as some, but a tail tidy will really clean it up and make it look a whole lot better.
I must say that when i first saw the street triples I wasn't that enamoured with the look at the front with the lights, but as the headlights have gotten more "squintier" to me, the overall look of the bike has gotten better and I really like this iteration of the Street triple.
I got a '19 built Triumph Street Triple R. This is the version with the TFT screen, but no quickshifter and being as 19 build was also discounted a bit more than what the later 2020 built bikes were that had a quick shifter, but the old LCD analogue dash.
As mentioned else where I traded the Daytona in to get this. It cost a bit more than what I really wanted to pay, but after some haggling we came a to an agreement where i was happy and i didn't have to put up with triumph weird beards or the usual idiots on scumtree or bookface marketplace or pay the privilege of getting lowballed through bikesale.com and I could buy the bike insetad of sweating on it still being available after the Daytona sold.
This was the only R with the TFT screen that I could find, and i wasn't paying an extra $3.5K to get the RS to get the fancy screen.
When available I will have the Triumph Connectivity module activated, which will give me bluetooth stuff for phone, but most importantly for me on dash navigation from Google maps.
And I will probably get the optional quickshifter fitted at the first service, because lazy and it works up and down the box, so will also make blippy noises on downshifts and I don't have to use the clutch, except when stopping, or have to use the throttle under brakes when going down gears.
So here it is, in silver and a total of 0.1km on the clock when i picked it up....
I got a little lost on the way home from the dealership, but it was a glorious ride......
First impressions......
It's fun.... and comfortable, and why didn't I do this before.....
Even though I am taking it easy as per the run in procedure, it seems to have plenty of torque down low, and is a much more relaxed ride than the Daytona was.
It seems easier to ride than the Daytona, most likely because you are in a more upright position rather than the almost forced tuck all the time on the Daytona. My back, wrists and neck are very happy about this. I feel more at home on the Striple than i did on the Daytona on the run home, it may also be because I wasn't up it in the rev range and using higher gears it didn't feel as "hard core sports bike". It feels easy to throw around and at corners, handles well and stops well. It will only get better as I spend more time on it and put the mileage on it to use more of the rev range.
With the standard exhaust it isn't anywhere near as loud, which the neighbours will appreciate I'm sure, but I will probably end up with a slip on in the next few months to give it a bit more noise.
Tomorrow will probably go for another shortish ride ad then Monday or Tuesday go for an early ride over Mt Mee and out through Woodford, Kilcoy and back over Glorious and Nebo to home.
First mods are to remove the pillion peg brackets, which will clean up the sub-frame and the side of the bike, a bit of a pain of a job as the battery has to come out. The second mod will be a tail tidy. The standard plate holder isn't as bad as some, but a tail tidy will really clean it up and make it look a whole lot better.
I must say that when i first saw the street triples I wasn't that enamoured with the look at the front with the lights, but as the headlights have gotten more "squintier" to me, the overall look of the bike has gotten better and I really like this iteration of the Street triple.
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