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Triumph Ends Speculation And Unveils A Naked 675.

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#1 ·
Re: Triumph Launches the Street Triple.

Neat.

I'll take two please.
 
#2 ·
Re: Triumph Launches the Street Triple.

Sweet!

I test rode a tasty white '07 Tiger two weeks ago. Decided no due to small pillion. But the fund has already begun for the #2 bike. Amazing motor!

If the 675 is half as cool as the big triple, well lets just say Triumph deserves a LOT more sales than they currently have.
 
#4 ·
Re: Triumph Launches the Street Triple.

I'm bummed it looks like they've downgraded the brakes. It seems the radial mount calipers of the 675 have been replaced with the older style; I would have thought they'd retain the 675's forks, brakes, axle, etc. as-is.
 
#5 ·
Re: Triumph Launches the Street Triple.

Dang. Why am I so critical today? I love Triumphs and adore the 675 but I just feel they got a couple things wrong here. No. 2 is the exhaust can. Are they trying to copy the new BMW singles with the fat can on the side thing? Here's to hoping it can be swapped for a single, underseat, shotgun can, like the Two-Brothers unit available for the 675.
 
#6 ·
Re: Triumph Launches the Street Triple.

I still don't care for the headlights, wind deflector, or exhaust can. Aside from that, it should be a cool bike. It'll come down to the numbers, I reckon: weight, hp, lb/ft, and even mpg's. Could be really a rip, if they did it right. Having just bought a Tiger 1050 almost three weeks ago, I'm expecting good things.
 
#7 ·
Re: Triumph Launches the Street Triple.

kpaul, the GMP, predicts and then it happens. As many of you remember kpaul predicted this bike months ago..

I guess my post/article about Aprillia fielding a V-4 in World Superbike didn't make it past the longride filter Read More

kpaul predicts and then it happens..
 
#14 ·
Re: Triumph Launches the Street Triple.

it happens and then kpaul predicts..

There. Fixed that'n for ya'!

The baby-S3 has been rumoured since the demise of the S4, Dumbass.

And you s'pose it was hard to predict 'Priller wantin' to go MotoGP'n? If you actually HAD any friends, you might-could claim that you know someone at Aprilia that mentioned a probable effort "coming soon" to you in passing a year or so ago.............

But you don't.
 
#18 ·
It's a British bike - that's "aluminium siding green"
 
#25 ·
Yeah, - it's only one cylinder and a "vee" away from being obsolete!
 
#26 ·
Re: Triumph Launches the Street Triple.

Street Triple has been conceptualized since the 675 first appeared. It's old news. In fact, it's even older than the 675, since the 675 itself was originally conceived of as a naked bike. Therefore, that a naked 675 should follow the faired 675 has always been a foregone condlusion.

News of a new Aprilia-developed v-four is similarly old, been around ever since their groundbreaking 450 v2 came out. Obbviously the double-trouble v-four is intended to replace the Rotax twin in the Mille...and would likely be campaigned in WSBK and perhaps MotoGP.

i really think whether the factory competes in either venue is strictly a matter of finances. Personally I think motogp is a longshot since they are not allowed to use production bikes. It will be too expensive to justify. WSBK on the other hand, I don't doubt for a minute they'll be there.

Man, Tuonos are great bikes but with the Rotax twin on the outs, who wants to buy one when a new engine might be just around the corner? Tough one there.
 
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