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Been meaning to book a test ride on a Speed Triple for a while, and with the friendly Triumph dealer taking delivery of a demo Street Triple, thought it would be best to try both back to back as it were...
![]() Wow... rode the Speed first, and this was with the Arrow system fitted... what a blast (literally ![]() ![]() Almost thought that i was going to be dissapointed with the 675, but not a bit of it; what a superb bike, especially for the money. Both sounded good, almost halfway between a twin and IL4 (well, there's a surprise ![]() I'm really torn as I don't want to say goodbye to the SV, but would find it difficult to justify two bikes ![]() Anyone else tried the Street Triple yet? ![]() |
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A buddy took the street triple out for a test two weeks ago... picks his new one up in 4 weeks. He's had his current bike for seven years so was in no hurry for a change, yes the Street Triple is that good. He didn't try the speed triple though....
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Tried it, loved it. Saving to buy! Am working on Mrs scWirral to do her test before it all gets silly so that I have an excuse to keep the SV!
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Do you lot just go round trying bikes even though you couldn't (didn't want to?) buy at the time?
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![]() It does have a positive side to it for dealers tho' - I had booked a test ride on a BMW F800S when it came out as I had previously owned BeeEms before, and at the time the demo F800S was not ready, and the local dealer (Rainbow in Rotherham - good place with helpful people) had an SV650S taken in PX. They offered it to me to try (I hadn't ridden in 14 years, so it was all a good experience ![]() If you show an interest in the bikes and look like you can afford them, dealers will be pleased to let you try - have done the same with cars as well. The local Porsche dealer was more than happy to let me test drive a Cayman S as well as a 911 Carrera S (I'm honestly not bulls***ing). It does help if you turn up in a decent mode of transport though ![]() It all benefits the dealers as they can show to the manufacturers that they are getting interest in their products, and therefore justify subsidised demo vehicles ![]() |
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Triumph V SV? bye, bye SV - sorry no contest IMHO
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Had a test ride planned for today, but now i'm off work it's gone from sunshine to p*ssing it down.
![]() It looks and feels perfect to sit on. My dealer won't have em in till october, just *generating interest* with the demo, so would be rude not to. The entire world seems to have fallen for this bike, me included! But i haven't fallen out of love with my sv yet - anyone know a way to speed the process? ![]() |
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Oh dear. This is going to cost me money, and the SV..
Booked a test ride on the street triple today. Annoyingly when I got there it had been lent out for an hour already due to a **** up by the dealer, so they lent me the daytona 675 for an hour to keep me interested ![]() Lovely bike, but the riding position was pretty nasty - I haven't ridden a modern sportsbike less than 4 years old, and they have changed a lot - the bars were no lower than the SV but far closer to the rider. I felt like I was on top of the front wheel. My arms were almost straight down and really had to crouch to shove on the bars with any force - felt very reluctant to turn in at first because of this. It had only done 800 miles, and conversely to andy I found it much more reluctand than the street triple down low. Engine sounded gorgeous - the grin on my face when I cracked the throttle properly from traffic lights reminded my when I opened up my first kawasaki after passing my test. --> ![]() Good power, but I kept hitting the limiter as not used to the engine. Otherwise, seemed like a very strong 600 with quality suspension etc. Very difficult to brace myself under braking though - nuts ended up distinctly pancake shaped after a few corners, there's just not enough tank to grip onto. And then after an hour of that, the street triple. O.M.G. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Felt very strange at first, not had an upright bike for a while, and the bars seemed all wrong. Was now p*ssing it down and I had no faith in what the front wheel was doing. For the first 100 yards that is. ![]() ![]() Also strangely never hit the limiter once - not sure what triumph have done to the motor from the daytona, but upchanges around 8-10k seemed right, despite it going freely to the redline (it had done about 1200 miles). About halfway through the ride I was trying to persuade myself I should be happy with the SV, and then I parked the triple up in a pub car park and looked at it - and that was that thought out of the window :\ Wind protection excellent too - had the headlamp cowl and the flyscreen, and 80 was wind free, and 90 no problem at all. Just three problems - black or white? And who shall I take a loan out with? ![]() |
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Well I've just bought a new bike but the Street Triple is next on my list.
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