Street triple or street triple R?

I miss mine

But if you get the R one you can set the suspension up to be like the standard one if you find it too hard.

Originally Posted by SUPERSTARDJ01

Hi all,

Need some advise, i'm getting a street triple and seen one for £4300 10k 08 loads of accessories (list below) FSH black (including major service done @ 10k), 11mths mot and 2 mths tax.

1. Triumph Colour coded fly screen and visor.
2. Triumph rear hugger.
3. Triumph gel seat.
4. Scotoiler fitted.
5. Shortie black levers.
6. Bar end mirrors (originals included)
7. SP Engineering Moto GP carbon cans, sound fantastic (originals included)
8. Carbon 4U front fender (original included)
9. British flag tank pad.
10. Fitted with Metzeler Z8 tri compound Tyres fitted 2k miles ago and have easily got another 4k left in them.
11. R and G crash bungs.
12. R and G engine slider.
13. R and G stand bobbins.
14. Beowulf rad guard in black.
15. Triumph colour coded belly pan.
16. R and G bar ends.
17. R and G shock tube cover.
18. Data tool alarm fitted.

or triple R £4250 Very good condition, FSH(including major service @ 12k), Matt Grey, 12 months Mot, 12 months Tax. Lots of extras including leo vince exhausts (original exhausts supplied), belly pan, crash protectors, gel seat, passenger grab rail with 15k on clock 08.

First one (Black) is 1hr 10mins or about 80 miles further away from me.

My budget is £4300 so the one on the sale forum is out before anyone suggests it.

which would you go for???

they are both lovely bikes but why would anybody buy a bike with 105hp without a full fairing,my mates got a speed triple a even more capable bike but every time theres a head wind or side wind or we are doing several miles at more than 75 to 85mph he is moaning about being blown of the back of the bike neck ache arm ache etc and even when following me on my old b6 with 1/2 fairing he is comenting about the wind which i was unaware of,but best of luck with the bike and if you ride at sub 70mph speeds its a brilliant bike

Originally Posted by suzukigt380paul

they are both lovely bikes but why would anybody buy a bike with 105hp without a full fairing,my mates got a speed triple a even more capable bike but every time theres a head wind or side wind or we are doing several miles at more than 75 to 85mph he is moaning about being blown of the back of the bike neck ache arm ache etc and even when following me on my old b6 with 1/2 fairing he is comenting about the wind which i was unaware of,but best of luck with the bike and if you ride at sub 70mph speeds its a brilliant bike

Not everyone is a wuss you know.

Originally Posted by Amplimator

Not everyone is a wuss you know.

this may be true but i have done thousands of miles on naked bikes and i know how tireing it can be,and the differance a fairing can make on a long run, and if it is raining and you can get up to say 70mph you can sometimes keep most of the weather of you

Got ur pm but not near a comp to send a proper reply.

Don't agree, I've done plenty of miles on a naked and with a good screen you hardly notice the wind, yes a faired bike is better but we don't ride for practicality do we?

[punyXpress]

Had my Triple R for 7 weeks now.
3rd week went up to GM - 450 miles on first day - neck SLIGHTLY aching.
Now on 2000 miles & neck standing up much better - if you give up & say it hurts, you'll never build the stamina. By the same token the naked SV would be unusable, as would the same company's GT380!
As hardhat_harry says - you can always soften the 'R' and that may be one of the things to do with the type of roads I prefer.
Either way, good luck in your quest.

Street Triple with the small airblade screen is good for over 100 mph without an issue

[BoltonSte]

R with the Triumph screen has a sweet spot around 110 where it all goes quiet so I'm told...a good indication that you're travelling too fast.

As for fatigue and nakeds...Nah, if that's the case, sommats wrong with you or your doing something wrong (body postion/gripping) easily manage 4/5 hours without any issues at interesting speeds...other than a dodgy left wrist.

Slight derail.

Are faired bikes teally all that good for wind blast? specifically wind noise on the helmet.

ive seen some moan it just focuses a blast of air towards the helmet unless you lie on the tank. I have never ridden one myself, ive tried screens on my sv x, and they all seem to make things worse.