Speed Read, September 19, 2021
Triumph?s new Speed Triple 1200 RR got the internet fizzing this week, so we?ve added our thoughts. We?ve also stumbled across a cute SYM Wolf custom from Taiwan, a gorgeous Colorado Norton Works Commando on eBay, and a Tonka-tough electric utility bike that?s just gone on sale in the US.
Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RR Hinckley has just whipped the covers off a new Speed Triple variant, due to go on sale at the end of this year. Pricing will start at $20,950 in the USA, which is $2,450 more than the RS ?super naked??and a mere $50 less than the MV Agusta Superveloce 800.
Why mention the Superveloce" Because there?s a lot of online chatter about how much the front end of the 1200 RR resembles the much-lauded and very pretty Italian supermodel. Both machines have a single round headlight, which is unusual for a modern-day sportbike, and the shape of the fairing is vaguely similar.
They?re also both triples and if you run the figures, despite the MV having 147 hp compared to the Triumph?s whopping 180 hp, the power-to-weight ratios are close.
We don?t think this is as big a deal as some folks are making out, though. After all, many conventional sportbikes look similar from a distance, and many big ADV bikes have ?beaks.?
Once you?re in the saddle, the biggest changes between the RS and RR will be the suspension and the ergos. Notably, the RR gets the ?S-EC 2.0 OBTi? suspension launched by Öhlins a couple of years ago (and similar to that used on the Yamaha R1M). T...
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