We learnt a few months ago that the Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RR was not going to be the  ?Daytona Superbike? that everyone wanted it to be. No, rather than a superbike, it?s more of a premium spec super-naked, in café racer clothing. So to see if the ride is as premium as the spec sheet, I jumped on a Sleazy Jet flight to Malaga, to take the new Speed ?Trip out for a morning of road riding, and an afternoon on the track.

Before we got to Malaga, we were warned about the weather. The boys and girls from Triumph were there a week or so before we arrived (it was a big international launch event so they take a bit of setting up), and a few of them were caught out by the unseasonably cold weather. So by the time I was kitted out with two pairs of socks, my thermal undercrackers, RST Thermal Wind Block Gilet, race leathers and my big ski jacket over the top of it all, I was sweating like a pig. I?d even taken my heated gloves with me. In all fairness, it was cold out. There was a heavy frost on the ground in the morning when we left for the road ride. But I still think I might have gone over the top with layers.
Hit the road

Anyway, that?s besides the point. When we did hit the road, I was pleasantly surprised by the RR?s ergos. One of the single biggest differences between the RR and the RS is the ergonomics. It?s got new clip-on handlebars which are 135mm lower and 50mm further forward; and new footpegs, which are 15mm higher and 50mm further back. T...