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QUICKSPIN I 2021 TRIUMPH SPEED TWIN
gears as you zip from corner to
corner.
Triumph is claiming a 17
percent reduction in inertia with
this new motor, and as before,
there are three riding modes at
your disposal in Sport, Road and
Rain, which alter the throttle re-
sponse and the available traction
control intervention.
Unlike the last few bikes I've
tested, I left the Speed Twin in
Sport for my time on test. Road
mode gives a slightly diluted
throttle response, but Triumph
has done well to make Sport
mode punchy without being
snatchy on the throttle. Nice
work.
The fact it only has to push
a measured 480 pounds might
have something to do with the
peppy performance, as is the
fact you've got some quality
suspenders underneath you in
the now inverted Marzocchi fork
and twin shocks out back. Ride
quality is excellent on the Speed
Twin, so long as you don't go
searching for overly bumpy
roads because although the
suspension is good, there's not
a lot of give in that seat and you'll
feel the bumps sooner rather
than later.
Triumph's gone into Brembo's
back catalog of greatest hits and
fitted the M50 four-piston mono-
bloc calipers up front, which is
Rennie's 6'1" frame found the ride on the Speed Twin a little
cramped, but shorter riders will have no issues there.
