VOLUME ISSUE MARCH , P107
T
he Triumph Street Triple is the
most important motorcycle in
Triumph's lineup. It's a big state-
ment, I know, but let's look at how I
came to that conclusion.
The Street Triple, at least the motor,
is responsible for one-third of the
powerplants currently doing circles in
MotoGP. As the current single engine
supplier to Moto2, the Triumph 765
motor comes under incredible scru
-
tiny by the most demanding riders on
the planet and under the full spotlight
of the world's media, and it's become
so reliable and consistently power
-
ful that many team owners no longer
bother attending the random lottery
for the distribution of powerplants,
according to Trevor Morris, the techni-
cal director the company employed
to build and maintain the engines at
ExternPro in Spain.
Another reason why the Street
Triple is the most important bike in
Triumph's lineup is this bike has offi
-
cially replaced the legendary Daytona
as Triumph's supersport bike and
must fill two very different roles. No
longer is Triumph building a race bike
and selling it on the street. It's the
The two new beasts
side by side, with
the base model R on
the left. For the price,
these bikes will take
a lot of beating in
the middleweight
category.
TREAT
