RIDEFAST AUG 21

Well - the race for 200BHP plus naked is a real thing, but often
those bikes are simply too much for the average rider and at low
revs they can be a bit clunky and rough. Simply put, they prefer to
RideFast.
Triumph has a habit of coming up with user friendly bikes that are
fun to ride and although this bike can be a real maniac, Triumph
has harnessed it all into a performance package that is still easy to
ride at low revs every day. She is calm up to 6000 RPM and then
that little devil on your shoulder comes to the fore and the street
racer comes alive.
But that’s not all that this bike is about. It’s the overall package
that makes it so good. Comfortable,Smooth. Refined. So easy to
live with. Smooth gear changes, smooth power delivery, refined
acceleration and some pretty blistering performance when you feel
like opening up.
On any bike you don’t want to feel electronic intrusion – in fact if
you are a good enough rider – you can use the tech to go faster.
The traction control works in the background – every once in a
while you’ll see the light flash a bit but you don’t really know that
it’s there. The quickshifter is so smooth.
Ok you got that now? It’s FUN with a capital F.
Point it through a corner and open the throttle – the bike has so
much pull that you’re laughing in your helmet. It’s GREAT! The
Ohlins suspension is quite firm and stiffly sprung. She feels quite
racey. Real superbike performance and handling. Steering is light
and accurate, the Metzelers grip like race rubber, the Brembo
Stylemas are, well Brembo Stylemas.
Yes, yes it’s a naked but thanks to Triumphs attention to making
things smooth it’s so comfortable and easy to ride.
It’s justs So much fun on the road but how does she fare on the
track?
Our Donovan Fourie took the bike for a good thrashing around
Midvaal. He shares his thoughs:
A bike for every man and not only those rocket racing track
fiends…
It’s like that. Unadulterated fun.
We had it for a couple of days and found every excuse in the book
to hop on and take off.
This is a romance story worthy of every Hugh Grant/Sandra
Bullock Hollywood movie poor boyfriends have been dragged to
for decades.
The first time the Speed Triple and I met was in the mid-2000s
after she had been drummed up by everyone I’d ever met – it’s a
hooligan machine! It wheelies for nothing! It’s the most fun you can
have on two wheels!