Triumph Sprint ST RFC

If anyone here has experience of the latest model, good or bad, I'd be
pleased to read comments.
I have itchy plastic, and I feel drawn to a black one, is this normal?

 

Dentist says...

Universally loved on the Triumph forums. No known vices and I'd have one
if I could afford one.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki Bandit 600S (Green with added shit bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

Getting a blue one on Saturday. I *wanted* black bu couldn't afford one
(as they only came out in January) and actually don't look all that in
the flesh IMHO.

Bearing in mind I went from a Speed Triple to a Bandit 600 to test the
Sprint:

Fast
Superb brakes
lovely engine
Comfortable for me (6'4" 13.5 st)
Good mirrors
Pretty pointless digital dash with analogue speedo and tacho. Temp gauge
reads right to left.

I'll be doing 600 miles a week, so I'll have a better idea in a couple
of weeks.

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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 TS 156 TS S2
Suzuki Bandit 600
#Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits (I live in hope)
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

Lozzo wrote;

That's the trouble, with a few accessories I'm looking at the thick end
of ten grand. Mind you, this will be the only new bike I've ever bought,
and it's going to get some serious touring....
(continues justifying wild extravagance to self....)
Bollocks, even the insurance isn't an excuse for backing out...

 

Catman wrote;

I'm off to the dealer in a couple of days for some tyre kicking and
riding, I'd like to hear your first impressions.

 

Mostly people on here will be hearing my impressions

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Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 TS 156 TS S2
Suzuki Bandit 600
#Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits (I live in hope)
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

My (well Anne's actually) only complaint is the pillion seat. It's too
high and she'd get wind turbulence.

 

Keep off the starches, then.

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Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 TS 156 TS S2
Suzuki Bandit 600
#Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits (I live in hope)
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

Indeed

 

Have you tried? It's often somewhat counter-intuitive, as the
upper-level airflow is a very complex thing. You could try growing to
a normal height, of course...

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I guess another try may be a possible solution. I am a normal height,
you're the freak

 

The Cheltenham Triumph dealer has a new ST in stock with £1k off and
free panniers. At least that's what it said on the sticker on the front.

 

Gyp says...

8 grand with the panniers, and available in black at that price.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki Bandit 600S (Green with added shit bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

Lozzo wrote;

Stop, stop, I can't stand any more. Mind you, having now had a good look
round a black one, I'm tending to Catman's view. They seem to look
better in pics than in the flesh.

 

Dentist says...

Sorry, I have to disagree. Black is the OTC.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki Bandit 600S (Green with added shit bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

Performance Triumph; the lot that have/had the Suzuki place in town
(that I believe has now moved out of town)

The Triumph place is the shop on the A40 as you come into town from the
Gloucester side - it was Dick Lovett Jeep, then it became a specialist
car shop, then it became a specialist car shop, then it became a
specialist car shop, then it became the Triumph shop, and they've got a
few Harleys there and a few fancy cars on the forecourt too.

http://www.performancetriumph.co.uk/

 

Catman says...

Nah, black looked gorgoeous when I saw a couple parked outside the
Triumph dealer up the road. One had panniers fitted and the other
didn't, but both looked stunning.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki Bandit 600S (Green with added shit bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

In that you are correct, but it's not the best colour for that bike.

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Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 TS 156 TS S2
Suzuki Bandit 600
#Triumph Speed Triple: Black with extra black bits (I live in hope)
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

Lozzo wrote;

Don't get me wrong, Black is gooood, but being an old ****, black says
Norton to me.
I'm still in the phase of 'be sensible now, you really don't need one of
these', and blue or red is marginally safer, isn't it? Of course it is.

I know the dark side will win eventually.