Street Triple - First Impressions

[rac3r]

A few thoughts on my first ride. First of all I'll point out that I haven't ridden a bike in 4 months, I've never had to scrub in a new tyre before and this was my first time riding this bike and it was only a short ride so just take my views lightly

Sitting on the bike I found the riding position really comfortable. Pegs in a decent place so your legs aren't folded up, bars are at perfect reach for me although I wouldn't mind them being a little lower to make it slightly more aggressive but for normal riding they are great. Mirrors are awesome in the sense I can see loads behind me. I found the bike feels a bit heavier than my Monster to push around but that could just be because I haven't done it in a while.

As I rode off I found the clutch was weighted perfectly and the biting point wasn't really close or too far out but I did find the throttle was very sensitive, the first time I went from first to second I almost wheelied but this was just me riding liking a n00b and after a while I got used to it and all was good!

The ride is really really smooth, It was like a Bentley compared to the other bikes I've had. The sound is awesome even with the standard cans and is very addictive, when you really open it up it reminds of a 911 (Still has nothing on my S2R at the moment . At some point I'll probably get some slip ons though.

I won't comment on handling as I wasn't really pushing but one area I was really disappointed in was the brakes. They have hardly any power but more so they have no feel at all! Unless you really pull hard you can't tell what the hell is going on. Hopefully this can be fixed with some better pads

Overall I would say 8.5/10 for the first run, I can only see it getting better once I've got my confidence back and that rear tyre run in properly (chicken strips a mile wide when I got back )

PS: I forgot to add that it's f**king quick! It goes like nothing I've ridden, feels quicker that the ZX6 I had and completely owns the Monster

A quick pic of when it arrived yesterday

https://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu274/rac3r786/2012-04-14131518.jpg
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Bikes : 2006 CBR125R - 2004 Monster 620ie - 2004 ZX-6R B1H - 2005 Monster S2R 800 - 2011 Street Triple - 2009 Streetfighter 1098 - 2014 ZX-6R 636

[MarJay]

The standard Street brake pads are pants. The brakes themselves aren't too bad, but the pads are deliberately not as good as sportsbike pads to be good for n00bs. I had the same problem with my Street R, and I replaced my pads with EBC HH pads, and it has made a huge difference.
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[rac3r]

[dannymassive]

Looks lovely! I really quite like it in Red - and I'm not normally a fan of the colour!
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Previous Ride's - '01 Aprilia SR125 (Sold) '08 HONDA CBF600n (Sold) '96 CB500 (Sold) '01 FZS 1000 (Sold) '06 CB1300SA (Sold) '07 CB600F Hornet (Sold) - '93 Suzuki Savage LS400 (Sold) '98 Honda VTR1000 Firestorm (Sold) '05 CB600F Hornet (Sold) '01 FZS1000 Fazer (Sold) 2016 Harley Davidson Street Bob SE (Sold) '02 Kawasaki ZX9R (Sold) '98 CB600F Hornet (Sold) '04 Suzuki Bandit 1200s (Sold) '13 Yamaha FZ1-N

[garth]

Re brake pads, I've just fitted EBC pads to my 9R and they're wank.

[MarJay]

[garth]

I've done about 250 miles on them, although I am not very hard on brakes on the road in general.

The discs had next to no wear, certainly not grooved, they just seem to lack initial bite. Calipers are rebuilt, and new braided lines.

[trippz]

This has to be one of my all time favourite bikes(looks wise and review wise. I'll be waiting a long time till I eventually get to test ride one). I used to be "oh R1 Sporty looks are amazing BLAH BLAH BLAH" but now... The street triple, Just the aggressive look of it. Definitely my dream Bike.
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[Redoko]

Looks the dogs b0ll0cks in red.

Nice.
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[Wave2k]

Arnt the double HH ones supposed to be more for sports/track riding.

Lack of heat would explain the lack of initial bite Garth is talking about.
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[garth]

[ceekay]

Beautiful bike. Do want.
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[MarJay]

[rac3r]

Thanks for the comments guys I wish I'd gone out on it today to get that tyre scrubbed in, weather looks crap for the rest of the week!

I had EBC pads on my Monster and they were pretty good, not sure if they were HH or not though

I was confused when the trip meter read 25 the other day as I could have sworn I did way more than that, looked in the book and realised it wasn't on the distance setting
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Bikes : 2006 CBR125R - 2004 Monster 620ie - 2004 ZX-6R B1H - 2005 Monster S2R 800 - 2011 Street Triple - 2009 Streetfighter 1098 - 2014 ZX-6R 636

[HD]

What I did when I got my bike with poor pads was put a set of decent ones on and if ever it needs some for the MOT or anything, you can just bung the pants ones on to get you through the MOT or til you can buy some decent ones instead of bumming by just cos you want to get use out of them

Bike looks lush though
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[rac3r]

[phillyctr]

Check your pistons aint caked in shit,i had my pads changed recently and were wearing more on one end due to pistons being covered in shit.loads more feel now.

[MinhDinh]

Nice one! I was recently looking at one myself but opting for a 125 and going for a car. I have never liked the looks but heard so many good reviews on the ride position and power.
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[rac3r]

[BikerDefenceS...]

I love the look of that. A friend suggested I get either the Street or Speed Triple a couple of years ago but I didn't have much experience and they just looked far too exciting for me back than... am very jealous now though.
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[MinhDinh]

[rac3r]

Ooops I forgot about that!
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Bikes : 2006 CBR125R - 2004 Monster 620ie - 2004 ZX-6R B1H - 2005 Monster S2R 800 - 2011 Street Triple - 2009 Streetfighter 1098 - 2014 ZX-6R 636

[rac3r]

Stupid question but is the frame supposed to get hot?
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Bikes : 2006 CBR125R - 2004 Monster 620ie - 2004 ZX-6R B1H - 2005 Monster S2R 800 - 2011 Street Triple - 2009 Streetfighter 1098 - 2014 ZX-6R 636

[MarJay]

[rac3r]