Australian Motorcyclist

TRIUMPH Street Triple

MY FIRST BITE into the Street Triple cake was in its 2007 675cc form. It was known as the mini-me version of the bigger bore Speed Triple and both became solid identities in the naked hooligan market. I sold my Daytona 675 (moving on to something bigger) and I remember some fantastic rides as I reacquainted myself in 2014 with the peppy Street Triple. The underslung muffler replaced the dual underseat version and the fantastic curvy roads of Tasmania beckoned on a press junket. It seemed perfect for the job at the time, apart from some much-needed extra mid-range drive, which would have been nice to have down on the island’s roads.

The next layer of the gateaux, with the 765cc engine, ran from 2017 until now and didn’t fall into my hands. To be honest, after

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