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2009 Triumph Street Triple R - Mountain Magic
Now with Daytona 675 brakes and suspension!Flat-out on the famous Mountain section of the TT course on a typically blustery Isle of Man morning, I'm straining against the wind cascading over these big twin headlights. Triumph's new middleweight revs smoothly towards its 12,650-rpm limit on the uphill straight just past the Guthrie Memorial, with that distinctive three-pot howl just audible above the roar of the wind. Since this is one of Europe's few stretches of speed limit-free road, I'm a bit shocked to see just 107 mph on the speedometer; not exactly slow, but it felt quite a bit faster. This racier new version of Triumph's naked triple feels so quick, it's easy to forget you're on a softly tuned middleweight.
Photo Gallery: 2009 Triumph Street Triple R - Motorocyclist Magazine
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Now with Daytona 675 brakes and suspension!Flat-out on the famous Mountain section of the TT course on a typically blustery Isle of Man morning, I'm straining against the wind cascading over these big twin headlights. Triumph's new middleweight revs smoothly towards its 12,650-rpm limit on the uphill straight just past the Guthrie Memorial, with that distinctive three-pot howl just audible above the roar of the wind. Since this is one of Europe's few stretches of speed limit-free road, I'm a bit shocked to see just 107 mph on the speedometer; not exactly slow, but it felt quite a bit faster. This racier new version of Triumph's naked triple feels so quick, it's easy to forget you're on a softly tuned middleweight.
Photo Gallery: 2009 Triumph Street Triple R - Motorocyclist Magazine
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