Soon To Be New Owner From Utah - A Few Q

Hi all.

just about to trade my 2010 street triple for a new '19 speedy RS.

The bike JUST arrived in a box yesterday ... and Im getting a bit of cold feet giving up my baby for its big brother.

Hoping to gain some midrange and be a bit less flighty / more planted on the roads, but still maintain the comfort of the street (most comfy bike I've ever owned) and the fact that that bike but a grin on my face like no other !

At 30,000 mi ... it was getting old and time for an update ... plus I've gained 20 pounds in that time so the bike had to keep up with that issue ;-) (now widening to 190 but shrinking to 5'9 - all muscle I keep telling my wife, she ain't buying it)

Questions:
1) The cant forward on the seat - you folks have issues sliding forward or getting wedgies as your rear slides forward and your pants tug at you? Seriously .. on a test ride on a '17 that was my only major issue. I kept readjusting except for when I was tucked and screwing around.

2) Do the bar-end mirrors vibe above 4000? This bike's did, but I don't read that anywhere else, so I'm hoping it was just that particular bike.

3) Any complaints of engine heat in traffic?

4) Protection: debating fork and frame sliders (triumph vs R&G) and radiator protectors (Triumph vs evotech)? Anyone with a thought on that?

Despite the position, does anyone cover that oil cooler ... I only found something from evotech.

Beyond that, I think a tail tidy (evotech or Motodynamic integrated tails) and some LED indicators from rizoma are in order, then I may pause for a bit.

Was thinking Oxford grips over high $$$ OEMs if I find i need it.



Aside from the seat position and the worry I'd giving up a bit of roominess and comfort for power and a more planted ride on the highways ... I think this looks on paper like the perfect bike. I trying to melt a BMW 1200 RS and a street together and this is the closest I can figure ! Plus the street is the ONLY bike Ive kept for 9 years .. says something about how good that was.


Anything else I should cosider?

 

thanks much !

crazy ... got a call from a dealer 6 hours away on a demo with 300 miles on it of organized track days for a $1500 off net of all fees ... 1st service done, albeit early, so i'd do an oil change again in a few hundred just for my own piece of mind.

the next one that comes into local dealer gets built Wednesday, but I'm so bloody tempted to drive down and grab the demo instead. Local guys were only giving me 1/2 off 1st service and about 500$ off the bike and the usual "10% of accessories, but we wont fit em"

the demo is discounted $2000.

Thoughts?

Im really tempted to take a 1 day mega road trip and save the cash !

Hopefully doesn't offend the only local triumph dealer in the process.

oh - I love the idea of the low slung SC project - gorgeous! I have one on my street .. its a bit louder than I like even with the baffles in, but what a great sound!

who thinks the track demo with 300 mi is worth 12 hrs drive to save $1,500 ?

 

24 hours and 850 miles later, she's in the garage !!!!!

Saved a little over 2,000 buying the demo (even after travel costs), which will buy me some nice goodies with cash left over (unless I change to a SC project). Dealer was even kind enough to install the few accessories they had on hand free that were on my list of charge (which my dealer in Utah never does).

Will be an interesting few months as I acclimate from the smaller 675 to this.

First things I noticed:

Looks and sounds great!
Soaked up highway miles WAY better than the street.
Seemed just as flickable as the street on locals and canyons.
A modest power increase in the low to mid range, though not as dramatically as expected (I may have been being a bit dainty)

Seating position was more snug than I like, but not in any way uncomfortable.

More engine heat ... i think not only does the engine itself put off more heat, but the bike blocks more wind to the legs. I'm pretty heat sensitive well see how that goes. It was 93 where I picked up the bike.

Today, I have to register it locally and put in an order on line for a few farkles.

Gonna be a fun summer.

My wife thinks its not as "cute" as the street ... oh well. She never rides on it anyway.

I was quite sad trading it in though ... I couldn't even look it in the eyes. 30,000 miles was a fun journey ... it just needed more of what the speed had and I was started to have to do repairs every month or two ... a bad sign of old age.

 

yes ... I was sooooo torn.

I knew if I bough a litre bike, it was to be a speed (that took lots of rides)
If it were swapping to another middle weight, it was a street (easy call)

it was all about 765 vs 1050 for me.

coming from a 675, the 765 seemed like a small improvement and I wasn't convinced It'd feel worthy of the $$$.

But I kept the street R for 30,000 mile and 9 years, while other bikes stay in my garage for 2-4 years, so you can tell how much I loved riding her.

I got enough of a break on the speed (250 miles) that that will take out a lot of the depreciation if I decide after the summer that the 765 really was a better fit.

I wanted more mid range and a less flighty ride / more planted ride than the old street offered ... Speed seemed better suited.

Will see.

But i did love the intimacy and small bike feel that 765 has and its just a perfect bike ergonomically and for the size, the powers spot on.

 

Almost felt like I had to make the jump. I was ready to trade the '10 street - it was showing its age.

Buying another 765, I would have always wondered if I should have jumped to the 1050.

This way I get to fully immerse myself in it for the summer. If it works, awesome. If it doesn't, Ill swap to the 765 without regret.

;-)