1200 Rr Sales.

If the RR is supposed to be the full on sports option, maybe it's just not radical enough for those riders it's supposed to appeal to. especially when you consider the price difference.

 

From what I have read, its a bit like the BMW R9T Race. Both great looking bikes, fast and handle great but the riding position is hopeless.

 

In the USA (California), I've never seen another 1200RS in the wild, much less an RR. Have seen the occasional Street Triple though.

 

I've an RR, paid £15500 new & got a great price for my 1050RS so the difference to change wasn't significant. Last week I saw an ad in MCN where a dealer is selling new at £13495. At the original price you could get a BMW S1000RR or a Ducati Panigale V2 for less so I think the price has affected sales somewhat.
As regards the riding, I'm 55 years old & love the thing to bits. Its such a beautiful thing & so easy to ride, a total thrill for me. Once out on the open road the riding position gets forgotten. I test rode a BMW R9T Racer long ago & enjoyed that too.
I test rode a 1200RS when it came out but preferred my 1050RS at the time, although the hard suspension on both was annoying after only a short period into any ride.

 

I've been thinking the same way, the bike I really want is a 1200 Street Scrambler but not the 1200XC/XE Scrambler currently in the range. When a manufacturer has bikes in a range that are similar, like the Classic range or the Street Triple range, it's a pity they can't adopt a modular approach so you could order your perfect model. " I'll have this engine, in that frame, with those forks, those rear shocks, these brakes etc, etc. Just a thought.

 

So that would be a Triumph Sprint ST1200RR then?

 

I saw and sat on the Speed Triple RR last winter when one was brought to our local shop to be displayed for the day. I agree that it's absolutely beautiful. But the position was too extreme for me--at least it felt that way just sitting on it. I don't have my feet on the pegs in this photo but was able to put them on the pegs to get a general sense of the riding position. I'm just not "bendy" enough any more, I'm afraid! I'll keep my Speed Triple RS.

 

I loved my Sprint ST and the thought of a more up to date and 1200 one is mouth watering prospect.
I wish Triumph had continued with the ST, but I also wish they made a proper litre (hyper?)sportsbike.
However I think Triumph are on the ball knowing what the market will buy although maybe a slip up with the 1200RR. I had a good look at one on display at Brands Hatch and it did look gorgeous though!

 

Yeah, that was impression exactly. The1200RR is a lovely little jewel of a thing, but my 60 year old body wants a 1050RS

 

I’ve been looking a lot at these recently, as prices seem much more reasonable at around £14k. Personally I think of triumph added an official option of slight raised bars, it would help a lot. I’m going to test ride one and see what it’s like first hand, but I agree sales seem really slow

 

Hi Phil, when I test rode I left the centre of York & by the time I reached the outskirts I wasn't going to buy one, my wrist hurt. Once I hit the open rode the thought never entered my head again. I now own one.
My optimum setting is Sport mode with the suspension in Comfort.

 

Bars are sports bike, pegs give better leg room. If you rode properly and don’t have weight through wrists (except when braking) bike is awesome. Build quality is great and I love the styling. Can’t wait till snow goes and get it fully run in

 

Little update on this, seeing as this seems to be one of the only threads related to the Speed Triple RR. I bought one last week, hoping to pick up this saturday. I enjoyed the test ride although I did find it a bit of a slow build. This was mainly because I was anxious about the idea of giving up my Thruxton as I love it, so it was a bit of my head trying to be negative about the STRR. Also the first time for me on electronic suspension so there was a lot to get used to, a few modes to try, and some things that were annoying me...

The quickshifter was broken on the demo, so had to ride without it. The clutch lever also wobbles around which I find really annoying, but I'll have to get used to as they all seem to.

For ref, the deal I did was £14500 including extra 1yr warranty and ceramic coating etc. I think at that price while still a LOT of money for a motorbike, it's a really exceptional bit of kit.

 

that’s a brand new bike, although the model year is listed as 21 so I believe there are quite a lot of crated bikes that have been sat around a while which is a shame. At one point all dealers had a demo, so there’s been a lot of ex demo bikes floating around but mine is a new Reg rather than a pre-Reg bike.