The Street Twin Spy Shots...

Edit/ the title was supposed to say Speed Twin...

So will the Speed Twin in the spy shots actually be a thing at some point? As in, the twin headlights and the suspension that seems to be lifted from the Thruxton R?




I'd buy that, with the suspension and cast wheels etc

Yes you could buy a Thruxton R and add the handlebar kit but you wouldn't have the cast wheels, tank design, coated engine cases or twin headlights etc

 

Well my next bike was going to be a Street Triple RS but a mate of mine just got a Thruxton R which has modern suspension (Ohlins and Shows), modern brakes (Brembo), traction control, rider modes and ABS and to be fair it holds its own against my MT-09 (which has some performance upgrades including Ohlins) on the A & B roads. He's also added an Arrow header with de-cat and Remus pipes and it sounds immense. I just don't fancy the Thruxton R styling myself, if they made a Speed Twin R version I reckon I'd buy one pretty quick.

 

I think it was a concept Speed Twin that was dialled back to fit in a certain price point within the range, they should really bolt the bits back on (plus a quickshifter) call it an R version, hike the price a little and release it. A more performance oriented Speed Twin would surely be a desirable bike.

 

Yes sorry I meant Speed Twin originally but typed Street for some reason, even so, there currently no such Speed Twin with the spec in those spy shots sadly.