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I'd be very sceptical of the ohlins forks! Any Triumph I ever rode with ohlins forks was far to hard for our roads. I owned the previous gen 765 and even it was a little too harsh. Recently rode the current model and joy of joys, Triumph have got it perfect! Its the same showa fork, ohlins shock but they've softened it. Something they didnt advertise with the current model but the dealer informed me and told me to take it out a spin after I mentiond my last one was a bit harsh. I'm going to buy it, its the perfect street triple even though its got a shit colour scheme. I've been saying this for years, the street triple is Triumphs best machine. I've had 2 and I'm going to have a third while the current model is in this state of perfection!

 

It was my first proper bike too, in 2013. I've owned 12 or more bikes since then and keep coming back to the street triple. Its the perfect combination of speed, weight and agility for the roads. You'll never need more! I've had technically superior bikes but the street triple always has a special place in my heart. Maybe my current KTM superduke is the only machine that I'm as fond of, but I really fear for my licence with it as I just cant behave on it. Literally points skywards at triple figure speeds... constantly I love it but is going to see me in trouble sooner or later.

 

Very nice! I love "spy shots". Seems very 007-ish. What year is your current Street Triple, Mrs Visor?

 

That’s good to know about the suspension. The trend for a hard ride wasn’t appreciated on our crappy roads.

 

I found my 2021 R (LRH) too hard such that one road near me was almost impossible with it’s washboard surface. My Ducati, which has always bounced me out of my seat over bumps, is not as bad.

I have since adjusted my suspension settings to “comfort” mode which is still pretty harsh on this particular road but I only go 66 kg in normal clothing so to improve further will need to change the spring as it comes out of the factory with rear preload set at minimum.

 

I haven’t tried playing with my suspension settings yet but maybe I’ll spend some time with them on a sunny day. I can always put it back to the factory setting and get someone to look at it who knows what they’re doing.

 

As part of the toolkit you should have a special tool under the pillion seat for adjusting the forks. It was missing on my bike which made fork adjustments a total pain. It has since been provided by Triumph.

 

Dont keep that special in its space under the seat. It always falls out!

 

As I found out when clipping it into its slot. So a couple of strips of insulating tape are now assisting it to stay put.

 

One or two comments above re Ohlins being too firm, tend to agree, on the Monster 1100 I had even on the softest setting they were a little harsh, you’d think it possible for Ohlins to make the softest setting very soft but it appears not, I steer clear of Ohlins now and would rather have a base model without them, probably different for those that do track days where there could be some benefit?.

 

Not much to differentiate it from the speedy.
Think they look better with a fly screen too