Triumph Street Triple long term review: Introduction

If you read my column in the issue last month , you know I went out and somehow scraped enough money to pay the down-payment on my new Street Triple, Ferine. I’ve managed to credit card my way to an impressive add-on parts bill but we shall discuss that next time around.

Ferine and I went to the latest edition of our TWO Track School by Indimotard at Kari Motor Speedway near Coimbatore. The Street Triple, in stock 79PS form, turns out to be everything I hoped for. It’s fast, agile and responsive and while I’ll detail it out later, she’s great on the track too.

But I’ve already got stuff that needs to be made better or made to fit me better. The worst are the mirrors. They’re entirely useless and must go. They don’t …