Triumph Speed Triple – bare-knuckle fighter (Motoring.co.za)
Model(s) covered: 2006 Triumph Speed Triple
Most bikemakers, when they strip a sports bike to create a "street fighter", re-tune the engine for more torque and less top-end power (makes big wheelies easier) and shorten the overall gearing for explosive mid-range acceleration.
Not Triumph.
The 1050cc engine in the Speed Triple, probably the most basic, meanest-looking naked bike out there, has been borrowed from Triumph's new Sprint ST but in this guise it makes 3kW more than it does in Hinckley's suave sports tourer – a claimed 955kW at 9100rpm.
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