Show us yer Triumph

[Croak]

Nice Speed Four.  Needs moar yellow.  

[Sport-Touring]

[HeavyHustler]

2007 Triumph Speed Triple 1050
Mods-
Renthal Street fighter bars
Trident Carbon Cans + mid pipe
Tune ECU mapping
K&N Air Filter
No SAI/CAT
R&G Frame Sliders & Engine Case Sliders
Marsee tank bag
Wolf tail pack
SW Motech tail pack
Loads of powder coating!

[nevinfs327]

2007 Triumph Speed Triple 1050

Nice!  That is a really blacked out bike.  Is this the mount used on your recently posted border to border ride?

[HeavyHustler]

That's the one!  

[ride200mi]

Riding the hwy 58 in So CA.....













And no chicken strip here.....

[Castaway]

Nice GT ... how you likin' it?

[ride200mi]

Nice GT ... how you likin' it?

So far it's very nice. I can see us putting as much if not more miles on it as the Futura. We are planning a trip to Utah in June....

[Croak]

Don't you get confused when you walk out to the garage and are confronted with your Futura and the bike that's obviously inspired by it?

[Castaway]

So far it's very nice. I can see us putting as much if not more miles on it as the Futura. We are planning a trip to Utah in June....

Is that because it's more comfortable, like more upright position, more leg room? Anything to do with the motor? How do the motors compare? You've got two great bikes there.  

[ride200mi]

Don't you get confused when you walk out to the garage and are confronted with your Futura and the bike that's obviously inspired by it?

Oh very much so.... But my Futura has given us many miles of fun.... 57K miles of wonderful times..... However like most things, the Futura is not being made any longer and finding a replacement was tough to say the least. The Futura has had some FI issues lately and I haven't been able to fix what ever is causing it (even $500 later from two dealers). So we decided to move on. Tired of not having been able to ride. We went and bought the next best thing. Again it was very tough but the GT is as close as we have seen to the ergos from the Futura as one can get.

[ride200mi]

Is that because it's more comfortable, like more upright position, more leg room? Anything to do with the motor? How do the motors compare? You've got two great bikes there.  

The ergos as mention in the previous post, is pretty close to each other. My Futura has Germar (sp?) risers but the GT doesn't seem to be any lower OR higher in the handle bar dept. The seat is very typical for today's sport tourer, kinda stiff, but we are getting used to it. The Futura has one of the best seats I have ever had on any bike... Period.... We may get the gel seat from Triumph but not sure if we will need it yet. Let room seems to be a bit tighter on the GT but not by much. As far as motors compare... Well first off... the Futura is a 60' twin and with that comes the V twin torque, vibration and wonderful sound it produces. The Rotax engine has been built proof with only having to adj. the valve shims once in 56+K miles. The electrics have had some issues but nothing that the Aprilia AF1 forum experts couldn't handle....   Which brings us to the GT triple. Very smooth, lots of torque, nice sound from the stock muffler and did I mention smooth. Very refine bike compared to the Futura. Mind you, the Futura is a very European type motorcycle (not sure what that may intel but it sounds good anyway). I guess what I mean is... The GT fit and finish are way better, the transmission shifts better/smoother and at this point is a bit like a jap bike....???? My friends FJR has the same traits but with a bit more power of course. But the handling on the FJR is a bit more relaxed/heavier not as sporty.... So these bikes, Futura and the GT, are a Sport Touring bike, they have different traits, none which are bad by any means, just different. I hope I shead some better light on the two and we look forward to many more miles on the Triumph....

[ride200mi]

Oh and was brought to my attention that I will need to change my avatar... I guess I will need to find a Triumph hat now....

[Croak]

May I recommend against the Triumph Gel seat?  While comfortable, it can scorch your backside and reproductive bits if left sitting in the sun for more than a few minutes.  Seriously.  It retains heat for a long time.

[SVTNate]

2011 S3.  Bar end mirrors, fly screen, seat cowl, belly pan, 3-1 lowboy.  R&G tail tidy is awaiting install.  OEM anodized brake reservoirs front/rear, carbon hugger, axle nut cover, and RaceTech springs/gold valves are on order.

[ride200mi]

May I recommend against the Triumph Gel seat?  While comfortable, it can scorch your backside and reproductive bits if left sitting in the sun for more than a few minutes.  Seriously.  It retains heat for a long time.

Thanks for the heads up. It gets red hot here where I live and we don't need any unnecessary blisters on our backside....  

[st2sam]

2011 S3.  Bar end mirrors, fly screen, seat cowl, belly pan, 3-1 lowboy.  R&G tail tidy is awaiting install.  OEM anodized brake reservoirs front/rear, carbon hugger, axle nut cover, and RaceTech springs/gold valves are on order.

WHOA!  
I hope you have a lot of self controll?

[SVTNate]

WHOA!  
I hope you have a lot of self controll?

That reminds me, I have a set of black shorty ASV levers waiting to be installed as well  

I'll be ordering carbon chain guard and hose guide soon, too.

[MadOzodi]

2011 S3.  Bar end mirrors, fly screen, seat cowl, belly pan, 3-1 lowboy.  R&G tail tidy is awaiting install.  OEM anodized brake reservoirs front/rear, carbon hugger, axle nut cover, and RaceTech springs/gold valves are on order.

Holy heck that's one sexy muther effin bike!  

[mellow_gold]

 

Put the first couple 100km's  on my '07 ST yesterday (at and below freezing temps sadly!):



(it is snowing in this pic, although you can't really see it).

[STalker]

First brand new bike since 1975 ('74 Maico450). Picked it up this afternoon.