Triumph lifts the veil on what will in all likelihood be a sports car designed from the already martial Speed Triple 1200. For once, and in order to be clearly identified by an already posh competition, the beauty will make itself stupid by taking the acronym RR. The English announce themselves with this video which shows a little but without satisfying us. That's what's called mouth-watering...
The fans of Triumph are in turmoil while the others have the attention attracted by the fact that the Hinckley coat of arms will try to shake up a market where the Ducati Panigale V4, the Kawasaki ZX-10R, the Yamaha YZF-R1 or even the Honda CBR reign. 1000 RR-R Fireblade. This is called not having a complex.
And besides, why have them when we start from a base like the Speed Triple 1200 ? Its characteristic 1 cc 160-valve three-cylinder in-line engine has been completely renewed in its latest version to adapt it to Euro12 and inject an additional power of 5 hp, allowing it to reach the 180 hp at 10 rpm, with a torque of 750 Nm at 125 rpm.
What vocation for this Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RR?
The latest Speed Triple isn't just more powerful. Its weight has also been drastically reduced below 200 kilos in working order, i.e. 198 kgs precisely. Its chassis is composed of Öhlins NIX30 suspensions with 43 mm diameter bars and an Öhlins TTX36 monoshock absorber, all added to four calipers Brembo Stylema. Perfect ingredients to enjoy the road and the track.
By the way, Triumph has not yet specified whether this new superbike will be integrated into its still non-existent catalog of purely sports motorcycles or will be part of its Triumph project Factory Custom, which concerns limited edition motorcycles created by the hands of its engineers. To be continued…
