Triple Or Nothing

With a new 765cc motor, the new Street Triple S is faster than ever before. It’s packed with tech and priced well too. Is it finally time for you to go bug-eyed, then?

- Arup Das

Every time I look at the Triumph Street Triple, my mind goes back to the year 2000 when I was introduced to the world of Triumph motorcycles – thanks to Mission Impossible 2. To be honest, at the time, I didn’t know much about the round-eyed monster Tom Cruise was riding. What I did know, however, was that the Speed Triple didn’t look like any other bike I’d seen before. In time, the Speed’s round headlights evolved and became more bug eyed – for which it received a lot of criticism for some reason. Thankfully, the British motorcycle manufacturer stuck to its guns – and what you see here, revelling in its bug eyes, is the new 2017 Street Triple.

The Street Triple has been a big success story for Triumph globally, ever since its inception in 2007. I, personally, was quite fond of the older model – as it wasn’t as big and heavy as its bigger brother – the Speed – and this made it easier to ride in traffic. But, what the previous generation lacked was serious power – as the 675cc was quite sedate despite its 84bhp. The good news is that Triumph has addressed this issue, and the new 2017 Street Triple S is brimming with 111.5bhp – thanks to the Daytona’s 765cc 3-cylinder power train.