NEED for SPEED

Looks familiar? Well, it’s not. This new Speed Triple 1200 RS takes the family name a whole step forward, not just being sharper and more powerful but also being more comfortable and accessible

- Dipayan Dutta

Flagship streetfighters are evolving so fast alongside their faired siblings, that almost every year we’re rewriting the rule book on the parameters of what gives a motorcycle that flagship tag. A minute ago, the norm was a litre class supersport that came alongside the flagship streetfighter with 130-150bhp on tap. Now with the likes of the Italian’s and the Swedes pushing the envelope of displacement with their almost 1,200cc 200bhp+ streetfighters, the 1,050cc Speed Triple was beginning to look a little bland. The resultant pushback from the boys at Hinckley is this, the new Triumph Speed Triple 1200 that will be sold in a single RS trim. The essence of the formula hasn’t changed much, but underneath, this new 1,200cc Speed is an all-new motorcycle.