Firstly,I only planned on owning the bike for a couple of years,I've now had it for 5 years & just over 8000 miles so I think it's staying,hence this post.
I bought the bike in March 2018,4 Years old with only 1718 miles on it,just as the 'Beast from the East' struck
.At the time I was running two old Yamaha's a 1985 FZ750 & a 1986 XT600, for the previous 15 years my main hobby had been mountain bikes but I wanted to slow down & get back into motorbikes so the Street Triple seemed a good choice for getting back up to speed.
Despite my many years riding bikes this was my first FI bike & it's my only bike with ABS.The clutch & sidestand safety switches were also new tech to me,so it was a good bike to get back into things
First mod was getting this Oz spec dust guard for the rear.
Sure it looks crap,but the Street triple's are notorious for covering the rider in road debris in the rain,you get what cyclists refer to as a 'Badger Stripe',I'd rather walk around without my back being covered in crap every time it rains
At the front I fitted a Beowolf radiator guard & Carbon FBR Front mudguard as the standard front mudguard is really short,don't Triumph test riders ride these bikes in wet weather,or is it some kind of sunny micro climate in Hinckley
Here you can see the front mudguard & Renntec touring rack
