The new Speed Triple = facepalm

[strokerlmt]

the front and the back look like it was designed for 19-25 yr old "street fighters"....or wanna be SF's
LMT

 

[ivar]

My first thought is that its starting to look too much like the jap factory fighters with their gaudy plastic shrouds everywhere

 

[DIRK]

just paint teeth on the front and go scare some cars! hahahaaaa

 

[Gretsch]

do not want....

 

[sweatmachine]

sumbitch is ugly. I like the current one A LOT more.

 

[neuroboy]

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[neuroboy]

i see a trend. . . the headlights look very similar to the ones on the forthcoming 800cc dual sport.

 

[thearcticsea]

I predict youll all love it once you get over the being repulsed by newness problem.

 

[ssjones]

Wow, that doesn't appeal to me at all. Those intake appendages look copied from some of the Japanese streetfighters out there, who were mimicking the original Speed Triple. Same for those angular headlights. The twin round lamps on previous Triples looked so cool and just right. The humpback whale of a tank also looks like a mess to me.

 

[2Monkeys]

I will love it when it actually looks good. Plastic headlights look cheap and shitty.

 

[neuroboy]

my friend said he thinks the new headlamps look like a bra. haha.

. . . someone want to exercise some photoshop skills?

 

[bikeypikey]

What is it these past 5 years or so changing headlight styles on nakeds? I'm talking about the fucking abortions found on stuff like the newer Ducati Monsters, the Kawa ER6N, Suzuki Gladius e.t.c. IMO, these bikes should have round headlights, not something that looks like it's been made out of chocolate then parked by a fireplace.

Cheers,

Pikey.

 

[ivar]

I'm talking about the fucking abortions found on stuff like the newer Ducati Monsters, the Kawa ER6N, Suzuki Gladius e.t.c. IMO, these bikes should have round headlights, not something that looks like it's been made out of chocolate then parked by a fireplace.

agree 100%, I think the light on the Z750/Z1000 + the FZ1 were ok. The rest, just butt ugly.

And I can't see the point in changing the iconic S3 design to something more bland...

 

[D9]

Would've liked to have somehow seen how the redesign developed... what the goals
were..."Iconic" is a good word to keep in mind as the new model is considered.

Re the new headlamps... it's hard to beat the simplicity of a circle... or a pair of well proportioned circles... as the previous two (?) generations of S3 headlamps were. I'm used to seeing those twin round lamps to identify the bike. Not sure I'd have known
what it was if I'd been asked to identify the new one. First thought might have been Buell or something Buell influenced.

My early impression is that it looks what I think of as hyper-designed or over-designed... at least aesthetically, has strayed more than a bit far from its stripped down SF roots & heritage...

 

[drlapo]

is Triumph going after the 19-35 years old market and abandoning the grumpy old farts?
I tend to keep my bikes for 30+ years so the new market may be appropriate

 

[drlapo]

the official Triumph site does not list a Speed Triple in the 2011 line up

 

[cynr1023]

I must have missed your post Doc. I just noticed that as well. WTF?!

 

[Rhodie]

The new version imo is fugging bug ugly, but then I thought that of the MkII.
The original is still the best looking imo - tho the CoG was a pig around town

 

[koifarm]

Not my kind of bike but sure is different than the rest of the Triumph line....a few things I don't care for, that white chunk of plastique below the tank...headlights....tail lights...other than that...hmm oh well...

 

[RyanRobot99]

Ummmm..........

WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT REAR LIGHT/LICENSE PLATE ASSEMBLY ABOUT????

And the headlight looks like someone realized they needed one 5 mins before the show...

DOT stuff. There will an removal kit no doubt.