New Speed Triple Rs Owner .... Ish

Meant RR ;-)


So. Put a deposit down on a new Speed RR. Shade under £14k brand new.
In white. Hopefully it'll arrive before Christmas, then the small matter of working out how to wrap it for myself!

Living to my. 'Never test rode a bike' biking theme. What are the nice surprises I have in store?

For context, my most recent biking history is. X2 765 RS.
Ducati Diavel
And my current bike. And my favourite bike of all time...
Thruxton RS black with the fairing.

The engine. It's described by the media as a little uninspiring, unless absolutely canning / chasing the revs. Thoughts ?

Suspension. Seems clever. Is it good, or marketing BS?

I.e my Thruxton is fun up to 80 mph as it's moving and shaking around. Is the Speed too serious for normal road speeds?

Touring. One of the main reasons I bought the speed is to tour. Anyone done it. Thoughts? (Need some luggage, gone are the days dealers throw stuff in for free!)

I put out messages to Ducati on the V2 street fighter, BMW on the S1000r. Even MV. I'd have loved a FTR1200 but strangely - all of them are pretty expensive on PCP despite having the same sticker price more or less.

Looking forward to the Speed arriving. Will I regret getting rid of the Thruxton. Exciting one way or another!

 

Cheers pal! Looks great. I do like the exhaust hanger!

Big question. Is it fun at legal ish speeds.
I went to Luxembourg on the Thruxton RS a few months back. Very much looking forward to doing the same thing !

Looks good. Very happy I've ordered white!

 

It arrived!
Turning it on and off is a massive faff. What's wrong with a key. And the pillion footpegs are U.G.L.Y
Other than that. Can. Not. Wait to get out on it!
Once I remove the Castrol sticker....

Plans.
1. Fit a new quad lock 2. Evo tec exhaust hanger. 3. Buy some luggage. 4. Run it in. 5. Head to north Spain As soon as....

 

Have you a photo of your kriega set up? 30l sounds big for a tail pack,
Undecided whether to get a 20l kriega rucksack and 10l tank / tail pack?

 

Cheers for the photos - Useful to know about the sizing. As it's unlikely I'd need more than 20lt. When I went to Belgium on the Thruxton RS. I had the Triumph wax tank bag - which is approx 8.5 lt, however, it's a slightly awkward shape. That and a rucksack was fine
If anything the lack of space meant I only took the 'important things

Think I'll go with a 20lt Kriega tank bag option and rucksack - As I assume the rucksack will 'sit on the tail bag' when sitting more upright/stationary.

Similar to the Triumph tank bag, I assume a kriega tank bag is easy enough to move to one side to fill up?



Bike related. Due to the weather.....who knew getting a bike over Christmas was a bad idea!

I've done about 10miles so far

1. The key is still annoying
2. It's not half as uncomfortable as MCN makes out.
3. The dash is super slow
4. The engine spins up FAST!
5. The run-in revs are ridiculous. How are you meant to do 100 miles at less than 3.5k revs???


Other things. I sprayed the bike with ACF-50. Whilst having a look about the bike. The exposed wiring near the shock. Is this correct? I'm surprised it's not boxed off?


Also, I fitted the quadlock mount. It's better riding than it looks in the photo. The mount is quite high and at a standstill, you'd think it would be too close, in the way. However once riding it's fine. Ideally, i'd make my phone stay in landscape when using google maps. But I can only lock it to portrait...

 

So. I've done a whole 260 miles. I HATE running in bikes! Just want to open it up.
Anyhow.

A few things. Elec Suspension. Comfort is where it's at!
I have turned the bike off a few times and managed to leave the headlight on - doh!

Big thing at the moment. Wing Mirrors. No amount of adjustment, can I see anything other than elbows? Does anyone else have this problem?

Also - I bought the evo tec exhaust hanger!

Photo from today
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