Last week, my son and his friend urged me to meet them at a local Triumph dealership to test drive a "2017 Street Triple R, 675cc", I liked it so much and the price was right -- low mileage too, just ~4500 miles. I bought it right away. But when I started to shop for "goodies" like a set of fit Kit for my existing Kriega DryPack, bar-end mirrors.... and potentially a lowering kit (see my other Post), I found that almost every online shops only list "2017 Street Triple R 765cc".. I am YET to come across a listing for "2017 Street Triple R 675cc"! Did Triumph launch the 4th generation mid year in 2017, hence a mix bag of 675 and 765 were built and sold in 2017? It's so confusing and made shopping parts/accessories complicated. So in my case, should I be shopping based off of "2016 Street Triple R 675cc" which may have a good chance of fitment? The last 6 VIN # is 782356. I have e-mailed Triumph USA today for the same question, will see what they have to say. I still love my 2017 675cc ! LOL
Update: Triumph USA replied that my "2017 675cc" (based on the VIN record) is actually built in 2016. So I guess it will be 2016 Street Triple R when I go shopping for parts/accessories.
This happens a lot, the reason being dealers have stock unsold, these can be anything from 1 to 2 years old, when bought and registered for example as in your case the registration would show a 17 plate but manufactured in 16. In 2007 I bought a brand new old stock Triumph Sprint RS 955i, although it was the last of the models made in 2004. A well known multi franchise and highly respected dealer here in the UK has old new stock of first generation Fireblade's, ZX10s, R1s and many more, it's a treasure trove of new old models and makes, he is also the only person outside of Japan that has access to HRC goodies, and he is a genuinely nice guy, and it is a family run business. You can buy one if an old model is what you lust after. The same is true for the current Speed Triple 1200RR, showrooms still have some old stock and massively discounted, up to £5K off what they were new.
Yes that is the family, Clive is usually about when not out with the team racing or in the workshop and always helpful, as are all the family.
Yes, I can understand, but in this case it is not related to the year on the plate. I ran a VIN search on nhtsa.dot.gov, my 675cc is indeed recorded under the "2017 model year". I spoke to Triumph USA this morning, the guy was very helpful he agreed that it is confusing....
It doesn't help that manufacturers bring out models in late summer and call them model year 24 when its still 2023!
I think @andyc1 is on the right track. @Wagon you're in the USA aren't you and isn't it normal for you to call bikes by the following year? In the UK we are on the 2023 models but your "same version" would be called the 2024 model wouldn't it? If the above all rings true, that makes your own bike a UK 2016 which is a USA 2017. A 2016 street triple would indeed be a 675.
But the reference is to model year. Not sure what you're suggesting stands up because of that. (Actually, I think I misinterpret that!)
I still believe my specific bike should have been registered/reported by Triumph to Dept of Transportation as : Model Year = 2016 Manufacture Year = 2017
@Wagon maybe it was part of a ploy to get sales figures up of the then new incoming model (765) and create some inertia???
Eldon - that does not surprise me. I guess the issue is amplified when there was a major change in 2017, if no major change such as between 2015-2016 then no one would care or even noticed.
@Wagon The sales conspiracy ploy has happened many times before. Back in the 1980s UK IIRC ...... Vauxhall had x2 models of basically the same car; Belmont had a boot and Astra was a hatchback. Some bright spark in marketing no doubt decided their sales didn't look as good as some rivals but had an idea to boost sales overnight. They dropped the Belmont name and the sales of "Astra's" immediately rose to beat their rivals similar models. I do wonder if Triumph are now playing this silly game by dropping the Street Twin 900 name? Surely this just leads to confusion going forward, people are now unsure wether we are talking about a 1200 or a 900 yet previously it was quite obvious. As Mark Twain I think once said; " theres lies, damned lies and statistics!"
Haven't they just given themselves a more coherent line-up? No difference to the T100/T120 range, really - a straight choice between 900 and 1200 and some extra goodies on the 1200.
This has always been the case, even in Meriden days when the factory shut down for the annual summer break the bikes built and delivered after were invariably the following calendar year spec. My Tbird was built and delivered to the dealer in October 60 but spec wise it’s a 61 machine as 61 was the first year they fitted the ally head. Whereas my Striple was built March 21 and is a 21 spec machine. I never have understood why America refers to bikes as being of the following year e.g. when the new Striples were announced many posts from the US referred to them as 2024 machines.
