I wonder how hard it would be to turn a Street Triple into a tourer? Yamaha have turned the MT07 into the Tracer 700 and the MT09 into the Tracer 900. The reason I ask is that I would really like a Street Triple but it would be my only bike and get used for touring as well as everything else. I have actually toured on a Street Triple but it involved fitting a Ventura rack to carry the luggage and the weather protection as standard is minimal. I reckon a decent screen and soft panniers might be enough but anyone else got an opinion?
I've done over 51,000 miles on my Trident with little more than a handlebar fairing or fly screen for protection from the elements, covering much of Scotland, Wales and France (which included trips into Switzerland and also Belgium via North Sea Ferries' Hull - Zeebrugge route into France). We rode in two piece leathers with lightweight two piece waterproofs to keep off the wet stuff - and we've seen plenty!! Can't really help with specific luggage arrangements on your bike, but touring on a 'naked' bike is perfectly feasible so just go for it and enjoy yourself (85mph cruising on French autoroutes was no problem for either me or SWMBO).
Ditto , I did 161,000 klms in OZ on a trident (100,000 miles) my Trident had screen and a gear sack rack .... !
The marketing media wants you to believe you need all the tech stuff, as above you do not, started 48 years ago, toured from 40 years, never so much as a tarp, role, and sometimes a passenger, and what ever they could carry
Tridents look to me to be semi faired? They have the same level of protection as my Sport which is fine by me and a lot more that a Striple has.
With a bit of fettling round the clocks you can fit a 675 Daytona fairing and nose to the 765 Street Triple. Add some pillion grabs rails to hook some soft bags over, and add a tail pack and you've got a nice little tourer.
My Trident currently has a fly screen and previously had a Gpz style handlebar fairing. They come with nowt!
T Top picture looks smarter and better than the lower GPZ option. I had similar to the top one but it was clear perspex mounted on two rods atachatt via clamps on the handle bars . My rack on the rear was designed for holding soft luggage bag, had an up right rail that curved over from right to left maybe 14 to 16 inches high. Cheers capt.
Couldn't resist after seeing Steve's photos. My first Triumph back in 1994 - comfiest bike I've ever owned, but a bit of a barge in the handling department (and luggage department) Not the easiest bike to filter with! ....To my present bike - a 94R Best handling bike I've owned and still surprisingly comfy. 21 years on and I'm still struggling with my filtering!
Yes, only miss a screen and fairing when raining or on a motorway......both of which I try to avoid whenever possible. (but I guess that's not very adventurous)
Yes as my non PC, Neanderthal, KTM 1290 SD riding mates says & I quote, "fairings are for Poofdahs!" Discuss!
hahaha..... not had a faired bike for years and still not got a lass.... am I broken? Will I get fiximabobbed when I pick up my new 765 in May?
Begs the question though, why not build a bike designed to have a fairing which is removable for summer. So it looks good with and without, I’m sure it could be done and it only be a 20 min job. Wouldn’t it be great to have an unfaired summer bonnie, and a winter faired job? Gratuitous beautiful bike picture time...
