TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE 1200 RR (2022 - on) Review

Awesome brakes & suspension

Great power & torque, fuelling is spot on

Only done 2500 miles so far

Only gor the bike in April 2024, si had a device yet

Top spec, love the illuminatied switch gear. The factory heard grips are great

Cruise control means I can shift around my seat to stay comfortable 500 miles in, and the gas tank means I’m stopping every hour and a half to stretch. Brakes bite, and bite well — it’s a deceptively forgiving bike, and shaving off a little speed on a switchback isn’t an issue. Rear brake likes to squeal, but according to Brembo “they’re super bike brakes, so brake hard.” If you listen to that tip it won’t make any noise. Finding a road you’ll get out of third is pretty damn tough, so sit in second and hit some twisties. I’m considering a sprocket change in order to get second gusto with the throttle response of third. Fourth gear is essentially overdrive. This bike deserves a track day (or three).

Warp speed. You will top this bike out in a heartbeat, and it’s so composed you won’t notice. After the initial break in I took Lady out on some technical roads — hit traffic the whole way. Decided to head home and thought, “you know, I haven’t really gotten on this thing yet…”. Didn’t realize I had hit 140 until I looked down and said, “oh!” It takes seconds.

Radiator recall addressed before delivery. Quickshifter became iffy and then nonworking after about 2K — I have one sitting at the dealer waiting for me to have it put on. These are early adopter issues and I expected to find at least one or two bugs. Otherwise a superbly manufactured machine.

Dealer shop hours are insane and this is the first bike I’ve had where I have no interest in snapping a bolt. That being said, I’ve done all of the work save for the first service myself — just be prepared for some hefty shop bills if that’s not something you can do. 6K in with ~1K left on the original tires — if you go OEM that is likely going to be your biggest cost if you’re riding daily. This is my daily.

Triumph Connect is a nonstarter. You’re better off feeding your directions through a Cardo. You can make it work, but it won’t play nicely with your phone and the directions are effectively useless. Other than that everything is perfect. Suspension and traction control help rein you in if you decide to carve before effectively warming yourself up — hit a patch of (diesel? Oil?) on a left hand turn that shunted the bike left about a foot, but she came under control just as I realized what had happened. Quickshifter was amazing and I assume will continue to be once it is replaced under warranty. Favorite feature? Turning the bike off and locking the forks with one button, starting it back up with another. That’s wicked.

Ride quality is excellent as the suspension calms the roughest of B roads, its a 1.5 our bike for me then I need a stretch but not due to weight on wrists more due to stiff shoulders and neck from not being used to a sportsbike position as other bikes are naked/tourers. I bought a carbon helmet and this helped.

Power everywhere but I'm no racer just enjoy fast road riding.

Faultless although had a couple of recalls but no apparent issues

Tremendous value thanks to Neeves not getting on with it, huge discounts and low apr since his review so a bit of a bargain.

Triumph sat nav is not the best but I tend to use a phone mount and calimoto. Dash and controls all superb, side stand is a little tall but not had any mishaps .

Compliant in road mode and race bike stiff and composed in sport and track settings. All at the touch of a button. Or you can fiddle away to your hearts content if you want to adjust manually. The presets are perfect for me at fast group track day pace.

Smooth effortless power and deceptively fast. Wants for nothing in a straight line vs my friends S1000RR.

Beautifully built with carbon finishing everywhere. Thick metallic paint and lots of nice detail that you only pick up when cleaning and tinkering when you own it. Can’t comment on reliability as only a thousand miles into ownership.

Bought on a winter deal with a great saving on list. Nothing comes close to it for value…most other bikes with a similar spec are 8k more than I paid.

Well specced and beautiful quality… quick shifter if great up and down, elcectonic suspension is a breeze to use. Heated grips would be a nice inclusion as standard.

More comfy than any other sports bike or even Speed Triple RS in Road mode. It can be very stiff as well in either Sports or Track mode.

Best triple engine I've ever tried.

built quality well done but some of aliyuminium parts peg holders etc could use better paint or coat(not talking about tank or paint quality, they are just amazing). I'm being picky because of its price and my expectations.

I just finished 1,000 kms services, so I cannot really tell about it but for ex these sp tires are expensive and wear fast.

I'm giving 4 because Triumph has a lot to do with its UI and max the software.(hint: bmw or ducati's is much user-friendly)

Ohlins electronic suspension gives a very plush ride. Great brakes but lacking a little in feel.

Superb, makes lots of power where you need it and sounds incredible.

Seems very well screwed together with nice real carbon fibre.

No idea yet as new to Triumph and no prices available from dealers.

Over complicated dashboard with numbers too small for my 40 something eyes.