About 5 months ago I decided to part company with the Multistrada and buy a 2012 Street Triple. Now done about 1500 miles on it and so far no issues. Its not as powerful as the Ducati but quick enough and so far enjoying riding it. Thought I would get the camera out and do a bit of filming from the bike and below should be the results, sound quality is not great. Its the same bit of road where I filmed this with the Ducati which is posted already
I thought the quality of the video and camera angles were excellent! Can you tell me a bit more about the camera and fixings? Cheers.
The camera is a GoPro Hero 2 motorsports. The suction mount that came in the kit was used for most of the shots; any smooth flat or slightly curved surface it wil stick although it does worry you in case is falls off and gets run over by a truck behind you The shots where I film from the rear footpeg and numberplate holder were done by getting a special camera mount with velcro straps with a Go Pro adapter mount. The GoPro kit comes with 3M sticky mounts either curved or flat that will go on helmets, you just need to be sure you are happy to have this fixed all the time. The Camera will just click into this mount. If you film in 1080P you will need a big memory card, think mine is 35 GB which will be about 3 hours of filming. Battery life would be about 1 - 2 hours of filming. (I have a spare battery). Camera can take stills and burst shots but as the 1080P film is so good I just take stills off the video. There are more films on my Youtube channel should you wish to look, mainly the Alps trip from last year on the Ducati. BTW the quality you see on youtube is not as good as the original stored this end and when plugged into a big HD TV it looks great.
The Speed Triple is one of the great bikes when it comes to just enjoying riding on UK roads. I would suggest getting an Arrow lowboy exhaust system if you can. It improves the handling by junking a lot of high-up unnecessary weight and improves the soundtrack too.
Windows Moviemaker its a free download if you are using windows 7. My very understanding wife did most of the editing
Great bike and vid! i had a Street Triple 675 this week as a courtesy bike when my Multi 1200 was in, i really enjoyed it felt really gutsy....might be on my list for next time.
great vids, i have a '12 Speed Triple R and personally i rate it as one of the finest hooning machines ever crafted by human hands!
I love the colour too, however Hughendon M40 (Triumph dealer) offered me £800 in p/x less against their 848 Evo than the Honda dealer I've done a deal with. Said it was the colour???
Well a few months living with the Speed Triple and all is still good although at 4000 miles and after a big tour of Scotland I have managed to warp the front Brembo discs :frown: everything else still holding together :smile: Here is a vid of one of the rides we did in Scotland last month; sorry its a bit long at 12 mins. In my opinion this is one of the best roads in the UK to ride a motorcycle.
After 18 months with the Speed Triple (same amount of time I had the Multistrada) I have decided to move on........ Loved the Speed Triple just found the more cramped position was becoming an issue for my knees, so order down on a Tiger 800 XC SE and hope I can cope with only 94 BHP! Chatting to the service manager at JHP Ducati, he says many of the issues that were on the early 1200 Multis are now sorted and that I should come back and have another test ride on a 2014 model. Loved riding the Ducati, but have loved owning a reliable Triumph. Well never say never and only time will tell if I can be temped back to the red side :smile: The new bike with my very understanding wife
I owned a 2007 ST for six joyous years before trading up to my MTS last year and it was the best thing I've ever done! I loved my ST but after 100 miles I couldn't wait to get off it. Maybe it's because I'm 6ft 2in and 57 but it was a pain - literally. On the other hand I did 2,700 mIles in ten days around France in the summer on the Ducati with barely an ache. The short wheelbase ST may be nippy around town but it's blown away by the Ducati on open roads because it handles much better on long sweeping bends and inspires so much more confidence because of it's longer wheelbase. Ideally I'd have both - though I'm getting pretty good at hustling the MTS around town after eight months and 9,000 miles of virtually trouble-free ownership - but can't really justify the expense, particularly as I suspect the Triumph would be largely unused.
I don't know how much difference the new chassis makes and i'm sure the Ohlins suspension and PVM wheels make a difference too but I find my Speed R to be remarkably stable in the longer corners. Its just solid no matter what you throw at it and I absolutely love it! My old man had a Tiger 800, its a cracking machine, its long stroke so feels much gruntier than the 94bhp would suggest.
