Brakes are great.Quick Shifter is amazing upgrade on this bike & is heaps of fun.I ride with Triumph Twins & big block Harley Davidsons & ride it right using Quick Shifter keep up easily & once in mid-high revs actually faster than the Harley boy's 😁 haven't ridden with a modern T100-120 just 790-865 older models.Low down at intersections the big bikes have you but once got revs up & with Quick Shifter your moving.Rev it out to 7000rpm in every gear 2nd & above you're flying & redline is 10500rpm so can go even faster & 7000rpm have you up with the big boy's with plenty left.The seat is very plush too & riding position is very comfortable.I've put Evotech Tail tidy,Radiator guard,frame sliders,bobbins & got a colour coded Ermax Nose fairing on the way in mail which makes bike look awesome.
I also got fender Extenders & Speed Angels dash screen protector anti glare sticker to protect it from UV & scratches. I had a bad motorbike accident & broke both ankles & needed a light bike to get back on the saddle.Pushing a heavy bike around the shed & into Motorcycle chock where I park bikes needed light bike & left ankle is worse so Quick Shifter is great when ankle gets saw although I use clutch 85% of the time.I love it & like the busy gear changes but you can ride it lazy it will do 50kmh in 6th but I don't 60kmh is about as low I go in 6th.I highly recommend it especially if want to downsize it only weighs 189kg wet that's why it carries speed into corners & big bikes get in the way but they have more torque on way out but slow fast due to their weight.Triple has great torque delivery too.I see there is a Daytona 660 might be coming out but spy shots show it with high bars not clip on's so be interesting to see what it's like once released.The Tiger 🐅 660 is also a great bike with larger tanker but is 17kg heavier & tall seat.
Had a speed twin 900 for 3 years, wanted a change bought one of these, so much lighter, wants to be used quite hard, likes the revs. Had mine 9 months now, it's very addictive, handles great, rear shock is a bit crap on the rough stuff, but overall, it's light zippy character won me over. 👍
Hi, I agree, I borrowed one of the newer 1050 speed triples a few years ago and I thought it was a brilliant bike, but when I rode a 765 street triple a couple of years later I was amazed at the similarities between the bikes. The smaller lighter and more agile street triple didn’t seem to be a great deal slower than the bigger bike. It accelerated well enough and was plenty fast enough on the road, it just seemed to be a lighter more manageable clone. The trident isn’t a great deal different from the street triple, obviously it’s got a smaller engine and doesn’t have all the trick bits but it’s just as much fun to ride. Regards Andy
My Trident has the same issue when starting up sometimes! Sounds like it’s starting and then just cuts out! Have you found out any reason why? I asked Triumph to look into it but they couldn’t find any faults…
Hi Sam, I only borrowed the bike for the day and it was only awkward to start once while I was on it. The first bike I borrowed a couple of years ago was fine. I must admit, I was a bit worried when it kept cutting out. I had about 3 or 4 attempts until I managed to catch it just right and keep it running. It was also embarrassing, as I had an audience admiring the bike. Regards Andy
Brakes are great.Quick Shifter is amazing upgrade on this bike & is heaps of fun.I ride with Triumph Twins & big block Harley Davidsons & ride it right using Quick Shifter keep up easily & once in mid-high revs actually faster than the Harley boy's 😁 haven't ridden with a modern T100-120 just 790-865 older models.Low down at intersections the big bikes have you but once got revs up & with Quick Shifter your moving.Rev it out to 7000rpm in every gear 2nd & above you're flying & redline is 10500rpm so can go even faster & 7000rpm have you up with the big boy's with plenty left.The seat is very plush too & riding position is very comfortable.I've put Evotech Tail tidy,Radiator guard,frame sliders,bobbins & got a colour coded Ermax Nose fairing on the way in mail which makes bike look awesome.
I also got fender Extenders & Speed Angels dash screen protector anti glare sticker to protect it from UV & scratches.
I had a bad motorbike accident & broke both ankles & needed a light bike to get back on the saddle.Pushing a heavy bike around the shed & into Motorcycle chock where I park bikes needed light bike & left ankle is worse so Quick Shifter is great when ankle gets saw although I use clutch 85% of the time.I love it & like the busy gear changes but you can ride it lazy it will do 50kmh in 6th but I don't 60kmh is about as low I go in 6th.I highly recommend it especially if want to downsize it only weighs 189kg wet that's why it carries speed into corners & big bikes get in the way but they have more torque on way out but slow fast due to their weight.Triple has great torque delivery too.I see there is a Daytona 660 might be coming out but spy shots show it with high bars not clip on's so be interesting to see what it's like once released.The Tiger 🐅 660 is also a great bike with larger tanker but is 17kg heavier & tall seat.
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Had a speed twin 900 for 3 years, wanted a change bought one of these, so much lighter, wants to be used quite hard, likes the revs. Had mine 9 months now, it's very addictive, handles great, rear shock is a bit crap on the rough stuff, but overall, it's light zippy character won me over. 👍
Hi,
I agree, I borrowed one of the newer 1050 speed triples a few years ago and I thought it was a brilliant bike, but when I rode a 765 street triple a couple of years later I was amazed at the similarities between the bikes. The smaller lighter and more agile street triple didn’t seem to be a great deal slower than the bigger bike. It accelerated well enough and was plenty fast enough on the road, it just seemed to be a lighter more manageable clone.
The trident isn’t a great deal different from the street triple, obviously it’s got a smaller engine and doesn’t have all the trick bits but it’s just as much fun to ride.
Regards
Andy
My Trident has the same issue when starting up sometimes! Sounds like it’s starting and then just cuts out! Have you found out any reason why? I asked Triumph to look into it but they couldn’t find any faults…
Hi Sam,
I only borrowed the bike for the day and it was only awkward to start once while I was on it.
The first bike I borrowed a couple of years ago was fine.
I must admit, I was a bit worried when it kept cutting out. I had about 3 or 4 attempts until I managed to catch it just right and keep it running.
It was also embarrassing, as I had an audience admiring the bike.
Regards
Andy
There's a recall for stalling tridents, ring a dealer and see if yours is in the vin range