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TRIUMPH REVEALS 2020
STREET TRIPLE RS
yebrows, eyebrows everywhere!
That might’ve been our first impression of
Triumph’s latest and greatest Street Triple
but there is a lot more going on here once you
get past the latest in Triumph’s line of triple
headlights.
Next year’s top-spec Triumph Street Triple RS
gets a major boost in the performance stakes
due to a significant engine update thanks to the
boffins in Triumph’s Moto2 engine team. The bike
also features all-new, more aggressive styling
and has been designed with the goal of setting
the new category benchmark for capability and
handling according to Triumph. Going by past
efforts we’re willing to take Triumph’s word for it
until we ride it, but let’s take a closer look at the
2020 Street Triple RS.
100 KIWI RIDER
Starting with those striking new LED headlights,
which incorporate daytime running lights that
look rather a lot like a set of eyebrows, the 2020
Street Triple RS does well to set itself apart from
the rest of the sub-1000cc naked crowd.
For 2020 Triumph has revised the styling of the
Street Triple (the R and S models take their styling
cues from the big dog RS model so we expect to
see them follow suit) with new sporty, angular
bodywork also available in all-new colours. There’s
also a rather fetching new-style silencer with
premium carbon-fibre end cap which is said to
sound even better as well as aid in increasing
power, plus other top-notch touches including
new mirrors, new branded handlebar clamp and
new titanium silver main frame. Triumph has also
included the option for an interchangeable seat