Triumph Sprint RS

When i first took the Triumph Sprint out i was very surprised with the smooth and powerful response to the throttle. She handles well and i found it quite comfortable .
I wasn't sure what a 3 cylinder engined bike would be like but was pleasently surprised. There were no vibrations from the tripple as i had expected and a lovely smooth tone to the exhaust, although the engine does sound noisey compared to the later models , this one was registered ...
...being a bike mechanic i couldn't but help thinking what they could be , although now i don't even notice them.
It's engine puts out 108bhp which is plenty powerful enough , she'll do over 150 mph ( so i've been told ). There is plenty of torque at lower revs and great acceleration using the higher rev range, pulling away the front wheel gets very light and you have to be careful not to wheelie the bike , also in the wet the rear tends to spin ... more

When i first took the Triumph Sprint out i was very surprised with the smooth and powerful response to the throttle. She handles well and i found it quite comfortable .
I wasn't sure what a 3 cylinder engined bike would be like but was pleasently surprised. There were no vibrations from the tripple as i had expected and a lovely smooth tone to the exhaust, although the engine does sound noisey compared to the later models , this one was registered in 2000. Although the noises are nothing to worry about being a bike mechanic i couldn't but help thinking what they could be , although now i don't even notice them.
It's engine puts out 108bhp which is plenty powerful enough , she'll do over 150 mph ( so i've been told ). There is plenty of torque at lower revs and great acceleration using the higher rev range, pulling away the front wheel gets very light and you have to be careful not to wheelie the bike , also in the wet the rear tends to spin easily .
She's a very economical bike , recently i did about 1600 miles on her with my mate on a TT600 and every fuel stop i was at least 2 litres cheeper on fuel. You'd easilly get 200 miles to a full tank of fuel. But on long distance runs the seat is no good , after about 200 miles my seat was getting quite painful . I think with a decent seat this would be no problem . Really that's the only fault i can find with this bike apart from the lack of bungie hooks for any luggage you need to tie to the rear seat or hump.
You can get a sports rack for it but the seat hump has to come off to fit it.
Sorry one more fault and that's the mirrors , to be of any use they need to be wider apart, there is a part you can buy for this , i just pull my elbows in tightly to use them.
You get good feel to the brakes , both front and rear , when braking , which is a nice change compared to those bikes with abs brakes.
The lights are great , speedo's easy to read in nice big LCD numbers.
This is an excellent bike , economical and inexpensive to buy. 

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