Triumph’s new Speed Triple 1200 RR got the internet fizzing this week, so we’ve added our thoughts. We’ve also stumbled across a cute SYM Wolf custom from Taiwan, a gorgeous Colorado Norton Works Commando on eBay, and a Tonka-tough electric utility bike that’s just gone on sale in the US.
Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RR Hinckley has just whipped the covers off a new Speed Triple variant, due to go on sale at the end of this year. Pricing will start at $20,950 in the USA, which is $2,450 more than the RS ‘super naked’—and a mere $50 less than the MV Agusta Superveloce 800.
Why mention the Superveloce? Because there’s a lot of online chatter about how much the front end of the 1200 RR resembles the much-lauded and very pretty Italian supermodel.…