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13th October 2024, 15:53 | #1 |
BHPian | My 2024 Triumph Street Triple 765 R Review | Ownership, Rides and Experiences Long post with loads of images. Please feel free to open the images for full resolution. About myself and my interest with Motorcycles I’m a chap, in my late 20s, on my way to get a license to fix bones and replace joints in the human body. I’m sure most of the readers here come from a generation where, in our school days, we were fascinated looking at posters of superbikes or pics of them in the auto-journals. Those were the days when internet was just getting accessible and we as school kids would search for “superbike” or “ducati” and look at those lovely bikes, save the images and just feel happy looking at them. I, somehow was more fascinated by cars that time. I would argue with others saying cars have more wheels, more premium factor to them and they’re safer and can be used in any weather. Just some silly kids arguments. However, my love and fascination towards cars grew and a slight “not-so-much” liking towards bikes remained the same over years. Even in the house, we always had a car and almost never owned a motorcycle primarily, since my early teenage. I had a fixed feeling in my mind that my future vehicles are cars only and there is minimal to nil possibility of having motorcycles. I even got my license only for a four-wheeler and not a two-wheeler. I later got the two-wheeler one also added. That didn’t stop me from learning how to ride, fortunately. Learnt riding in the typical way. Dad agreeing to teach me how to ride a motorcycle, me getting all excited about it, taking the key and putting it in the slot, hoping to start it. Then realizing the fact that I’m not going to start the vehicle anytime soon, since the first few days of training was to push the motorcycle and learn to turn the motorcycle. Lol, fast forward things and I was in an okay state to ride a motorcycle. Learnt on a Pulsar 150. Spent time on activas, duro, friends’ bikes – Passion pro, Enticer, RE, FZ once in a while. Then spent some few months riding a 2005 CBZ in the neighborhood. But there was one incident that changed my perspective. It’s more like a spark to a dormant love inside me. One fine day in 2015, my cousin brought home a Triumph Bonville T100. Went to have a look at it. Was offered a ride. I accepted and just went for a short ride around the neighborhood. It was a head turner for people around and was an eye-opener for me. The way it pulled. The sheer pleasure of riding that beauty. That is when things changed. The “not-so-much” part of my liking left the chat. This sparked a desire, an emotion inside and that just grew continuously. To add fuel to the fire, casual conversations with friends had my mind fixated on the Triumph Daytona 675. Always wanted to own one. Like any other young guy, I just binged all the videos and internet about the Daytona. Fell in love with the triple whistle, it’s acceleration. Sadly, as years passed, the Daytona was discontinued and what was left, were its videos online. However, its engine lived in the Street Triple. Realization with age also added and my desire turned towards the Street Triple. Since its the same triple engine with the same whistle and was more practical albeit with those bug eyes which weren’t totally in line with my taste, but my priorities were different. Felt it would help me go easy on the back and wrists, better in the long run and friendlier on the streets. So, my heart and mind were set on the Street Triple. Months and years passed. The 675 was killed. 765 was born. Been following closely but I knew I would never get a go-ahead at home. So, patiently followed and waited. As covid hit us all and we were stuck at our homes, I got even more passionate about this, read through many articles including the big-bike articles on T-BHP, gone through many videos, came to some understanding as to what’s necessary before and while owning a big bike. Also read through the ownership reviews of the Striple. Browsed through forums; got an idea of what issues can be expected. I slowly started buying gears to ride a motorcycle I didn’t own. Lol. Started off with a helmet. Got full gauntlet gloves. Then got a jacket. These never saw the daylight for quite some time. Then, I had to go to another state for my post-graduation. There, bought the Yamaha FZ V3 for commute and local mobility. Lived with it happily for two years and continuing. Some incident happened, and I finally get a green signal at home for the Street Triple. The Triumph Buying Experience We had visited the showroom in Hyderabad, my home city. First visit was mediocre. We went into the showroom and we had to browse through the showroom ourselves. Nobody really came up to talk or ask what we wanted. In this case, we were prospect customers who came with a clear-cut picture in our minds and we were expecting someone to approach us and ask what we were looking for, give us a price quote, delivery details and close the deal. But no, after few minutes of looking here and there confusedly and after asking a staff in uniform if someone will attend to us, they have allocated a sales executive to help us. That person didn’t show much interest to sell the vehicle, but at least he was kind enough to tell us the specs of the vehicle, with few mistakes here and there and started the bike in the showroom and revved it cold to show the sound. It is then that we noticed that the showrooms are boxy to resonate the sound. We went back home without much exchange of words. The second visit was on a Sunday and they were about to close. A similar treatment as first time, where nobody bothered to attend to us. However, this time, the regional sales manager was around and he at least made a conversation. Maybe he understood our intent to actually buy the vehicle, he gave his contact details and he was kind enough to arrange a test ride the very next day at my residence. I wanted the R but they only had RS for the test ride, which is okay. Then they have given us a quotation, rather price break-up of the R and RS variants. I wanted to have another look at the bike and get some more feel of the bike to make sure I’m not getting something I will regret later. So visited the Showroom in Kochi. This experience was different. The sales executive was very professional. He didn’t talk non-sense. Didn’t push us uncomfortably for the purchase. Behaved professionally, to say the least. They’ve also given a test ride of the R version. I didn’t rev the vehicle very hard since I’m not well acquainted with the bike. Just had a decent ride and my impressions were that it fit me well (me being 5.7) ; it can be ridden comfortably in the city without anxiety ; it is an extremely well-engineered and balanced vehicle. I was able to make U-turns more comfortably than I anticipated, I was able to confidently ride the vehicle without having to wiggle the handlebar or put my feet down at very low speeds (<5kmph). The sound was great and so was the braking. It was comfortable and I had no reason to look at another vehicle. After the decision was made, we had to follow-up a lot with the Hyderabad staff, literally A L-O-T in all the aspects and finally made the purchase. I was away from Hyd and family had taken delivery of the vehicle. This decision to buy the vehicle in Hyd (vs Kochi, where I temporarily reside) had come from few factors including my return to Hyd soon, the taxes in Hyd being less and also to avoid the fuss of roaming around the RTO for NOCs if bought and registered in Kochi. The delivery experience was fine, the bike was taken for pooja. Post registration, it was transported to my place. The first time I saw my bike in flesh was in the godown of the transport company, all wrapped up, with a broken clutch lever. Those double discs and Brembo calipers at the front, that fat rear tire on those beautiful alloys, the three headers beautifully curved, and the huge radiator at the front. Lovely! My first sight of the bike, packed well in a ton of cardboard and plastic wrap. The Phone Holder RAM mount vs Quadlock I went with Quadlock since it’s quite secure and I like its style more than RAM mounts. Ordered directly from the company website. It took 20 days for delivery and some customs charge as well. But the holder (I bought the pro version = full metal) is top notch when it comes to quality and reliability. Installation was easy. Also bought the vibration damper to protect my mobile’s camera. Should say that it definitely works. The OIS on my phone is still alive, touch wood. It took some time to get used to the mounting. It’s difficult to find the right mounting point in the first few weeks. And yes, this needs a quadlock manufactured phone case to work with it. Initial ride experience As I started the engine up and maybe rode the bike for about 30 meters, from the godown to the parking, I noticed fumes from the front end. It was the residual tape and adhesive that was on the header pipes, which belonged to the packaging. This gave me the thought “Well boy, welcome to the big CC league” So, my first 1000 kms: The run-in period: Should we really strictly adhere to the manufacturer’s guidelines about run-in period? Reading about this online, I realized that some do, some don’t and it didn’t harm the ones who did not. However, one fact we know for sure is that the engine oil is changed after the first service (1 month/1000k kms = Run-in). So, I thought, why not follow. And I followed the guidelines, not to the dot, but yeah, can say I did.
My initial impressions
First Service Made an appointment at the Service Center in Kochi and dropped off the bike in the morning. The bike has then run few KMs shy of 1000. I notice a slightly different culture here in Kochi when it comes to service centers. When we go to drop off the vehicle, the staff note down our details in a small notebook +/- any complaints or special mentions. They later allot a SA to the job who will call and have a word over phone. Then they open a job-card at leisure. This is not just at Triumph, but also at Volkswagen, that I noticed. Unprofessional or friendly & casual? I personally don’t like it since it feels very casual when we are actually paying a huge premium for those services. I expect to be attended to by a proper service executive, who inspects the vehicle with me and gives me a briefing of what work will be done and give me a time commitment, looking at me, in person. Anyway, work was done by evening and the bike was ready. I went ahead and picked up the machine. Thanks to the exorbitant taxes on the already high labor costs, the service was not cheap. And will never be cheap. The ride felt relatively smoother. The handle was much easier to turn than before. These two were the clear differences I could feel. Rest was same. The persisting issue of squealing brake noise : After few rides in the city, the front brakes started making a squealing noise as I apply the brake. There was no difference in braking performance though. I again visited the Kochi service center since it’s not even 2k KMS and the brakes are already squeaking. One of the technicians went for a ride and agreed that there is a noise, which is not normal for the mileage. They took the bike in, without a job card, tried to wash the brakes with a pressure washer, used their brake cleaner and then gave back the bike. I took the bike hoping the issue is sorted. By the end of that street itself, I realized that the noise persisted. Took the vehicle back and asked. They started justifying that it is very normal and that it will go away by itself. I told him that after paying 12.5 big ones for this, a noisy brake is not something I expect and definitely not something I can accept. The answer given by the technician was “Even if you pay 25L, this issue will be there”. That ticked me off and I demanded that they open a job-card with my complaint specifically mentioned in it. So, they obliged with not very happy faces and charged me with labor charges, which I paid and left. The noise still exists now. Rides Ride to Idukki: On a fine weekend, wore my gears, took my camera on the backpack and started off early. It was a pleasant ride through the mountains. Realized the beauty and importance of moving little backwards and leaning forwards. The motorcycle was never tired. Always ready for more. I’ve ridden through some rough patches. Had an event where my bike entered a puddle of mud, thanks to the routes google maps put me through. Got down and slowly accelerated, the rear tire just spins and the traction control cuts off power. Lol. Doing all these stunts in boots, heavy jacket and gloves with a heavy helmet on the head while it’s drizzling. Adrenaline rushing. Tension building up. But fortunately, was able to push and pull the bike onto grass which was to the side. Then got on and rode off. Reached a viewpoint called Kalvarimount Dream Viewpoint. Took about 3~3.5 hrs. Took some pictures of the view, had a coffee and started back. The tires were perfect. No grip loss, even in the heaviest of rains. No surprises. Came home with quite a lot of experience and few photographs. Lessons learnt were to be careful of the mud and that backpacks are very tiring. This brought the necessity to search and explore mounting options. And so, The Luggage Options I did not want to install anything heavy on the rear. So, mounting racks and panniers were out. I went simple. Started off with bungee cords. But then found these little nice products called ROK Straps. Very sturdy and useful. Used them to fix the bag pack to the rear seat. They could be mounted (looped actually) to the grab handles and they wouldn’t scratch up the rear panels (The bungee cords did). These were damn sturdy and didn’t need much time to use as well. Then came up Kreiga. The company that makes one of the best and original motorcycle luggage options. But the prices? Off the charts. ~17k for a 20 L bag and needs another 2.5k worth mounting accessories for the street triple. Wasn’t down to shell so much yet. Explored few Indian options. There are many companies that make these modular bags that can be mounted on the rear of our motorcycles. Two reasonably nice ones I found were Carbonado and Dirtsack. Both had very similar modular luggage bags, both with slight modifications from the original Kreiga ones. But neither offered custom mounting straps for the street triple. The carbonado comes with straps that needed to be looped around the visible sub-frame of the bike once the rear seat is removed. But such a subframe is not visible for the street triple. I’ve e-mailed Carbonado regarding how we can mount the bags to my vehicle. My question was very specific. But the answer they gave was basically a closed caption version of their YouTube video as to how to mount their bag to a motorcycle. I e-mailed them again and received no reply. Dirtsack just had a long strap with loops on either ends which we had to position below the seat. I just went ahead with dirtsack and bought one of their 10L bag, thinking if that mounting is not possible, I’ll just use the ROK straps. The bag arrived and the quality is fine. First few rides I just used the ROK straps to mount the bag. No issues at all. Later bought the Kreiga Mounting straps for the street triple. These are definitely more secure as they have to be mounted to the screws below the seat. I am yet to use them. I did not explore the tank bags as I didn't want stuff to be over my tank. Last edited by saisailendra : 13th October 2024 at 16:45. |
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13th October 2024, 16:05 | #2 |
BHPian | Re: My 2024 Street Triple 765 R - Ownership, Rides & Experiences Ride to Thattekad: Thattekad is a bird sanctuary with a bridge over some waters. About 1.5 hrs from Kochi. Felt like a good place to visit, on the bike and so started off on a fine morning. Reached the place by about 8 AM. Took some pics of the water, scenery and paid a visit to the bird sanctuary. Didn’t spend a lot of time there. Just started to ride forward for a while and headed back. Good ride on a sunny day. Was back at Kochi before the heat really got unbearable. Ride to Munnar: I wanted to ride on the highly rated Gap Road. So, I started off early at Kochi and reached Munnar by about 740 AM. Beautiful ride through the ghats and mountains. Fresh air in the morning. Not much traffic as well, since it was too early. Had some breakfast at Munnar and started off to Gap road. Oh boy, was it beautiful. Valley on one side of the road and the blue skies, the white clouds, the fog and of course, the beautiful road. I’ll let the pics do the talking. So it was about 20 minutes up and 20 minutes down that lovely road. Started back from Munnar. Reached Kochi by noon. Total of about 7.5 hrs. Ride to Varkala: Started at 6 AM, left some luggage in the friends car and took my dirtsack bag with some microfibers and helmet cleaner & water with me. This time, I used the mounting straps given by dirtsack. They’re okay. No issues. If the bag is full, they are useful. If the bag is not full, they don’t secure very well. ROK straps were always there for backup. I took the Aleppey route. It rained and the route was muddy. Added to this was construction happening in that route. After that, was MC road (Main Central). Good road it was, with some traffic. It was a good ride. The bike was covered in a lot of mud. On the way back is when I properly tried sports mode. The bike was very responsive. Even after 6~7 hrs of riding, the machine was ready for more. Muddy roads, perfect tarmac, wet roads, bumpy roads, whatever is thrown at it, doesn’t matter. This just gave me a confidence about how well the machine is built. It is a high quality machine. Last edited by saisailendra : 13th October 2024 at 16:46. |
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13th October 2024, 16:38 | #3 |
BHPian | Re: My 2024 Street Triple 765 R - Ownership, Rides & Experiences Observations with riding:
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Finally, GoPro: Bought a RAM fork mount and crammed it into the big central hole in the fork. Not the best decision I took. Will remove it soon. Best GoPro footage comes from the helmet mount. I watched some YT video and made a DIY helmet mount with M-Seal and 3M VHB double sided tape. I don’t usually ride with GoPro. But yeah, can get good footage on the mountains with that. Now, the pics The key came with some really well detailed branding. This pic was just before I gave my bike to the Detailing experts for Ceramic and PPF. During delivery at the detailing center. All black and shiny. Initial days. Ugly number plate holder and fork reflector. The DRLs alone can be switched on in a special "Park" mode. Round droplets of water after a natural shower. That tail light reminds me of the days of us playing Road-Rash Time for some shampooo !! The bike with Bar-End mirrors installed and on the rear seat are ROK Straps. Triumph Branding on the front wheel cover/fender Curves everywhere. That swingarm in the back ! Reflectors gone. Them lovely discs and calipers. Triumph branding on the rear. Subtle branding on the silencer Those high quality foot-pegs !! With more branding of course Hazard light button. Grips also got some branding, lol. That rear and the drive chain ! All stimulating sights Motofusion swing arm spools. Bought Evotech performance ones as well, but lost the inner part of one of spools. These are actually pretty good. LED indicators in the front and back, but this one seems to let a lot of water in ! The fat grip puppies I was talking about previously. Removed them. A panorama. |
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13th October 2024, 16:49 | #4 |
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13th October 2024, 17:45 | #5 |
Team-BHP Support | re: My 2024 Triumph Street Triple 765 R Review | Ownership, Rides and Experiences Thread moved out from the Assembly Line. Thanks for sharing! |
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BHPian | Re: My 2024 Street Triple 765 R - Ownership, Rides & Experiences Congratulations Sai for a wonderful bike. Triumph has widened the gap in terms of features offered between R and RS with this latest iteration. However, this is still one of the best bike in its category by a mile. One just cant find a 120 PS bike with 190kg wet weight(approx.) at 10 Lac INR easily. Always maintain the correct tire pressure. Check it prior to every ride. It helps a lot in avoiding rim damage and getting those 50K bills. Quote:
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14th October 2024, 14:18 | #7 |
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| Re: My 2024 Triumph Street Triple 765 R Review | Ownership, Rides and Experiences Striple R has been on my mind for a while as a potential upgrade. Your write up was really a joy to read. Thanks for sharing! Regarding the brake squeaking issues, IMO it is not a bug but a feaure of high performance brake pads, they squeal when cold. In your case, the noise is all the time or only on low speeds/cold brakes? |
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| Re: My 2024 Triumph Street Triple 765 R Review | Ownership, Rides and Experiences Congrats on the bike, very well put out post and wishing you many many years of happy miles. Quote:
Disclaimer: While I have known Sanju from Fmotors for close to 14 years right from my college days and are very close buds, and I do work with him from time to time (on my own bike and at times as a helping hand on customer bikes, of course with the customer being present) when I am in Cochin. My reference comes with no monetary or business affiliation with his "shop". I say "shop" because he runs the service out of his personal residence and does this more out of love towards bikes and DIY rather than making money. While I put this out as a disclaimer as it's the right thing to do, many others here have been customers of his through organic routes and have great experiences shared on this platform many times. You can find his page on Instagram and send him a msg to book an appointment if you want the issue looked at. You can use my name as reference. Do let me know if you need any help with this Cheers Krishna | |
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