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Originally Posted by davidlee79
Hi.
I've now got a slightly urgent question. I can potentially swap my deposit on a black Street Triple which should turn up pretty soon, with an R available (according to Triumph) around xmas time (note this may mean April next year ...) - the thing is, I'll have to move on this pretty much now if I'm going to do it.
I prefer the black finish of the stock bike, and was planning on upgrading the stock shock and perhaps forks / brakes (if reasonable) as well down the line, depending on how much track use it sees.
I'm curious how much I'd likely have to spend (Australian dollars) to bring the stock bike in line with the official R version or to surpass it. {etc}
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The stock R forks and shock will offer little more than the standard ST. If you are using the bike for mostly track use then it might be a slight advantage to have the radial brakes.
The work on my forks cost me £395.00 + VAT and I could have saved £100 if I had not wanted the extra bling of fork top adjustment. This makes the forks a ****ed sight better than the R is likely to be. The advantage that the R has (and I dont know for certain that this is the case without opening up the forks) is that it is likely to be less expensive to re-valve as the cartridges are rebuildable. So that might cut the cost of fork mods to around £120.00 + VAT
The rear is likely to benefit from an upgrade the same as the ST (its rumoured by several Daytona owners that the existing unit has a short life span) and remember that many Daytona shocks find their way onto Ebay which gives some idea. The Maxton unit is 395.00 + VAT and I got a £25.00 discount on top of that.
Nitron are soon to do a rear shock that looks great and will cost even less and looks a fantastic bit of kit.
